Black History Month is an annual celebration of African-American history and contributions in the formation of the modern US. February is celebrated as Black History Month (BHM), which highlights African-American history and the contributions of Black people in the United States. It has been almost 100 years since Carter G Woodson, known as “the father…
What Africa needs from the African Union is not empty statements about ‘unity’ and ‘brotherly relations’, but the resolve to uphold the rule of law. On January 23, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud spoke to Al Jazeera and warned that Ethiopia should not attempt to fulfil a controversial memorandum of understanding (MOU) it signed with the breakaway…
Israel has been attempting for a long time to abolish the UN organization that protects Palestinian refugees’ right to return home. A few weeks after Israel started bombing the Gaza Strip in retaliation for Hamas’s surprise strike on October 7, Kholood Mkhamer left her neighborhood. Mkhamer, who works for the United Nations Relief and Works…
Since May 2022, when Jatau posted a video on WhatsApp denouncing mob behavior against another lady, she has been detained. Nigeria’s Lagos Rhoda Ya’u Jatau has been detained by the authorities for the last year on accusations of blasphemy against Islam. She sent a message with her coworkers that denounced a mob action that occurred…
Children are displaying indications of shock and grief after witnessing their parents and relatives slain, according to doctors at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip – Within the busy courtyard of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central Gaza Strip, psychologist Mohamed Abushawish has carved a space to provide early psychological assistance to children…
Netanyahu’s popularity is at an all-time low among legislators in his own administration as well as the relatives of Hamas detainees. Liban, Beirut — Israel’s longest-serving prime minister is less popular than ever as the relatives of Israeli prisoners imprisoned in Gaza march on Saturday from Tel Aviv to Benjamin Netanyahu’s home in Jerusalem. According…
In Washington, DC, police employ chemically irritant-containing missiles and pepper spray on “non-violent” protestors. Outside the Democratic National Committee offices in Washington, DC, protesters demanding a truce in the Israel-Gaza conflict have fought with riot police. On Wednesday night, demonstrators gathered in front of the DNC building’s entrance close to the Capitol, several of them…
Why did Israeli military assault the biggest hospital in Gaza? A full-scale military operation has been initiated by Israeli soldiers while hundreds of ill and injured Palestinians are actively seeking sanctuary inside al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. We wonder what, if anything, lies beneath the hospital and what will it take for the violence to stop…
While Raisi, Erdogan, and Kakar are scheduled to attend a regional economic forum in Uzbekistan, Putin is in Kazakhstan. Leaders from Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, and Russia are visiting Central Asia as international forces want to increase their sway over the historically Russian-dominated region. On Thursday morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Astana, Kazakhstan, for…
The president’s brother-in-law, Anwar Usman, was found to have broken the ethics code by a panel looking into a verdict on election regulations. The top judge in Indonesia was demoted by a court panel for having a conflict of interest in a decision made last month that let the son of President Joko Widodo to…
