“Lives Are at Risk If We Delay” Extending Humanity to South Sudanese Immigrants
Portrait of sad refugee of Sudan man standing outside his new home in Kibutz Ibim, Israel. There are currently an estimated 60,000 African migrants …
Enslaved people’s health was ignored from the country’s beginning, laying the groundwork for today’s health disparities
A Union soldier stands with African Americans on the plantation Thomas F. Drayton, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, 1862. Photo by Henry P. Moore, …
Viewpoint: What Donald Trump Gets Wrong About Somalia
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaking at the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), congressional reception for newly elected Congressional representatives. – Arlington, VA/USA – …
Trump’s Nigerian Ban Is About Race, Not Security
Nigerian entrepreneurship and creativity have always found a home in the United States—until now.
By Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún, Foreign Policy
After winning a court victory with his initial travel ban that targeted some predominantly Muslim countries, U.S. President Donald …
Origin of modern humans ‘traced to Botswana’
By Helen Briggs (BBC News)
Makgadikgadi Salt Pans, Botswana – April 1st 2015: a group of traditional Basarwa gather together at the fire. (Image: Shutterstock)
Scientists have pinpointed …
Being black in Nazi Germany
Film director Amma Asante came across an old photograph taken in Nazi Germany of a black schoolgirl by chance.…
DR Congo Ebola outbreak declared global health emergency
"It is time for the world to take notice," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference in Geneva at which the emergency was declared.
By BBC
The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo a “public health emergency of international concern.”…
Ebola Deaths Top 1,000 in Congo Amid Clinic Attacks
Ebola can spread quickly and kills in up to 90 percent of cases. Symptoms include fever, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle pain and at times internal and external bleeding, and can start to occur between two and 21 days from infection, according to the World Health Organization.
More than 1,000 people have died from Ebola in eastern Congo since August, the country’s health minister said on Friday, …
Rwanda genocide: Nation marks 25 years since mass slaughter
Rwanda genocide anniversary: The country will mourn for 100 days.
People hold candles in remembrance at a vigil at Amahoro Stadium (Photo: AFP)
(BBC News) Rwanda’s president said the country had become “a family …
Cyclone Idai: Mozambique survivors desperate for help
BBC News
Floodwaters have cut off roads and knocked down buildings (Photo: AFP)
So far 200 people have been confirmed dead in the southern African country, …