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Nigerian soldiers confine Al-Jazeera journalists to hotel and bar others
President Goodluck Jonathan is in a tight election raceNigerian military authorities on Tuesday confined two Al-Jazeera journalists to their hotel room and have forbidden them from leaving, according...
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Canadian-Born Ted Cruz Who Shut Govt In 2013 Can't Win U.S. Presidency
Ted Cruz -- you can't just renounce Canada and become U.S. President; where're the Birthers?So Rafael Edward “Ted” Cruz is running for President of the United States.As a Democrat, this prospect is...
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John Smith's Grand National 2015 Set For April 11
The famous course at John Smith's Grand National[Sports]On April 11, a 70, 000-strong crowd will pack the Aintree racecourse for the 2015 John Smith's Grand National while more than 10 million people...
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WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR FREE EXPRESSION PRIZE
Mar 23 (GIN) – At home she was subjected to death threats for defending women in northeastern Kenya who are vulnerable to rape, female circumcision and murder. This month, Amran Abdundi Amram was...
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SO SUDAN FREES HUNDREDS OF CHILD FIGHTERS INCLUDING 9-YR OLD GIRL
Mar. 23 (GIN) – South Sudan’s Democratic Army Cobra Faction announced its third release of child soldiers as agreed in a pact with the government signed last May.Over the weekend, 654 children...
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PROFITEERS SELLING ‘CONFLICT DIAMONDS’ , DESPITE BAN
Mar. 23 (GIN) – Since a coup d’etat and an extremely bloody aftermath, not much has improved in the Central African Republic and that suits the black market diamond merchants just fine. With news...
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Film At The Schomburg: Revolution And Religion -- Cornel West and Bob Avakian...
Bob Avakian and Cornel WestNationwide Film Premiere Screenings and On-line Launch:REVOLUTION AND RELIGION: The Fight for Emancipation and the Role of Religion; A Dialogue Between CORNEL WEST & BOB...
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Funeral Plans: DR. Yosef Alfredo Antonio ben-Jochannan
Dr. BenDR. Yosef Alfredo Antonio ben-JochannanDecember 31, 1918, Gondar, Ethiopia - March 19, 2015, New York City, USA The funeral arrangements and services for Dr. Yosef Ben-Jochannan are as...
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Dr. Yosef ben-Jochannan Taught: The African Woman And The Origin of Life
Dr. Yosef ben-Jochannan[In Memoriam]Dr. Ben was an extraordinary man of many talents, but principally a man who held the African woman in the highest esteem. He taught us in the beginning was the...
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Major Reparations Summit Set For April 9 In New York City
Dr. Ron DanielsThe International Reparations Summit hosted by The Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW), a leading research, policy and advocacy group with offices in New York and Baltimore,...
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Palm Sunday: “The Great Litany”
“The Great Litany” as found in the Book of Common Prayer reads thusly:O God the Father, Creator of heaven and earth,Have mercy upon us.O God the Son, Redeemer of the world,Have mercy upon us.O God the...
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President Obama To Attend July Global Business Summit In Kenya
President Obama THE WHITE HOUSEStatement by the Press Secretary on the Global Entrepreneurship Summit and the President’s Travel to Africa:The Government of Kenya has agreed to co-host the 2015 Global...
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"Obama Watch" On Imhotep Gary Byrd's Show Ended: Let's Support Independent...
Imhotep Gary Byrd[Publisher's Notebook]Last night was the last broadcast of the "Obama Watch" show on Imhotep Gary Byrd's Global Black Experience (GBE) on WLIB radio after almost eight years, for those...
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Medical Emergency Reported For Mumia Abu-Jamal
Mumia Abu-Jamal[Commentary]Dear friend, At 1pm EST today, Mumia Abu-Jamal had a medical emergency and was taken to the Intensive Care Unit at Schuylkill Medical Center in Pottsville, PA.We need your...
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Buhari Projected As Winner Of Nigeria Election By Leading News Site, Sahara...
Buhari projected as winner of Nigeria's presidential vote by Sahara Reporters Muhammadu Buhari has defeated incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan in Nigeria's presidential election, a leading...
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FORMER MILITARY MAN DECLARES VICTORY IN NIGERIAN POLLS
Mar. 31(GIN) – Showing a “commendable determination to register their vote and choose their leaders,” Nigerians by the hundreds of thousands lined up at polling stations across the country to select...
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MARYLAND STUDENTS LAUNCH FUND APPEAL FOR JAILED SWAZI WRITER
Mar 30 (GIN) – A journalist jailed in Swaziland is getting some unexpected help from a class of journalism students at the University of Maryland who are taking up the cause of writers around the world...
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CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS OVER MRS. MUGABE’S TRIPS ABROAD
Mar. 30 (GIN) – First Lady Grace Mugabe is being treated in Asia for appendicitis, according to government officials. Local media reports say she was flown to Dubai and then Singapore for surgery in...
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RIGHTS GROUPS RALLY AROUND ‘BLOOD DIAMONDS’ JOURNO, FACING JAIL
Mar. 31 (GIN) – The Southern Africa Litigation Center, Amnesty International and over a dozen other human rights organizations including the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights have signed...
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Nigeria's Jonathan Concedes Election Defeat
Goodluck Jonathan concedes defeatFellow Nigerians,I thank you all for turning out en-masse for the March 28 General Elections.I promised the country free and fair elections. I have kept my word. I have...
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