Tag Archive | "News"
Posted on 31 May 2011. Tags: Cancer, News, cell phones, mobile phones

Experts say Cell-Phones are possibly Carcinogenic to Humans, classify in same category as DDT
By Maria Cheng, The Associated Press | The Canadian Press
..LONDON -
An international panel of experts says cellphones are possibly carcinogenic to humans after reviewing details from dozens of published studies.
The statement was issued in Lyon, France, on Tuesday by the International Agency ...
Posted in Africa, Black History, Media, News
Posted on 12 September 2009. Tags: Africa, African American, History, News, Women, stories

This July, 15-year-old Kimberly Anyadike finished a record-breaking flight across the country, becoming what is believed to be the youngest African-American female to pilot an airplane from coast to coast. The adventurous teenager flew from Compton Woodley Airport in Compton, CA, to Newport News, VA ,and back, making thirteen stops along the way. Her flight ...
Posted in African American, Black Britain, Community, News, The Americas, Women
Posted on 04 May 2009. Tags: ANC, Africa, Africa, Africans, Congress, Corruption, Democrats, Economics, Economy, Nationalism, News, Parties, Politics, South Africa, Zimbabwe, equality, kids, poverty, president, violence

There was no surprise for what proved to be a resounding victory for Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma and the African National Congress (ANC). Zuma is the come back kid of all time; the man who against all odds came back from political abyss. In 2005 he was sacked as deputy leader of the ANC by then ...
Posted in Africa, Community, Education, Events, Politics
Posted on 04 May 2009. Tags: Black, Blacks, Hair, News, Politics, Women, beauty, stories, writing

Vogue’s Beyonce Cover, Racist?
Posted by: Annika Harris | Filed in: News & Culture
5:30PM, Tuesday March 17th 2009
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Some folks have gotten their panties in a bunch over Beyonce’s cover for the “Shape Issue” of Vogue. Beyonce is one of only five black women to grace the cover of Vogue ...
Posted in Africa
Posted on 29 April 2009. Tags: Admiral Howard, Africa, Black, Blacks, Females in the Navy, Media, Navy, News, Somalia, president, stories

MAERSK-ALABAMA CAPTAIN RESCUED BY REAR ADM. MICHELLE HOWARD'S SHIP
Whoa!
Nope, this is one you SURE DIDN'T HEAR on the news. The ship that rescued the Maersk-Alabama's captain was skippered by a BLACK FEMALE REAR ADMIRAL? Get OUT of here!
If you're like me, you briefly saw her in some news clips, and (like me) probably figured she ...
Posted in Africa, African American, Education, Events, Men, Middle East, News, Politics, The Americas, War, Women
Posted on 23 April 2009. Tags: Black, Blacks, Inter racial, News, Racing, magazines, race, stories

My Monday column is about the challenges facing news organizations trying to maintain conversations with readers while keeping the discourse civil and thoughtful.
Consider what happened recently when the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s weekly magazine, Go!, ran an article about the best places to smooch and featured a picture of an interracial couple kissing on the magazine ...
Posted in Black Britain, Black Writing, Blackpresence Supports, Education, Environment, Europe, Men, Politics
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 28 March 2009. Tags: Black, Black Britain, Black Film, Black akers, Blacks, Britain, British, Caribbean, Caribbeans, Derby, Films, London, News, Opera, Police, TV, actors, film, stories, writers

Tuesday 11.30am March 31st & April 7th 2009 BBC Radio 4 and on BBC i-player for 7 days after broadcast
Programme 1: Less than 50 years ago a passionate bedroom kiss between a white man and a black woman in a popular television soap opera was the stuff of tabloid headlines. So risque that, in ...
Posted in Africa, Arts, Black Britain, Community, Education, Europe, Men, Music, Politics, Racism, Women
Posted on 24 March 2009. Tags: Africa, African American, Africans, America, Augusta, Black, Blacks, Community, Education, Events, Georgia, News, Students, Trade, Women, Youth, children, drugs, jail, schools, society, statistics, stories

