John Muto-Ono p'Lajur June 13,2018 0  A scene from a gold mine in Karamoja- Photo by Observer “Africa takes the biggest percentage of the 70% of the children involved in child labor in the agricultural sector, 85% of which is in Africa alone. We need to reverse this trend. The productivity of this generation lies in the children. If you play with children, you play with the moral fabrics of society as a whole” “Globally, 541 million young workers (between the ages of 15 and 24) account... | Milton G. Allimadi June 14,2018 0  Bosmic Original. Photo--Facebook Ugandan musical star Bosmic Original recently had one of his songs banned from radio play in Uganda. The song "Mac Onywalo buru" translates loosely into "From Blazing Flames to mere Ashes." The thrust of the song is that if the late Ugandan rulers Milton Obote and Gen. Tito Okello were resurrected, both would kill themselves on account of their respective son's close... | Special To The Black Star News June 13,2018 0  Kathryn Finney. Photo--Wikipedia Black women owned startups have doubled since 2016 a newly released report by digitalundivid, a social enterprise that takes a transformative approach by economically empowering Black and Latinx women, shows. The ProjectDiane 2018 report was released in collaboration with JPMorgan Chase, the Case Foundation, and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The study is part of digitalundivided’s ongoing proprietary research initiative ProjectDiane.... |
Special To The Black Star News June 15,2018 0  Fort Walton Beach, Fl., police handcuffed a man who complained he had been overcharged by 50 cents. A call has been made by activists and civil rights organizations for Black people and LGBTQIA+/same gender loving (SGL) people to avoid Waffle House restaurants following a string of incidents of racial and homophobic bias and discrimination. The organizations leading the call include Women’s March, National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC), and 100 Black Men. While the... | Special To The Black Star News June 13,2018 0  By the people and for the people, community organizing group ACORN became a major player in the 2008 presidential election that resulted in Barack Obama's victory. Conservatives took issue with the group, firing accusations of voter fraud and government waste at the left-leaning organization. The burgeoning right-wing opposition found unexpected allies in James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles. The pair of young conservatives and amateur journalists posed as a pimp and prostitute to try to... | Special To The Black Star News June 14,2018 0  Attorney General Sessions. Photo: Gage Skidmore--Flickr. [Commentary] From across the country, leaders and editorial boards are denouncing the Trump Administration’s cruel and inhumane policies carried out by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions that are separating families, condemning vulnerable women and children to violence, and turning our backs on who we are as a nation. Cardinal Daniel DeNardo, President of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said: "Families... |
Special To The Black Star News June 13,2018 0  First meeting between N. Korean and U.S. leaders Convinced that the establishment of new U.S.–DPRK relations will contribute to the peace and prosperity of the Korean Peninsula and of the world, and recognizing that mutual confidence building can promote the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un state the following: The United States and the DPRK commit to establish new U.S.–DPRK relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples... | Special To The Black Star News June 14,2018 0  A film by Daniel McCabe, celebrated war photographer. Language: English, French, Swahili and Lingala with English subtitles. THIS IS CONGO provides an immersive and unfiltered look into Africa’s longest continuing conflict and those who are surviving within it. By following four compelling characters — a whistleblower, a patriotic military commander, a mineral dealer and a displaced tailor — the film offers viewers a truly Congolese perspective on the problems that... |
Over the last few days, during this observance of the first anniversary of the execution of Michael Brown, in Ferguson, were now hearing chants of Weve got to fight back and We are ready for war.
That weve reached this dangerous place in the fight against police abuse was...
Last week a New York Police Department officer was suspended after a video emerged showing him kicking a suspect being arrested, now a group of NYPD officers are being investigated for bringing down Sandra Amezquita a...
The Ebola crises in West Africa is another occasion where the whole world gets to see inept leadership in many African countries.
There have recently been many postings on social media critical of the United States for deploying military personnel and medical workers to West Africa in...
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