Australia Aboriginal deaths in custody reflect the poor health of Australia’s democracy 19 Apr 202121 Apr 2021 Thirty years after the Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Royal Commission, is it time we admit that reconciliation is failing? More than that, isn't it obscene to talk about "reconciliation" in the…
Africa Lest We forget: “We Will Win” Afeni Shakur’s Letter from Prison, 1970 19 Apr 202124 Apr 2021 In 1968, Afeni Shakur–along with 20 of her fellow Harlem Black Panther Party members–was arrested on charges of conspiring to carry out bombings in New York. Unable to pay the…
Melanesia Former Vanuatu PM disputes Somare legacy as Melanesian decolonisation champion 18 Apr 2021 A former Vanuatu prime minister says praise heaped on the late Sir Michael Somare as a supporter of political freedom in the region is misplaced. Barak Sope's comments strike a…
Australia Decades on from royal commission into deaths in custody, Indigenous community still waits for change 11 Apr 202121 Apr 2021 By Indigenous affairs reporter Isabella HigginsPosted SunSunday 11 AprApril 2021 at 5:30am, updated SunSunday 11 AprApril 2021 at 1:10pm Glen and Belinda Boney say nothing has changed 30 years on from a royal commission into Indigenous deaths in custody.(ABC News: Isabella Higgins/Emma Machan) When…
Australia Protests against Aboriginal deaths in custody mark 30 years since royal commission 10 Apr 202121 Apr 2021 Hundreds of people have gathered at rallies and marches around Australia to protest against the "horrific" number of Aboriginal people who die in custody each year. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres…
Africa Tanzania: John Magufuli in his own words 20 Mar 202120 Mar 2021 Tanzania's controversial President John Magufuli has died aged 61. The son of a peasant farmer rose to become president in 2015 and was praised for his no-nonsense approach. But he…
Africa Cell Phone Pioneer Jesse Russell was born on 04.26.1948. 17 Mar 202117 Jun 2021 Jesse Russell is the inventor of digital cellphone. *Jesse Russell was born on this date in 1948. He is a Black inventor and IT entrepreneur. Jesse Eugene Russell was born…
Papua New Guinea Highlands here in kiunga showing thier way of respect the house cry 14 Mar 2021 Highlands here in kiunga showing thier way of respect the house cry... The grand chief sir Michael,founder and father of great paradise country Papua new guinea.
West Papua West Papua Chief Pays Respect to GC Sir Michael Thomas Somare 14 Mar 202114 Mar 2021 Among the Sepiks that came the Chieftain of West Papua came as well to pay his respects to Late Grand Chief Sir Michael Thomas Somare. Thank you our brothers for…
Vanuatu Prime Minister of Vanuatu Bob Weibur Pays Tribute to the Late Grand Chief Michael Somare 12 Mar 2021 #Overseas: Prime Minister of Vanuatu Bob Weibur, today paid his final tribute to our founding father Grand Chief Sir Michael Thomas Somare, on behalf of the Government and People of…
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