Marion Cunningham 
A “very healthy, very energetic” Fidel Castro asked visiting Congressional Black Caucus members what Cuba could do to help President Barack Obama improve bilateral relations during his first meeting with U.S. officials since falling ill in 2006. Caucus leader Rep. Barbara Lee, a Democrat from California, said the ailing former Cuban president talked for nearly […]
April 9, 2009 | Posted in Carribean,Co-feature,Nation | Read more » 
Imam of Grand Mosque does not mind being compared to US President, praises King Abdullah for appointing him. Sheikh Adel ben Salem Al-Kalbani, 52, is the first black Imam of «Al-Masjid Al-Haram», Mecca’s Grand Mosque where 2 million Muslims go for pilgrimage every year. He does not mind being compared to Barak Obama.«No doubt, Barak […]
March 4, 2009 | Posted in Middle East | Read more » 
The anthropology world is all abuzz with a discovery in Africa that’s knocking scientists off their feet. It’s the finding of 1.5 million-year-old fossilized human footprints in Kenya at Rutgers University’s Koobi Fora Field School. Researchers say the ancient footprints show that some of the earliest humans walked just like we do today and also […]
March 2, 2009 | Posted in Africa,Co-feature | Read more »
Tanzanian Teachers Beaten in Front of Their Students Teachers at low-performing school in Tanzania were caned by officers in front of their students. In all, 19 teachers were beaten after a report blamed the low exam results on teachers either showing up late to work, being absent from work or not teaching the official curriculum. […]
February 18, 2009 | Posted in International,Nation | Read more »
19 African migrants drown. A boat capsized off the coast of the Canary Islands resulting in 19 African migrants drowning, reports the BBC. An 8-year-old girl is among the dead. Six people were rescued from the boat this past weekend and helicopters are searching the area for more survivors. Three people are still thought to […]
February 17, 2009 | Posted in International,Nation | Read more » 
Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi has said he would like a United States of Africa to include “Caribbean islands with African populations”. Col Gaddafi, speaking in Tripoli as the African Union’s (AU) new chairman, said this could include Haiti, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic. The Libyan leader also sympathised with Somali pirates, describing their actions […]
February 12, 2009 | Posted in Africa,Feature | Read more »
BASRA, Iraq (AP) — He calls himself the “Iraqi Obama” and hopes to channel President Barack Obama’s good luck by becoming the first black Iraqi to win an election. Salah al-Rekhayis lives in a town southwest of Basra called Zubayr, and with the help of his campaign manager-sister and brother, has pasted campaign posters urging […]
January 30, 2009 | Posted in Co-feature,International | Read more »
An indigenous leader was named Australian of the Year on Monday on this country’s version of the Fourth of July, and immediately suggested the date be changed because it marks the first in a chain of events that almost destroyed thousands of years of Aboriginal history. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd quickly ruled out moving the […]
January 26, 2009 | Posted in International | Read more » 
Their faces and darker skins make them look different. They are routinely called “slave” by the majority, whatever their profession. But Iraq’s black population hopes that Barack Obama’s rise to the White House will mark a turning point for minorities not just in the United States, but also in their country. Read full story
