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Category: World

Posted inWorld

Haitian Gang Leader ‘Yonyon’ Indicted in D.C. for Kidnapping Missionaries

by Jamila Bey May 11, 2022May 11, 2022

Notorious Haitian gang leader, Germane “Yonyon” Joly, has been charged in D.C. Federal court with kidnapping 17 missionaries on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince in October 2021. Joly is accused of […]

A WFP-backed food distribution in Adadle, Ethiopia, in January (Claire Nevill/WFP)
Posted inInternational

Severe Drought Has Brought on Near-Catastrophic Hunger in the Horn of Africa: Report

by Stacy M. Brown February 8, 2022February 8, 2022
**FILE** Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (International Telecommunication Union via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inInternational, World

Trump Points Finger of Blame at Another Black Man for COVID-19

by WI Guest Author April 16, 2020December 21, 2021
(Photos courtesy Twitter)
Posted inNational, News, World

African Robotics Students Disappear from D.C.

by WI Webstaff July 21, 2017October 31, 2020
South Africa welcomes the Essence Music Festival. /Courtesy of Rajesh Jantilal/Essence
Posted inInternational, World

AfricaNow

by Lauren M. Poteat November 26, 2016October 30, 2020
Courtesy of the University of Ghana
Posted inLifestyle, World

Students In Ghana Say ‘No’ To Gandhi

by Lauren M. Poteat September 28, 2016October 30, 2020
Posted inWorld

21st International AIDS Conference Commences on “Mandela Day”

by NNPAFreddie July 21, 2016October 30, 2020
Posted inWorld

Why Global Terrorism Will Always Be a Domestic Problem

by NNPAFreddie July 13, 2016October 30, 2020
Posted inWorld

Botswanan Officials Tout Economic Success During The Country’s 50th Anniversary

by NNPAFreddie June 22, 2016October 30, 2020
Posted inWorld

Investigators Find Second Black Box from EgyptAir Flight 804

by NNPAFreddie June 17, 2016October 30, 2020

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