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(GIN) – With mobile phone use spreading like wildfire in Africa, Kenya’s religious leaders are finding new uses for them.
“Cell phones have come to revolutionize everything, even Christianity,†said Anglican Bishop Charles Gaita of Nyahururu in central Kenya. “They are making things happen quickly.â€
“Cell phones have come to revolutionize everything, even Christianity,†said Anglican Bishop Charles Gaita of Nyahururu in central Kenya. “They are making things happen quickly.â€
A white South Africa has stirred a furor over his painting of former president Nelson Mandela as a cadaver, surrounded by prominent African figures witnessing his autopsy.
Artist Yuill Damaso called his work “a modern take on the Rembrandt oil painting The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp.” According to Damaso, his rendition is a tribute to Mandela.
Artist Yuill Damaso called his work “a modern take on the Rembrandt oil painting The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp.” According to Damaso, his rendition is a tribute to Mandela.
Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade plans to introduce legislation to make the African nation a Visa free zone. Photo by Finbar O'ReilyThis is the first time any African head of state has offered “Visa Free Status” to members of the African Diaspora.
This historic initiative by President Wade results from discussions with Her Excellency, Ambassador Dr. Erieka Bennett, Founder and Head of Mission of the Diaspora African Forum, based at the W.E.B. DuBois Center in Accra. Recognized by the African Union, the Diaspora African Forum holds diplomatic status granted by Ghana and is the first diplomatic mission in the world dedicated to the African Diaspora.
PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI -- Six months to the day since the earthquake, the UN Mission Chief in Haiti and assorted celebrities, politicians and NGO officials at the presidential palace were receiving medals for their help with the country’s recovery effort. On the same sweltering morning, Al Jazeera was in the Champ de Mars camp right opposite the palace grounds.
It’s a place where women are raped so frequently it takes place in broad daylight, where gang members roam the narrow, stinking tented alleys with weapons, and where newly-orphaned street children fight over the odd piece of change handed out by aid workers stopping to take photos in front of the ruined palace.
It’s a place where women are raped so frequently it takes place in broad daylight, where gang members roam the narrow, stinking tented alleys with weapons, and where newly-orphaned street children fight over the odd piece of change handed out by aid workers stopping to take photos in front of the ruined palace.
Actor Jimmy Jean-Louis, Madame Lola Poisson Joseph, wife of the Haitian Ambassador and actor Danny Glover met with some of the District’s most influential Black CEOs and powerbrokers for a private benefit, To Haiti with Love, to assist Haiti in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake. Photo by Shantella Y. ShermanAs the despair and devastation caused by the 7.0 seismic earthquake that rocked Haiti in January threatens to shift to the periphery of America’s consciousness, many of the nation’s most respected celebrities, activists and businessmen recently joined forces to secure long-term relief for the ravaged country. Actor-activist Danny Glover and Haitian-born actor Jimmy Jean-Louis were honored at the To Haiti with Love benefit, Sun., March 21, a gathering of Black business leaders and entertainers designed to streamline both strategic and financial relief efforts.
Hosted by Global Commerce Solutions at the W Hotel in Northwest, the event helped solidify Glover’s ongoing commitment to Haiti – one that started in the 1950s.
Two thousand Haitian protesters took to the streets on Monday to express their dissatisfaction with post-earthquake resources and to demand that Haiti's President, Rene Preval, not use the crisis to extend his term.
Trucks filled with riot police rolled behind the protesters as they jogged past tarps and shanties shouting insults at Preval, who has been criticized for his low profile following the quake and for allegedly using the destruction as a pretext to stay in office beyond his term.
"He is profiting from this disaster in order to stay in power," said Herve Santilus, 39, a sociologist who was laid off a few weeks after the magnitude-7 quake struck and has not been able to find work since. Source: Protesters blast Haiti president's quake response, Associated Press. The protest became violent.
At least twice, shotgun blasts rang out from cracked and collapsed buildings, but it was not clear who fired them.At least one man was wounded by a bullet, police spokesman Frantz Lerebours said. His condition was not immediately known.
Students supporting the protest threw rocks at passing U.N. vehicles, only to be choked in to submission by volleys of police-fired tear gas.
Police separately arrested at least seven people on charges of robbing people in the mob. A U.S. Army helicopter circled overhead, centering on areas where the crowd was heaviest. Source: Protesters blast Haiti president's quake response, Associated Press
Trucks filled with riot police rolled behind the protesters as they jogged past tarps and shanties shouting insults at Preval, who has been criticized for his low profile following the quake and for allegedly using the destruction as a pretext to stay in office beyond his term.
"He is profiting from this disaster in order to stay in power," said Herve Santilus, 39, a sociologist who was laid off a few weeks after the magnitude-7 quake struck and has not been able to find work since. Source: Protesters blast Haiti president's quake response, Associated Press. The protest became violent.
At least twice, shotgun blasts rang out from cracked and collapsed buildings, but it was not clear who fired them.At least one man was wounded by a bullet, police spokesman Frantz Lerebours said. His condition was not immediately known.
Students supporting the protest threw rocks at passing U.N. vehicles, only to be choked in to submission by volleys of police-fired tear gas.
Police separately arrested at least seven people on charges of robbing people in the mob. A U.S. Army helicopter circled overhead, centering on areas where the crowd was heaviest. Source: Protesters blast Haiti president's quake response, Associated Press
In Hanzhong, Shannxi, a mother-and-son team rented a rural property to open a private kindergarten for 20 children. One day the son found a snake inside and killed it. This disturbed the property owner, 48-year-old Wu Huanming, who had been suffering from a variety of diseases and had grown increasingly superstitious in recent years.
