Pan African Global Trade and Investment Conference prepares for AgTech Innovation Hub
Khubaka, Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2018-09-27
The 8th Annual Pan African Global Trade and Investment Conference is poised to help prepare the launch of our California's AgTech innovation hub $10 million dollar startup fund…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/09/26/18817829.php
Australia: Commemoration rally held for youth killed in racist attack
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-09-27
Liep Gony's mother is clearly alarmed at the renewed government-media campaign scapegoating of youth of African origin.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/27/liep-s27.html
Towards a Sustainable Peace in the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia and Eritrea Sign Agreement
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-26
Another agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea signed in Jedda, Saudi Arabia on September 16 represents a new page in the shifting political alignments in this area of East Africa. | Previously on July 9 a document was signed by the leaders … | The post Towards a Sustainable Peace in the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia and Eritrea Sign Agreement appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/towards-a-sustainable-peace-in-the-horn-of-africa-ethiopia-and-eritrea-sign-agreement/5655193
The Age of Fraud: the Link Between Capitalism and Profiteering by Deception
Jà∂rg Wiegratz | counterpunch.org | 2018-09-26
Fraud is an issue that haunts many contemporary societies around the globe, including in East Africa. I have been researching the topic of economic trickery for over a decade in Uganda, and published a number of articles, books and opinion pieces about the matter. As many of you might know, Uganda experiences intensive fraud levels…
counterpunch.org/2018/09/26/the-age-of-fraud-the-link-between-capitalism-and-profiteering-by-deception/
Trump's Africa
Roz Chast | thenation.com | 2018-09-25
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Dr. Barbara Ransby: What the Defamation of Anita Hill Can Teach Us About the Kavanaugh Hearings
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-09-24
News that Dr. Christine Blasey Ford will testify Thursday against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh has prompted many to warn senators not to repeat the mistakes of the Anita Hill hearings of 1991, when Hill was questioned by an all-male, all-white Senate Judiciary Committee over her allegations that then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas had sexually harassed her in the workplace. In the weeks after Hill testified, nearly 1,600 black feminists organized as "African American Women in Defense of Ourselves" and signed a manifesto published in an advertisement in The New York Times. We speak with histo…
www.democracynow.org/2018/9/24/dr_barbara_ransby_what_the_defamation
'Racially profiled & humiliated': Black candidate busted for dealing politics seeks apology
RT | rt.com | 2018-09-22
An African-American nominee for the Wisconsin State Assembly told RT that she felt hurt and humiliated after being racially profiled and reported to cops as she was canvassing her electorate in a predominantly white neighborhood.
rt.com/usa/439143-humiliated-degraded-wisconsin-candidate/
NAACP President to Commemorate African Maafa
Juliana Bolden | naacp.org | 2018-09-17
Event to honor ancestors and mark African holocaust in Brooklyn, NY Baltimore, MD — On Tuesday, NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson will speak at the 24th Commemoration of The Maafa at the St. Paul Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York at 7pm EST. President Johnson will address the relevance of the African Maafa and the current […] | The post NAACP President to Commemorate African Maafa appeared first on NAACP.
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