Africa: Beyond Bread: Ukraine-Africa Diplomacy

BlackFacts Details

Africa: Beyond Bread: Ukraine-Africa Diplomacy

Analysis - Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, African countries have been lukewarm towards Kyiv’s cause. In March 2022, only 28 out of 54 states on the continent signed onto a United Nations General Assembly resolution condemning Putin’s incursion. Fast-forward to February 2023, 30 out of 54 assented to a near-identical measure. Resolutions on suspending Moscow from the UN Human Rights Council and calling for war reparations have garnered even less approval: ten and fifteen yeses, respectively. A l

Source: allAfrica.com

WHO Says New Polio Outbreak In Sudan Linked to Oral Vaccine

The World Health Organization has reported that the strain of poliovirus now spreading in Sudan is linked to a vaccine-derived poliovirus that has circulated in […]

fave

Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

Nasher Sculpture Center Announces Major Gift from Artist Melvin Edwards | Dallas Weekly

Renowned sculptor makes gift of six works to the Nasher collection The Nasher Sculpture Center announces a major gift to the collection from artist Melvin Edwards. Edwards, whose 2015 retrospective Melvin Edwards: Five Decades was organized by the Nasher, has given the museum four sculptures and

fave

Source: Dallas Weekly

Who are the richest Africans? Full list of Africa's 'dollar billionaires' for 2021

A full list of the continent's dollar billionaires has revealed who the 'richest Africans' are: Five of them come from Mzansi - but a Nigerian tops the log.

fave

Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Burundi Joins Congo Demanding Nearly $43 Billion in Reparations from Belgium For Its Colonial Past

Burundi joins the Congo in demanding nearly $43 billion in reparations from Germany and Belgium from the long stem effects of their colonization.

fave

Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

Meet The Couple Bringing Frozen West African Meals To Whole Foods

Perteet and Fred Spencer are the owners of AYO Foods, a food company specializing in traditional West African cuisine now available in select Whole Foods.

fave

Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

Demonstrators Gather In Maryland And DC In Response To SARS Protest

Young Nigerians have been chronicling the protests that began earlier in October with the hashtag #EndSARS and now the international community is joining in.

fave

Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

COMMENTARY: Israel, Settler Colonialism and Religion

NNPA NEWSWIRE — That the Zionist movement, established in Europe during the 19th century as a secular response to the persecution of European Jews is frequently ignored. What is also ignored was the search, by the leadership of the Zionist movement, for a European colonial-imperial ally with the

fave

Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Catalytic platinum is big business now – Dallas Post Tribune

HARARE, Zimbabwe-Parked behind 50 other cars in front of a gas station in Bulawayo's Central Business District, early on a Friday morning, 30-year-old Henry Chinula flicks through a magazine he keeps in the car to kill time while waiting for his turn to fill up. Outside, a middle-aged man with

fave

Source: Dallas Post Tribune – Serving the Black community without fear or favor since 1947.

Motorbike mission: Activist delivers sunscreen to Ugandans with albinism - Voice and Viewpoint

Edited by Sally Benford and Allison Elyse Gualtieri While usually Anyinge’s difficulty in obtaining the recommended high-protection sunscreen is its up to $20 cost, the pandemic has made it even more challenging.For street vendor Barbra Anyinge, who normally sells shoes in Lira, a town in northern

fave

Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

Joe Biden presidency: Here's what the future holds for Africa

It's a new era as Joe Biden steps up as America's new chief to take the reigns in a post-Trump world. What does that mean for South Africa?

fave

Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

This South African Scholar Earned Africa’s First Ph.D. in Indigenous Astronomy

Motheo Koitsiwe became the first African man to receive a Ph.D. in African indigenous astronomy from North-West University (NWU).

fave

Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

Mali president announces resignation after rebel troops launch coup

Leaders of a military coup in Mali said they would enact a political transition and stage elections within a 'reasonable time'.

fave

Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Locust swarm devours crops in Kenya as millions face hunger Voice and Viewpoint

Edited by Melissa Sherrard and Judy Isacoff The desert locusts—in the worst invasion in Kenya in 70 years, according to the United Nations—have destroyed huge swaths of crops and pasture in the region, said farmer Joyce Mutinda, but the extent of the damage cannot yet be determined since new swarms

fave

Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

Kenya's internet balloons could help to bridge the digital divide

Nixon Muganda explains how Kenya's internet balloons will work and the opportunities they can bring.

