Washington Informer
Thirty-four people were killed after police opened fire on striking miners at a South African mine last week, the police chief has said. Riah Phiyega said police had been forced to shoot after armed protesters charged them, "firing shots", at…
Calls for an official investigation into the abrupt dismissal of employees at the Trinidad and Tobago Consulate-General in New York; allegations of racial discrimination in the diplomatic office and appeals by fired workers for their unpaid salaries and compensation.…
Pakistani officials say the Taliban commander known as Fazlullah has been orchestrating raids on Pakistani security forces from Afghanistan, where he fled several years ago after a Pakistani army offensive against his stronghold in the Swat Valley. Pakistan has repeatedly…
The latest outbreak was in the western Kibaale district, around 200 kilometres (125 miles) west of the Ugandan capital Kampala, and around 50 kilometres from the border with Democratic Republic of Congo. "We have confirmed 20 people who have contracted…
Neither Javien Davison nor Kierra Adkins has ever traveled overseas before but that all changes when they fly out of Washington, D.C. headed to Haiti. The pair and 13 of their companions comprise a group of D.C. youngsters who will…
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- The Dadaab refugee camp in northern Kenya is the biggest in the world, a sprawl of nearly half a million people, some of whom have lived there for about two decades. Residents who fled famine…
As the District of Columbia prepares to host the XIX International AIDS Conference, one of the key players told a media audience last week that she eagerly anticipates the death of the pandemic. '"Turning the tide together' is the…
(Editorial note: Mohammed Morsi's victory as Egypt's first elected civilian president—and first leader with a PhD—also brings the first traditionally Islamic First Lady.) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.--The world now knows that Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and…
A report by an independent auditor, the Fair Labor Association (FLA), says it found "multiple serious violations" of the company's own supplier code. The code includes clauses on child labour, safety and working hours. Cocoa is the raw product that…
Amid mounting violence in the north, Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has fired his national security adviser and defense minister. While it has remained unclear who will replace Defense Minister Bello Mohammed, the president's security aide Owoye Azazi will be replaced…
Africa is known for its beauty, majesty and vast mineral and lucrative natural resources of gold, diamonds, oil, copper, cobalt, uranium, platinum, and titanium. But Africa is also known as the continent that has been the target of centuries…
Nigeria's long-awaited oil reform bill is a Christmas stocking stuffed with goodies for the multinational oil companies who have been feasting for years on the nation's rich supply of crude oil. Provisions that would have forced the government to publish…
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