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Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts  Celebrates Nelson Mandela’s 100th Birthday with the  Grammy Award-winning Joyous South African Musical Ensemble

Sentinel News ServiceSeptember 11, 2018

The Soweto Gospel Choir is a Grammy Award-winning group that has collaborated with some of the biggest names in music — including U2, John Legend, Peter Gabriel, and Diana Ross — and scored an Academy Award nomination for its work on the soundtrack to Pixar’s WALL-E. The 43-member choir, drawn from churches in and around Soweto, inspires audiences, sharing the joy of faith.

International News

Land Fever Sweeps Southern Africa, Pressing Govt’s to Act

Global Information NetworkSeptember 1, 2018

The day of reckoning is arriving in Southern Africa for the hundreds of thousands of Blacks whose lands were taken forcibly by White settlers – a crime that goes unpunished despite promises for land reform year after year.

Daily Briefs International National Political

Congressional Black Caucus Responds to Trump’s Tweet about White South African Farmers

Sentinel News WireAugust 24, 2018

Cedric Richmond, D-La., the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus WASHINGTON – Today, the Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressman Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-02), released the following statement on President Trump’s recent tweet about white South African farmers. “Here is the real story behind President Trump’s tweet: Every time he is caught in a lie or the Mueller investigation gets closer to the truth, he tries to play the race card so he can distract the American people from the fact that his actions and the actions of his fellow Republicans have put our democracy in flames. “President

International News

South African Activist Takes the Reins at Amnesty International

Global Information NetworkAugust 24, 2018

In his first message as Secretary General on Aug. 16, Naidoo said that Amnesty International “is now opening its arms wider than ever before to build a genuinely global community that stretches into all four corners of the world, especially in the global south.”

International News Political

Two Parties Declare Victory in Zimbabwe’s Presidential Polls

Global Information NetworkAugust 10, 2018

On Monday, 22 members of Chamisa’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) appeared in court facing charges of inciting violence and causing malicious damage to the ruling ZANU-PF party offices. They must return for bail hearings because it was no little time for the judge to hear their cases.

International News

South African Women March Against Gender-Based Violence

Global Information NetworkAugust 10, 2018

Thousands of women and gender activists joined together on the first day of Women’s Month to protest the rising incidence of gender-based violence across the country.

Julianne Malveaux Opinion

Congressman Ron Dellums: A ‘Fierce’ Focused Fighter

Julianne Malveaux, NNPA NewswireAugust 9, 2018

Dellums was a fierce, focused fighter for justice, an anti-war activist who served in the military, authored several CBC Alternative Budgets (budgets that focused on human needs rather than military buildup) and was an indefatigable fighter for South African freedom.

Larry Aubry Opinion

Institute of the Black World 21st Century Conference

Larry AubryAugust 9, 2018

More than two thousand came from the greater Newark/New York region, Black America and the Pan-African world, drawn by the urgent impulse to connect, network, bond, share and unite in the wake of the most hate-filled, demagogic and divisive presidential campaigns that produced a presidential regime, elected by less than a majority of the popular vote, embedded with racism, white nationalism and Islamophobia. It was one of the most threatening moments since the arrival of Africans on these hostile American shores.

National News Political

California’s Fiery Former Congressman Ron Dellums Dies at 82

Kathleen Ronayne, Associated PressAugust 1, 2018

Ron Dellums, a fiery anti-war activist who championed social justice as Northern California’s first black congressman, died Monday from cancer, according to a longtime adviser. He was 82.

International News

Major AIDS Conference Aims to ‘Build Bridges’ Where Epidemic Still Surges

Global Information NetworkJuly 26, 2018

The International Conference on AIDS – the largest conference on any global health issue in the world – opens this week under the title “Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges.”

International News

We’re Not a Dumping Ground for Used Cars, Says Rwanda President at New Auto Plant Opening

Global Information NetworkJuly 26, 2018

VW’s $20 million investment will create up to 1,000 jobs, and is an example of much needed spending by overseas firms in the nation, which receives $1 billion in foreign aid and development assistance but is making business-friendly reforms.

International National News

Tracing Nelson Mandela’s footsteps 100 years after his birth

CHARMAINE NORONHA, Associated PressJuly 12, 2018

July 18 marks 100 years since the birth of Nelson Mandela, who died in 2013.

International Music News

Deep Mourning Over Passing of Nigerian Reggae Legend

Global Information NetworkJune 15, 2018

Born Ukeleke Elumelu Onwubuya, Ras Kimono, alongside his Massive Dread Band, won several awards and was prominent in the Nigerian music scene for his socially-conscious lyrics.

International News Political

South African Conservationist Tapped for U.N. Expert Panel on Biodiversity

Global Information NetworkJune 7, 2018

Dr. Dziba, who studied at Utah State University and Fort Hare University in the U.S., says he’s looking forward to engaging with people worldwide in finding solutions for the sustainability of the world’s natural assets.

International News Political

South African Promise of a ‘New Dawn’ Slowed by Infighting

Global Information NetworkJune 7, 2018

South Africa’s former leader Jacob Zuma is among those said to be impeding efforts by his successor, President Cyril Ramaphosa, to create a “new dawn” for citizens and foreign investors – free of corruption and cronyism which became associated with the Zuma regime.