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Aides asserted that he was “hale and hearty” but the language since has changed.
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K3PR & UCLA’s Fowler Museum Explore African Print Fashion
May 3, 2017
Koshie Mills of K3PR and UCLA’s Fowler Museum partner to explore the richness of African art, culture, dance, and particularly, the beautifully intricate nature of African print fashion.
Correspondent/Videographer: Brittany K. Jackson
Remember the Chibok Girls
April 19, 2017
Three years ago, Boko Haram terrorists burst into dormitory rooms at the Government Secondary School in the northern Nigerian town of Chibok and kidnapped nearly 300 girls simply because they dared to get an education.
CBC Africa Taskforce Co-Chairs Host Africa Forum on Famine
April 12, 2017
Congressmembers Meeks and Bass lead #EndFamineNow forum.
Ayuko Babu Talks About the L.A. Riots and the Origins of PAFF
March 23, 2017
Ayuko Babu explains how the momentum from the L.A. Riots, and help from Donald Glover and Ja’net Dubois, fueled the birth of the Pan African Film Festival.
Host: Brandon I. Brooks
Nigerians Put the Brakes on Superhighway Cutting through Rainforest
March 23, 2017
Nigerians Put the Brakes on Superhighway Cutting through Rainforest
Civil War Blamed for Starvation and Famine Looming in South Sudan
February 23, 2017
They’ve lost their livestock, even their farming tools.
Pan African Film Festival Opening Night – Red Carpet
February 17, 2017
Black, African, and African American stars, directors, and producers celebrate their work and the 25th anniversary of the Pan African Film Festival
Watson Keynotes Leadership Academy Graduation
June 15, 2016
Former Congresswoman Diane E. Watson was the keynote speaker at the DE Watson Leadership Academy graduation ceremony in Bauchi, Nigeria for the graduating class of 2016.
Watson Keynotes Leadership Academy Graduation
June 9, 2016
Discussions were of current terrorist threats in Nigeria and Cameroon, education and democratic disposition within the states of Nigeria and the Central African Republic
Nigerian princess seeks funds to help Boko Haram survivors
May 4, 2016
It pains Nigerian princess Modupe Ozolua every time she hears about the suicide bombings, killings and kidnappings by the Boko Haram militant group in her ancestral homeland.
But Ozolua feels just as troubled when the plight of survivors dealing with the aftermath of the attacks goes unheard. The princess, a member of Benin Empire in southern Nigeria, doesn’t want those victims to be forgotten.
Have We Forgotten the Kidnapped School Girls in Nigeria?
April 28, 2016
It’s been two years, April 14th to be exact, since the world witnessed the abduction of 276 Nigerian schoolgirls from their dormitory rooms at the hands of Boko Haram – a West African terrorist group that has lodged atrocities against its own people including the burning of children alive and sending teenaged girls on suicide bomb missions.
Nigerian suicide bomber gets cold feet, refuses to kill
February 19, 2016
Strapped with a booby-trapped vest and sent by the extremist Boko Haram group to kill as many people as possible, the young teenage girl tore off the explosives and fled as soon as she was out of sight of her handlers.
Her two companions, however, completed their grisly mission and walked into a crowd of hundreds at Dikwa refugee camp in northeast Nigeria and blew themselves up, killing 58 people.
TROUBLE AHEAD FOR NIGERIA AS OIL PROFITS PLUMMET
February 10, 2016
Tumbling oil prices have been a gift to some but they’ve blown a huge hole in Nigeria’s balance sheet which some fear may set the once promising African economy into a tail spin. What could be worse than finding you have a trillion dollar budget gap and an insurgent group that threatens to hit whatever oil wells remain?
Congresswoman Waters Statement on Recent Terrorist Attacks in Nigeria
January 6, 2016
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, released the following statement on recent terrorist attacks in Nigeria: “My heart goes out to the people of Nigeria after the recent malicious terrorist attacks that killed and injured many innocent people. These heinous attacks, once again, remind us of just how determined these extremist groups are to create fear, divisiveness and panic around the world. “While there was not significant attention given to the attacks in Nigeria, we will not allow this type of brutality and violence to prevent us from working as part of an international