Leaders from the 14 Caricom nations voted unanimously to seek compensation from three European countries – Britain, France and The Netherlands – for what is described as the ongoing legacy of the Slave Trade.
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Caribbean Countries Seeking Slavery Reparations.
on October 25th, 2013
Racism Is Alive & Well …In Italy
on September 16th, 2013
Cecile Kyenge, formerly from the Democratic Republic of Congo, is Italy’s first Black Minister. Since her appointment as head of the Integration Ministry in April she has faced racial slurs and threats on an almost daily basis including being called an orangutan by the Senator from the Anti-Immigrations Northern League Party
The Civility of Hand Washing
on August 18th, 2010
Globally, health experts say over 80 percent of diseases start from the hands. And if the hands aren’t cleaned and sanitized properly, diseases are transmitted into the larger society.
Develop an e-Government Framework and Implementation Plan for Zimbabwe
on August 16th, 2010
ICT is a powerful tool for improving the quality and efficiency of government services such as education and health.
In Celebration of Canadian Paralympians 2010 Games Whistler Vancouver
on April 18th, 2010
These athletes experience these challenges every time they compete – even with the help of a guide, it’s an amazing accomplishment.
AFRICAN SUN ESTABLISHES HOSPITALITY ACADEMY
on February 16th, 2010
BY Wallace Mawire The Afro News International HARARE African Sun Limited, a pan-African hospitality group operating in seven countries across the continent has established a hospitality training academy in Zimbabwe to spearhead and enhance skills development within the group, according to Farayi Mangwende, Group Corporate Communications Manager. Mangwende says that the hospitality training academy is
Quashigah: Appetite for bold thinking
on February 1st, 2010
An emerging Ghanaian/African enlightenment project which seeks to appropriate Africa’s traditional values for progress by simultaneously exploiting the enabling parts for policy making and exposing the inhibiting aspects for refinement.
Regional Conference on Immunization in Africa
on January 27th, 2010
Dr Henry Madzorera says that vaccine preventable diseases such as polio still remain a major cause of morbidity, disability and mortality mainly among children in Africa region. It has been documented that immunisation coverage in many countries in Africa has remained stagnant and in some countries has even dropped to as low as 30 to 40% during the past decade.
THE UN-COMFORT ZONE :The Reward is in the Eye of the Beholder
on January 7th, 2010
In the early 1970s I was a young teenager who was completely caught up in the Zeitgeist. I admired the long-haired rebels and radicals who were engaged in protesting the establishment and developing the counter-culture. I didn’t really know what any of that meant, but to me it was all about empowering youth and declaring our independence from the adults.
The Cultural Clash Over Life and Death
How do we extricate death from life, culturally? Ghanaian culture has made Ghanaians obsessed with deaths and funerals.