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While April is sexual assault awareness month, sexual violence has plagued the black community for numerous years. Sexual violence has been used in war, slavery, within families, etc. While sexual violence occurs across all racial and ethnic groups, black bodies have encountered a staggering amount of this. The Institute for Women’s Policy Research reports that … Continued
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In May, Burundi held a presidential election which was won by Evariste Ndayishimiye, candidate of the ruling National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) party.
Ndayishimiye was hurriedly sworn in after the untimely death of president Pierre Nkurunziza in June.
Rights violations continue
The Council encouraged donor countries which had suspended aid to Burundi to continue dialogue towards resumption of development assistance.
A report by a UN watchdog in September said human rights violations were still being committed in Burundi, including sexual violence and murder.
The country was plunged into a crisis in April 2015 when Ndayishimiye’s predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza decided to run for a controversial third term, which he ultimately won in July 2015.
His candidature, which was opposed by the opposition and civil society groups, resulted in a wave of protests, violence and even a failed coup in May 2015.
Hundreds of people were killed and over 300,000 fled to neighboring countries.
Discussing race at work isn't divisive. It actually leads to greater harmony.
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Contributor - Brandon Bernard, a Black man who was an accomplice in a crime as a teen and received little help from attorneys during his 1999 criminal trial, is [...]
[Monitor] A section of the youth and veteran leaders from Bugisu sub region have urged government to scale up the skiling programs targeting the population that is yet to exploit the growing market for products generated from both the farming and crafts industry.
It’s Mbeki’s first time attending an ANC NEC meeting since he was unceremoniously booted out of office some ten years ago.
WHEN I speak to Benjamin, he tells me it’s snowing where he is, and he’s...
The post Benjamin Zephaniah: My cousin died the same way as George Floyd, with an officers foot on his neck, crying for his mother appeared first on Voice Online.
Kotze told magistrate Janine Ungerer that Leshabane admitted to the investigating team members that he had hired the four co-accused to kill his wife, Makoena Mabusela-Leshabane.
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Public health guidance to avoid big parties in the age of coronavirus is about to collide with what is typically one of America's biggest celebrations of all: the swearing-in of a new president. While lots of details are still to be worked out, this Jan. 20 is sure to be more subdued than prior inauguration days. A giant parade down Pennsylvania Avenue? Not likely. Fancy balls? They may morph into virtual events. The traditional luncheon where lawmakers offer best wishes to the new president? It might not include food this year. What […]
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\"Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America,” a documentary by filmmaker Ric Burns and historian Gretchen Sorin, traces the racial profiling African Americans have encountered on the road since slavery. VOA’s Penelope Poulou spoke with the film’s creators.
Camera, Producer: Penelope Poulou
A woman who was abducted, blindfolded and robbed by two men posing as a taxi driver and passenger, escaped a worse fate when she inadvertently gave them a wrong personal identification number (PIN) for her debit card.
By Victor Omondi The House of Representatives has just approved the decriminalization of cannabis in a bid to address the devastating injustices brought about by the war on drugs. On Friday, the House voted to pass the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act. It’s the first time either chamber of Congress is voting on marijuana […]
[The Conversation Africa] From a historical standpoint, the current conflict in Ethiopia fits within an established political pattern. There have been power struggles between the centre and the border regions since the modern Ethiopian state was established in the late 19th century.
Sexual offences against wards of the state at facilities in Kingston have more than tripled this year, with the South Camp Juvenile Remand and Correctional Centre having the most reports so far, noted a recent study. According to data from the...
After witnessing what could have been an overturning of democracy here, Canada has pledged further support to electoral reforms and is awaiting the government’s response, outgoing High Commissioner Lilian Chatterjee yesterday announced as she spoke about the events in the aftermath of the March 2nd polling, including a meeting where former president David Granger was told that Western countries would not accept the now discredited initial declaration that was intended to keep him in power.
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A man has been arrested at a tavern in Mpumalanga more than a year after allegedly killing his girlfriend and raping her young daughter.
… to the state’s traditional African-American, Democratic base. The real difference … to higher office, boasting six African American, Hispanic, and Asian American governors …
You can tell a lot about people by studying their priorities.President Donald Trump is not spending too much time worrying about coronavirus surges and more than 270,000 Americans dead, as Dr. Anthony Fauci offers warnings about being vigilant while waiting for vaccine distribution. You did not hear...
… statue critics saw as erasing African Americans from the story of their …
Paulwell and his US visa boastI'M not aware that it is easy to get a United States visitor's visa, especially after the one you had was cancelled under cloudy circumstances. But it seems that new People's National Party Chairman Phillip Paulwell has the formula.
[East African] Last Monday, following weeks of deadly encounters between its supporters and Ugandan security agencies, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu's National Unity Platform tweeted: \"This is war, not presidential campaigns.\"
Parolee abandons bail bid for allegedly raping two little girls.