Blaming the snake killing for the ineffectiveness of his medical treatment, Wu went into a frenzy. On the morning of May 12, Wu entered the kindergarten carrying a meat cleaver and hacked to death seven children, along with the mother-and-son proprietors, wounding another 11 children in the process. Wu committed suicide afterward.
Blaming the snake killing for the ineffectiveness of his medical treatment, Wu went into a frenzy. On the morning of May 12, Wu entered the kindergarten carrying a meat cleaver and hacked to death seven children, along with the mother-and-son proprietors, wounding another 11 children in the process. Wu committed suicide afterward.
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Written by Xujun Eberlein - News Analysis Courtesy of New American Media
Written by Xujun Eberlein - News Analysis Courtesy of New American Media
The XVIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010), Global Village during the opening ceremonies in Vienna, Austria on Tue., July 13. AIDS activist Sheryl Lee Ralph attended the conference which ended on Fri., July 23. / Photo courtesy of IAS/Marcus Rose/ Workers' Photos Among the top issues at this year’s conference is the examination of the rights of women in the context of HIV. Over 15.7 million women are living with HIV – half of all adults living with the virus. Women from every corner of the world are making their voices heard, especially Women ARISE (Access, Rights, Investment, Security, and Equity), the largest coalition of women’s organizations that have ever come together around HIV/AIDS.
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Written by Alice Thomas-Tisdale - Special to the NNPA from the Jackson Advocate
Written by Alice Thomas-Tisdale - Special to the NNPA from the Jackson Advocate
(GIN) – Hundreds of African grandmothers from 12 African countries are meeting this week in Swaziland to discuss the impact of losing adult children to AIDS.
The inaugural African Grandmothers’ Gathering aims to build a “solidarity movement” across the continent, while seeking support from international donors and aid agencies.
"Grandmothers are at the frontline of the HIV/Aids impact. They have to pick up the pieces and move on,”. said Philile Mlotshwa of Swapol (Swaziland Positive Living), which is organizing the event in partnership with the Canadian-based Stephen Lewis Foundation.
"They are the heroes yet no one has gone to them to say we recognize your efforts."They don't have time to grieve because the children need to be looked after. They are doing this without any income.”
A delegation of 42 Canadian grandmothers from the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign of the Stephen Lewis Foundation will also attend the summit. The Queen Mother and prime minister of Swaziland will also attend the conference in Manzini, on from May 6 to 8.
Racist Belgian Comic Book To Be Tried In Court
(GIN) – Capping a three-year effort, Congolese national Bienvenu Mbutu Mondondo may finally get his chance to pull a racially insulting comic book “Tintin in the Congo” off of library shelves.
A trial is scheduled to begin this week in Brussels, the city where Tintin's creator, pen-named Hergé, once lived. Mbutu Mondondo, 42, says the book — first published in 1930 — is racist, colonial propaganda and should be banned.
The inaugural African Grandmothers’ Gathering aims to build a “solidarity movement” across the continent, while seeking support from international donors and aid agencies.
"Grandmothers are at the frontline of the HIV/Aids impact. They have to pick up the pieces and move on,”. said Philile Mlotshwa of Swapol (Swaziland Positive Living), which is organizing the event in partnership with the Canadian-based Stephen Lewis Foundation.
"They are the heroes yet no one has gone to them to say we recognize your efforts."They don't have time to grieve because the children need to be looked after. They are doing this without any income.”
A delegation of 42 Canadian grandmothers from the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign of the Stephen Lewis Foundation will also attend the summit. The Queen Mother and prime minister of Swaziland will also attend the conference in Manzini, on from May 6 to 8.
Racist Belgian Comic Book To Be Tried In Court
(GIN) – Capping a three-year effort, Congolese national Bienvenu Mbutu Mondondo may finally get his chance to pull a racially insulting comic book “Tintin in the Congo” off of library shelves.
A trial is scheduled to begin this week in Brussels, the city where Tintin's creator, pen-named Hergé, once lived. Mbutu Mondondo, 42, says the book — first published in 1930 — is racist, colonial propaganda and should be banned.
(GIN) - Kenya has the third highest number of blogs in Africa after Nigeria and South Africa. The main African blog aggregator — Agrigator — says Kenya has 739 blogs after Nigeria’s 1,351 and South Africa’s 9,183. The most pronounced blogging activity in Kenyan history was during the 2007/2008 post-election violence that marked a defining moment for the local blogosphere.
Moses Kemibaro, a technology blogger who has been blogging for the last three years at www.moseskemibaro.com, observed that bloggers have grown to become a credible and influential group in Kenya.
“Through blogging and social media there is now a second force for media reporting’” he said. “It’s a whole new world and with over three million internet users in Kenya, bloggers are starting to influence mainstream content and opinions on topics ranging from politics, sports, technology and other areas.”
Moses Kemibaro, a technology blogger who has been blogging for the last three years at www.moseskemibaro.com, observed that bloggers have grown to become a credible and influential group in Kenya.
“Through blogging and social media there is now a second force for media reporting’” he said. “It’s a whole new world and with over three million internet users in Kenya, bloggers are starting to influence mainstream content and opinions on topics ranging from politics, sports, technology and other areas.”
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