AUGUSTA, Ga. - It was a gathering to reclaim black manhood--a conference for all ages, men and women, held at Paine College.
“You can achieve, you can believe, you can conceive, that truly this country is made for you and you need to use the world as your oyster," said Dr. Mike Weaver, organizer.
Men and ...
Posted in Community, Education, Law and Order, Men, Politics, The Americas, Women
Posted on 24 March 2009. Tags: Brown, California, Community, Corruption, Events, Illegal, News, Nightclubs, Nightlife, Oakland, Parties, Police, Racism, Racist, allegations, drugs, inner circle, mayor jerry brown, oakland city hall, parking garage, police officers, revellers

Last week, Geoffrey Pete--long a well-respected figure in Oakland's African-American community, and the owner of Geoffrey's Inner Circle nightclub--held a press conference outside Oakland City Hall to announce he's considering filing a complaint against the OPD for unlawful harassment.
Pete has previously raised allegations that OPD and former mayor Jerry Brown instituted a crackdown on Oakland's ...
Posted in African American, Arts, Community, Music, Politics, Racism, The Americas
Posted on 21 March 2009. Tags: Add new tag, Black, Black Fathers, Blacks, Hair, Music, News, Police, Racing, Racism, Sport, Teachers, Women, Youngmen, drugs, race, rap, schools, society, stories, street

Walter Backstrom | Letter to a young black man
By WALTER BACKSTROM
Bellevue Reporter Columnist
Mar 20 2009, 1:26 PM
It seems sometimes I grew up in a different country than you.
I grew up in a time and place where black people couldn't vote. It seems times have changed. Sometimes it seems nothing has changed.
When I tell you ...
Posted in African American, Black Writing, Blackpresence Supports, Community, Politics, Racism, The Americas
Posted on 18 March 2009. Tags: Americas, Caribbean, Central America, Guyana, News, Roundup, South America

Top Guyana Award For West Indies Batsman
CARIBWORLDNEWS.COM - Jackson Heights,NY,USA
CaribWorldNews, GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Weds. Mar. 18, 2009: West Indies batsman and former skipper, Shiv Chanderpaul, is set to be bestowed with a Guyana ...
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A history of events of CLICO Guyana
Caribbean Net News - Georgetown,Cayman Islands
CLICO Guyana established ...
Posted in Africa, Caribbean, Community, Education, Media, The Americas
Posted on 17 March 2009. Tags: Africa, African News, News, Senegalese, senegal

Senegal/Rwanda: Star Targets Afro-Basket Title
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
2005 FIBA Africa Championship (Afrobasket) Most Valuable Player (MVP) Boniface Ndong is eager to guide Senegal to their first continental championship ...
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Senegal's Téranga Lions play Oman, Iran in soccer friendlies
Le Mali en ligne - Mali
Dakar, Senegal - Senegal will play two soccer friendly ...
Posted in Africa, News, Roundup
Posted on 17 March 2009. Tags: News, Roundup, South Africa

Senior ANC Official Vows Jacob Zuma will Quit if Convicted of ...
Voice of America - USA
By Darren Taylor South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC) says it's confident it will win more than 70 percent of the vote when the ...
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South Africa considers steps to help Zimbabwe
Reuters South ...
Posted in Africa, Community, Education, Events, Media, News, Roundup
Posted on 14 March 2009. Tags: Africa Awakenng, News, Newsletters

Dear Friends of Africa Awakening,
I hope you are all having a great weekend.
May your dreams, aspirations and personal ambitions this year, continue to be blessed by the vision, the grace and the spirit of the Lord.
AFRICA AWAKENING is all about:
Promoting the needs and interests of Africans, West Indians and the Black British Community in different ...
Posted in Africa, Black Britain, Caribbean, Community, Education, Europe, Events, Women
Posted on 12 March 2009. Tags: Africa, Education, Food, History, News, Orphans, Students, biofuels, farming, poverty, rice, senegal

Senegal-Bonus for rice farmers
For Senegalese rice farmers like Pape Alioune Seck the food crisis is a blessing in disguise in a country that until recently imported three-quarters of this staple from Asia."Two years ago, the Senegalese rediscovered rice from the river valley," said the 32-year-old rice farmer.
The change is answering the dreams of the domestic ...
Posted in Africa, Community, Education, Food, Health, Students
Posted on 10 March 2009. Tags: Africa, Africa, Africans, Health, London, News, Science, University, medicine, stories, street

