Black history
Suspected Al-Shabab weapon seized in Puntland
A suspected Islamist militant batch in the North-East of Somali coming from Yemen has been detained says the regional governor Abdisamad Gallan.
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Attorney General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud challenges Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi
Attorney General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud challenges Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi as he refuses to resign after being removed from office by the President.
The Attorney...
Egypt’s president Mohammed Mursi decrees pardon revolutionaries
Egypt's new president Mohammed Mursi, issued a decree on Monday pardoning all those arrested in support of the revolution since the beginning of the...
Harold Booysen accepts the memorandum for South Africa truck drivers
A march to hand over a memorandum to the road freight bargaining council has been organised on thursday morning by the Truck drivers in...
Amnesty report cases of civilian abuse in south sudan
The Internayional Amnesty says, the Souths sudan’s security forces have carried out act of violence against civilains,including killing and raping
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This act is reported to...
Guinea government still remain voiceless on the culprits of September, 28 massacre
The culprits of the massacre of over thousnads of people who took part in a political rally in a stadium at Conakry, the capital...
SUDAN AND SOUTH SUDAN CONCUR’S OVER OIL EXPORTS
The presidents of the two countries have finally reached to a deal on oil exports from south Sudan through Sudan. The negotiators for both...
Canada: A cameroonian appointed Minister
Maka Kotto, a Cameroonian borned has been appointed Minister of Culture and Communication of Quebec. He became the first African-Canadian to reach this level...
Professor Gottlieb honored by Queen Elizabeth II
The Cameroonian Professor emeritus, Gottlieb Lobe Monekosso, former Minister of Public Health and Director of the World Health Organisation for Africa Region, has been...
NAACP Awards celebrates ‘For Colored Girls’
In case you forgot, the 42nd NAACP Awards ceremony aired on Fox TV last night. Anybody watch it?
I’ll save the color commentary and just...
Afrika Bambaataa: Founder of hip-hop culture
Known as the godfather of hip-hop, Afrika Bambaataa evolved from an inner-city gang leader to the emissary of a worldwide youth culture.
Afrika Bambaataa was...
BET Honors celebrates black culture
Imagine an opinion poll of African Americans on the topic, "Things that would make Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. turn over in his grave...
Carter G. Woodson: the Father of Black History Month
African-American historian Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950) founded Negro History Week in 1926, a one-week celebration of Black history every annual February that eventually grew...
Unlikely backers legitimize Black History Month observance
Black History Month observances seek to correct factual inaccuracies that continue oozing across America perpetuating a litany of misunderstandings that fuel racial discord in...
Jack Johnson: A Great African-American champion from Ghana
Boxer Jack Johnson instilled pride in the African-American community in 1908 by becoming the first African-American world heavyweight champion at 30 years old. Born...
‘Washington’ most common Black US surname
George Washington’s name is inseparable from America, and not only from the nation’s history. It identifies countless streets, buildings, mountains, bridges, monuments, cities –...
George Washington Carver: A scientific pioneer
African-American scientist George Washington Carver was born in Diamond, Missouri (population: 800) prior to the abolition of slavery, yet he achieved fame for his...
Rosa Parks: A Black heroine
African-American activist Rosa Parks (1913-2005) famously stood up for the Civil Rights Movement by sitting down in a segregated section of a Montgomery, Alabama...
No Blacks nominated for 2010 Academy Awards
Crammed into this year’s field of 10 best picture Oscar nominees are British aristocrats, Volvo-driving Los Angeles lesbians, a flock of swans, a gaggle...
Timeline commemorates Black History Month
From the civil rights movement to the election of President Barack Obama, Henry Louis Gates Jr., The Root's editor-in-chief, presents a time line of...
From Negro History Week to Black History Month
Carter G. Woodson, the son of former slaves in Virginia, realized that the struggles and achievements of Americans of African descent were being ignored...
US plans National Black Museum for 2015
In the late 1970s, when Lonnie G. Bunch III had his first job at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, veterans of the...
Tribute to Patrice Lumumba: His last letter
As Africa this week pays tribute to Patrice Lumumba, one of the continent's greatest men of all time, Afrik-News.com brings you an excerpt of...
Hip-hop remembers Martin Luther King Jr.
In honor of Martin Luther King Day, Vibe took time to chat with beloved rapper Talib Kweli about the first time he heard Dr....
Tayo Fatunla: Lessons in Black History
Political cartoonists have long been able to hide the truth in plain sight with their comedic work, tempering bitter reality with their deceptively lighthearted...
The ancient coin that gives impetus to China-Africa trade
An ancient Chinese coin that dates from the 15th century, discovered on the northern coast of Kenya, reveals the existence of advanced commercial and...
Great Zimbabwe: An African empire
Built by the Shona (1100-1500 AD), the empire of Great Zimbabwe, one of Africa's greatest civilizations like Egypt and Meroe, stood between present-day Zimbabwe,...
Ancient arrows and Africa’s place as the cradle of technology
A team of archaeologists led by Dr. Marlize Lombard from the University of Johannesburg in South Africa have discovered the first direct evidence of...
Africa’s “wind of change” and a 50 year struggle
When UK Prime Minister Harold Macmillan addressed the whites-only South African parliament in February 1960, he could not have known that his remarks would...
Discovering John H. Johnson: An African-American media mogul
In his autobiography, Succeeding Against the Odds, John H. Johnson, an African American who overcame poverty to become one of the wealthiest businessmen in...