Metalworkers Strike Ends in South Africa
BBC Africa is reporting that a four-week strike in South Africa has come to an end after the country's largest trade union reached a...
Chicago Gun Violence: Illinois Residents Want National Guard
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Cameroon: Boko Haram Kidnaps Vice Prime Minister’s Wife
Tansa Musa of Reuters Africa is reporting that Nigerian Boko Haram militants kidnapped the wife of Cameroon's vice prime minister and killed at least...
Separate and Unequal: NYC’s ‘Poor Doors’
Writing for Crain's New York Business, Daniel Geiger examines the New York City approved proposal for developers to build a separate door entrance to...
Nigeria: Eleven Parents of Missing School Girls Killed in Boko Haram Attack
Al Jazeera is reporting that at least 11 parents of the 200+ missing school girls in Chibok have been killed in a Boko Haram...
Barbados: UWI Cave Hill and China Partner on Confucius Institute
Caribbean 360 is reporting that the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill and the Chinese government are partnering on the establishment of...
France’s President Hollande Begins West Africa Tour
BBC News is reporting that French President Francois Hollande is embarking on a three-day tour of West Africa. The president will be accompanied by...
Hillary Clinton’s ‘B@#%*’ Problem
Hillary Clinton has had a bad summer. Not nearly as bad as President Obama’s but what once looked like a full-proof Democratic ascension, (from...
Atlanta’s Center for Civil and Human Rights: A Special Place
After nine years of strategic planning and construction, downtown Atlanta’s Center for Civil and Human Rights (CCHR) opened its doors to the public this...
NIGERIA: 63 Abducted Girls and Women Escape Boko Haram
Aminu Abubakar and Holly Yan of CNN are reporting that 63 girls and women have escaped from Boko Haram following a kidnapping last month...
