Tamir Rice: Experts Say Shooting Was ‘Reasonable’
Steve Almasy of CNN is reporting that reports prepared for the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor by two experts say the police shooting death of Tamir...
Baltimore Mayor Fires Police Commissioner
Yvonne Wenger of the Baltimore Sun is reporting Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has fired police commissioner Anthony W. Batts due to the surge in...
South Africa: Blocked Life-Saving Meds May Get Second Chance
Writing for Ground Up (Capetown), Marcus Low is reporting that a life-saving drug to combat drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is being blocked by outdated patent...
Nigeria: Demolitions in Lagos Leave Residents Homeless
Jon Gambrell of The Associated Press is reporting that Nigeria has begun destroying informal settlements and neighborhoods in Lagos in order to make way...
Martine Moïse: Wife of Assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse Indicted
Martine Moïse, wife of Assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, has been arrested along with 50 people in the assassination of her husband in 2021....
South Africa: Govt to Deploy 25,000 Troops to Curb Unrest
On July 4, the Burton Wire reported former South African president Jacob Zuma had been sentenced to 15 months in prison for failure to...
Former Congressman Mel Reynolds Arrested in Zimbabwe
Reuters is reporting that former congressman Mel Reynolds has been arrested in Zimbabwe, an immigration official said on Tuesday, after state media reported the...
African Journalists Under Siege in 2013
Writing for African Arguments, Adam Green examines the growing number of journalists, bloggers or media owners jailed for challenging the government. Green recounts laws...
South Africa: Malema to Appear in Court This Week
News 24 is reporting that former ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema will appear in court this Tuesday in South Africa to face charges...
Breaking: Explosion at Colorado Springs NAACP Headquarters
Jesse Paul of the Denver Post is reporting that an improvised explosive device was detonated against the exterior wall of a building housing the...
