Posted on 23 April 2009. Tags: Africa, Africa, Africans, Congress, Elections, Nationalism, News, Parties, president

Jacob Zuma is one step away from the Union Buildings - South Africa's seat of power.
Wednesday's national and provincial elections are certain to see the African National Congress (ANC) leader become the new president of South Africa.
But this year's elections have been different.
A new opposition party, hewn from the ruling African National Congress, is challenging ...
Posted in Africa, Education, Events, Men, News, Politics, Women
Posted on 30 March 2009. Tags: Administration, American, California, Elections, History, News, Obama, Racing, University, cartoons, race, schools, slaves, writing

Two months into the administration of the first African-American president, Liz Sidoti of the Associated Press takes a look today at some of the "old racial stereotypes and Internet-fueled falsehoods'' about President Barack Obama that have "flourished.''
There was that New York Post cartoon portraying the president as a monkey, that California mayor resigning after circulating ...
Posted in Africa, African American, Politics, Slavery, The Americas
Posted on 24 March 2009. Tags: Antigua, Barbuda, Caribbean, Discrimination, Elections, Parties, Politics, Poll, West Indies, allegations

UNCERTAINTY hangs over the future of Antigua and Barbuda's second-term government of Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer last week with the filing of four election petitions Thursday (March 19) by the opposition Antigua Labour Party (ALP) in the High Court.
RICKEY SINGH
The challenging of the declared results involve three of the nine seats won by the incumbent ...
Posted in Caribbean, Community, Events, Law and Order, News, Politics