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Catch up on the latest world news, investigations, and analysis told from a Black perspective.
From the Washington Post: The earthquake that devastated Haiti also destroyed the nation’s feeble network for phones and Internet service. Except for cellphones, the population was largely cut off from communication. But out of the rubble, one U.S. wireless industry pioneer sees opportunity. Text continues after gallery… John Stanton, founder of Voice Stream and former […]
NDJAMENA (AFP) – Nine countries in Africa‘s drought-affected Sahel region meet in Chad this week to find ways to manage scarce water supplies and protect people against food shortages, an official said Sunday.
From CNN: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic — A man who provided legal advice to 10 American Baptists accused of kidnapping 33 Haitian children after the earthquake there was arrested Thursday night in the Dominican Republic and accused of human trafficking, the country’s anti-narcotics agency said Friday.
From the NY Times: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Inside this city’s earthquake-cracked psychiatric hospital, a schizophrenic man lay naked on a concrete floor, caked in dust.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Joyful parents on Wednesday recovered the children that they gave to American missionaries about six weeks ago.
From Independent.co.uk: Every woman remembers her wedding day with a tear in her eye – but, here in Ethiopia, the tears are different, and darker, and do not stop. Nurame Abedo is sitting in her hut high in the clouds, remembering the day she became a wife.
Unfortunately, the threat of sexual violence is all too common for women and girls who are in vulnerable living conditions, whether they’re in Haitian camps for displaced earthquake victims or in U.S. homeless shelters.
From CNN: Fort Portal, Uganda — At first glance, he looks like any other 17-year-old.