What does medicine owe to Africa?
By Jane Elliott
Health reporter, BBC News
The contribution of European culture to medicine has long been recognised.
The Greeks are thought by many to be forerunners of modern medicine - they studied the progression of disease, they knew something of the inner workings of the body, and their language gave medicine many ...
Posted in Africa
Posted on 10 March 2009. Tags: Africa, Britain, Economy, Europe, Illegal, News, Trade, e-waste, environmental, nigeria, toxic, waste

Tonnes of toxic waste collected from British municipal dumps is being sent illegally to Africa in flagrant breach of this country’s obligation to ensure its rapidly growing mountain of defunct televisions, computers and gadgets are disposed of safely.
Hundreds of thousands of discarded items, which under British law must be dismantled or recycled by specialist contractors, ...
Posted in Africa
Posted on 08 March 2009. Tags: Africa, Artwork, Black, Blacks, Brown, Europe, HILLINGDON, History, London, News, Politics, Racing, Rihanna, Twitter, Women, awards, celebs, race, stories

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Posted on 07 March 2009. Tags: Black, Black History, Britain, Discrimination, Economics, History, London, News, Politics, Troops, War, negro, writing

For instance, a British soldier writes to complain that in an English port part of a well-known restaurant is barred to "coloured troops". ?He says that the employees of the restaurant disliked discriminating against coloured soldiers, and that a group of British soldiers near said what they thought about colour prejudice.
He adds that his unit ...
Posted in African American, Black Britain, Black History Month, Europe, War
Posted on 06 March 2009. Tags: Africa, Africa, Africans, America, American, Americas, Black, Black History, Blacks, Books, Britain, British, Canada, Caribbean, Caribbeans, Community, Doctors, Egypt, Europe, Events, Exodusters, France, Guyana, Halifax, Health, History, Illegal, Kansas, Knights, Military, Music, News, North America, Notices, Parties, Personalities, Police, Prison, Racing, Racism, Racist, Trade, War, Washington, Women, children, farming, football, kids, negro, notice, president, race, schools, segregation, slaves, society, stories, street, violence

Black Canadians in Canada:
Total Population of Canada: 30+,000,000
Number of Black People living in Canada: 670,000
Percentage of Canadian Population that's Black: 2%
Percentage of the Black Canadian Population living in:
- Toronto - 47%
- Montreal - 20%
- Ottawa - 6%
- Vancouver - 3%
- Halifax - 2%
Where Black Canadians ...
Posted in Politics, The Americas
Posted on 02 March 2009. Tags: Africa, America, American, Americas, Antigua, Army, Black, Black British, Blacks, Britain, British, Canada, Death, France, Hair, Health, Jamaica, Liverpool, London, Military, Moors, Navy, News, Nurse, Soldiers, Trade, Troops, Trumpet, Wales, War, Williams, equality, negro, senegal, slaves, surgeon


It would of course be easy to leave such men as
Posted in Africa, African American, Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month, Caribbean, Europe, War
Posted on 02 March 2009. Tags: Africa, Africa, African American, Africans, America, American, Americas, Black, Blacks, Business, Community, Discrimination, Food, History, News, Nurse, War, Williams, ethnicity, kids, nigerian, poverty, privacy, schools, society, violence


A look at the position of the average African and average African-American revealed some surprising parallels. For the purpose of simplifying this piece, I will generalize even when I know there are exceptions. I also know Alexander Dumas warned that all generalizations are dangerous, so don’t snap as you read. Treat this as an honest start of an authentic dialogue which all Africans in the Diaspora must have.
Posted in Africa, African American, Community, Men, The Americas, Women
Posted on 02 March 2009. Tags: Africa, Africa, Africans, American, Army, Black, Blacks, Britain, British, Census, Congo, Crime, Economics, Education, Ethiopians, Events, France, Genocide, Hair, History, Holocaust, Media, Murder, News, Personalities, Politics, Racing, Racism, Racist, Spurs, Uganda, War, beauty, ethnicity, exploitation, mixed, president, race, revellers, schools, slaves, violence


Rwandan Genocide: Why it happened and Why it shouldn’t have happen The year 2004 marked the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide in which 1,000,000 Rwandans were slaughtered over the course of 100 days, although some officials reported a span of 8 weeks….
Posted in Africa, War