fave

Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Eyewitnesses say Nigerian forces opened fire on protesters in Lagos | The Atlanta Voice

Protests against police brutality in Lagos turned bloody on Tuesday despite a state-wide curfew, with eyewitnesses telling CNN that multiple demonstrators have been shot by soldiers. Demonstrators have taken part in daily protests across the country for nearly two weeks over widespread claims of

fave

Source: The Atlanta Voice

‘Do You Know the Money Belongs to the Company?’: Top Investors Fund White Startups In Africa While Talking Down To, Overlooking African Entrepreneurs - Atlanta Black Star

A significant portion of African venture capital deals are funded by North American investors, and by American dollars in particular. However, among the major well-funded […]

fave

Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

WORLD Channel Continues its Celebration of Pride Month with a Film looking at Young LGBT Asylum Seekers | BlackPressUSA

To close out WORLD Channel’s celebration of Pride Month, Director Rodney Evans' documentary Vision Portraits debuts June 30. Best known for his films Brother to Brother (2004) and The Happy Sad (2013), in Vision Portraits, Evans takes viewers on a personal journey as he profiles three blind or

fave

Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Some Say India's Ancient Anti-Black Hatred is Worse Than Age-Old White Racism

Intro by Victor Trammell Photo credits: Francesca Galloway Modern historians (such as Kenneth Robbins of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of The New York Public Library) claim that the first Africans began arriving on the subcontinent of India as slaves and traders early in the

fave

Source: Black Then

Military-grade Merc: Brabus Automotive bites the bullet with G-Class

Protected prestige is now available for VIPs and those with bulletproof wallets on the African continent, including South Africa.

fave

Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Africa free-trade vision clouded by virus and pace of talks

While lockdown has marred talks, Nigeria's failure to ratify is still regarded as the biggest stumbling block.

fave

Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

3D homes and schools are coming to Africa [video]

3D printing is transforming the construction sector and will be deployed in Africa to help build affordable and low-carbon housing and schools.

fave

Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

World Bank says $12b for vaccinations in Africa 'available now'

The Bank said it's preparing emergency vaccine financing projects in 21 countries in Africa, urging states to avail of the funds.

fave

Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

'Please, Help Me Get Out': ICE Reportedly Torturing Cameroonian Immigrants at Detention Centers, Many Taken to Rooms Without Cameras

Deportations from the United States have ramped up in lieu of the Nov. 3 presidential election, according to humanitarians who allege that Immigration and Customs […]

fave

Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

This Man Is Bringing Worlds First African And Caribbean Rum To The United States

Global Rum Ambassador Ian Burrell is the co-creator of Equiano, a natural rum that blends Mauritius and Barbadian culture making it the first spirit of its kind.

fave

Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

Visualizing a Trip to Kenya Africa | Dallas Weekly

“Kenya remains one of my favorite places to visit on the continent because you get a lot of the Mother Land vibes there,” stated Chandell Stone. She owns Destination Impact, an African American-owned volunteer travel company that offers service opportunities across the African Diaspora. “Being in

fave

Source: Dallas Weekly

The giants who fell: Cultural icons from Africa who died in 2020

A roundup of the great African artists, writers and photographers who died this year.

fave

Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

SA fell short in key areas as Africa Union chair - ISS

South Africa is set to conclude its one-year tenure as African Union (AU) chair at the next summit in February 2021. Like for many, its plans for the AU were largely derailed by COVID-19.

fave

Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Morocco gets 2022 Women's Nations Cup after DRC withdraws and SA skip offer to host

South Africa passed on the opportunity to step in as the emergency host nation.

fave

Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

More than 2 million children in Ethiopia's Tigray cut off from humanitarian aid

UNICEF said some 2.3 million minors are struggling to access treatment for malnourishment, critical vaccines, emergency medicines, water and sanitation.

fave

Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

African Union suspends Mali over military coup and detained leaders

The African Union (AU) on Wednesday suspended Mali a day after its leaders were detained by mutineering soldiers.

fave

Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Spirituality Facts

Sports Facts

Blackfacts BETA RELEASE 11.5.3
(Production Environment)