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Uganda bans female circumcision

Lets hope all Islamic states follow Uganda's lead, it is a barbaric practice that has nothing to do with Islamic teaching. Glad to see its now banned in Uganda. " The Ugandan parliament unanimously passed a bill...

Uganda anti-gay bill has potential to divide Commonwealth leaders

Uganda's anti-gay bill has the potential to divide Commonwealth leaders who are scheduled to meet in Port of Spain, capital of Trinidad and Tobago, from November 27-29, where the global challenges of climate...

Secret world of the giant manta ray

World of mysteries: the oceans and its creatures Science does not reach the mysteries that Nature hides!Nature also reacts to attacks Mantas could be one of the most intelligent creatures in the ocean Until...

Ursula Burns: First Black Woman to become CEO to a Fortune 500

On July 1st 2009, Ursula Burns became the first African American women to become a CEO of a Fortune 500 Company, from being a mechanical engineer summer intern in 1980, then moving on to become senior vice president of corporate stategic services in 2000, then seven years...

Zimbabweans Use Text and Web 2.0 to Weather Crisis

" With the crisis in Zimbabwe going from worse to worse, there are still effective ways to help people there get food and survive.The beep-beep of a received text on a mobile phone is now becoming a much-needed...

Nollywood: Booming Nigerian Film Industry

" The digital revolution in filmmaking over the last decade has given birth to an African success story: Nollywood - Nigeria’s answer to Hollywood, uses low-cost digital filmmaking and editing to tell local...

Gold medal athlete Caster Semenya told to prove she is a woman

" The world of athletics was hit by controversy tonightafter a female South African athlete who won the 800m final at the world championships was asked to take a gender verification test to prove she is a woman....

The Evolution of Plant Minds

     I was listening this past weekend to an NPR story about the history of chewing gum (see http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106439600&ft=1&f=1032). ...

I Hate the Difference Between "Jews" and "blacks".

Today, I'm reading about reading about James W. von Brun (shot a guard at the Holocaust Museum) in an article co-written by Darryl Fears of the Washington Post (with whom I am acquainted because of an article he wrote for which he interviewed me and James Rucker of Color of...

China showing no mercy to African Nationals smuggling drugs

China is showing no mercy to African Nationals when it comes to drug smuggling. Those convicted are being sentenced to death. " On April 23, Chibuzor Ezekwem, a Nigerian national, was executed for trafficking hard...

Source of refuge, and separation

" The P-3 program aims to reunify families separated after resettlement, which has been considered a long-standing priority in U.S. refugee admission. Since 2003, the program has admitted roughly 36,000 relatives of African refugees, plus about 400 people from other...

Rare baby pink elephant caught on camera in Africa

A very rare baby pink elephant has been seen by a wildlife cameraman in the Okavango Delta with a herd of about 80 other elephants. Most likely, the pink elephant is an albino calf, which is really rare among...

Zoo names new lion cubs Obama, Hillary

Zookeepers in Malaysia's southern Johor state have named two new African lion cubs after US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton." Obama and Hillary, along with another female cub...

Gadhafi: Israel responsible for Darfur crisis

You just got to love this spin. If it wasn't so pathetic you could get a good laugh out of it. " JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Libyan President Muammar Gadhafi said Israel is to blame for the crisis in Darfur. Gadhafi, president of the African Union, said Tuesday that "foreign...

Rare cheetah caught on camera and rare crab sighted in Britain

An incredibly rare cheeta has been photographed in the Algerian Sahara by scientists from the Zoological Society of London, while over in Britain, an incredibly rare crab has been sighted for the third time in...

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