USD 112M Needed to Save Migrant Lives in Horn of Africa, Yemen and Southern...
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Geneva, 16 April – The International Organization for Migration (IOM), along with 48 other humanitarian and development organizations and governments, is...
Is Black political power important to Democrats?
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By Dayvon Love, Afro News —
People who are familiar with the work of Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle (LBS) are used...
$2.8 billion appeal for three million people in Gaza, West Bank
The development came amid reports of ongoing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip including Gaza City in the north, Rafah in southern Gaza and...
Discovery of Mass Grave with 65 Migrants’ Bodies in Libya
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Geneva, 22 March - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is profoundly shocked and alarmed by the discovery of at least...
More casualties in Russia’s war on Ukraine from strike on central city
A Russian missile strike on a multi-storey apartment block in central Ukraine that left three dead and around 40 injured on Tuesday has been...
The toll of Haiti’s escalating armed violence by the numbers
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By Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald —
Heavily armed members of Haiti’s armed group continue to wreak havoc in the country’s capital. As...
IOM Appeals for USD 119 Million for Rohingya Refugee Response in Bangladesh
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Geneva/Cox’s Bazar, 14 March – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is appealing for USD 119 million to support nearly a...
Gaza: UN aid team reaches stricken north, confirms ‘shocking’ disease and hunger
The UN’s top aid official in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Jamie McGoldrick, reached Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahia on Thursday, where children with...
Ancient African insights and modern meanings
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
The earliest discourse on resurrection from the dead, judgment after death and reward of eternal life for...
Church of England urged to expand fund to address slavery links
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By Muvija M, Reuters —
The Church of England’s 100 million pound fund to address its historical links to the slave trade...
First Person: ‘I no longer amount to anything’ – Voices of the displaced in...
He and others spoke to Eline Joseph, who works for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Port-au-Prince with a team which provides psychosocial...
UN report: Credible allegations Ukrainian POWs have been tortured by Russian forces
According to the Monitoring Mission, interviews conducted with 60 recently released Ukrainian POWs painted a harrowing picture of their experiences in Russian captivity.
“Almost every...
Eric Mathew Gairy was not a champion of Grenada’s independence.
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By Lennie Fleary —
After I wrote about Eric Matthew Gairy of Grenada, someone told me Gairy had brought independence to Grenada,...
The MAGA enemies list is growing, and so are the odds that you’re on...
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By Svante Myrick, The Hill —
As the Republican primaries slog toward the climax of a likely Trump nomination, I can’t help thinking...
Gaza: Kaag working closely with partners on new maritime aid lifeline
In a joint statement released on Friday, the Commission, Cyprus, the United Arab Emirates, the United States and the United Kingdom announced their intent...
Millions of dollars needed to make Gaza safe from unexploded bombs
Charles Birch, known as Mungo, was working with his team in Gaza long before the 7 October conflict, clearing unexploded munitions from the occupied...
The Problem with Baltimore
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By Anthony Smooth, AAIHS —
In 2015, Harvard economists Raj Chetty and Nathaniel Hendren did a study on how the socioeconomic conditions of the...
San Francisco apologizes to Black residents for decades of racist policies
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By Janie Har, AP —
Supervisors in San Francisco formally apologized Tuesday to African Americans and their descendants for the city’s role...
14 wrecked slavers’ ships are identified in Bahamas
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Largest cluster of sunken vessels from the 18th and 19th centuries have been identified, bearing ‘silent witness’ to the colonial past.
By...
Referring to Barbecue as a revolutionary is an insult
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Referring to Barbecue as a revolutionary is an insult to progressives especially those of us who are Haitians.
By Jessie C. Legros...
A Classical African Conception of Womanhood
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
In the midst of the current state of the world with all its faces and forces of...
Gaza: rights experts condemn AI role in destruction by Israeli military
“Six months into the current military offensive, more housing and civilian infrastructure has now been destroyed in Gaza as a percentage, compared to any...
Whales Are Dying and the Fossil Fuel Industry is Lying
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By Ben Jealous —
Whoever would have thought fossil fuel industry front groups would make whales and other marine species a...
Strengthening Resilience in Conflict and Fragile Countries: IOM and KOICA MOU
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Geneva/Seoul, 11 March – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) have signed a Memorandum...
