Watch Blood Coltan now! During this season of gift giving please remember that every new computerized, electronic item one purchases helps murder 500,000 Congolese residents a month. If you don’t believe me simply do the math. What is 6,000,000 murders divided by 12 years? Do Mama Afrika a favor and buy as many refurbished products [...]
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The FBI has announced that they are close to ending Civil Rights-era cold cases. The cases include murder cases in which there are no statute of limitations. So far the FBI have investigating 111 cases involving 124 deaths but are close to the end of their cold case list. Every time we think we’ve seen [...] BBC NEWS 11 October 2011 Last updated at 10:18 ET In our series of viewpoints from African journalists, film-maker and columnist Farai Sevenzo asks why there are no memorials to those killed in Namibia during German colonial rule. According to The Namibian newspaper, there was a 2.8% decrease in the number of tourists visiting Namibia [...] Nobody has ever bought a jersey with the name Dewey Rader Bozella on it. There are no sneakers embossed with a DRB logo. Few people in the world of sports have ever heard of Dewey Rader Bozella. But a week from today, Dewey will step on stage at the ESPYs to speak. Naturally, he’s a [...] Outrage as Kenyan aristocrat Thomas Cholmondeley is jailed for just eight months for killing poacherBy MAIL FOREIGN SERVICE Last updated at 9:03 PM on 14th May 2009 A court erupted in anger yesterday after an aristocrat who shot a poacher dead was told he would be free in eight months. The Kenyan judge sentenced Thomas Cholmondeley to serve the term in addition to the three years he has already [...] The Lena Baker Story was written, directed, and produced by Ralph Wilcox. It is based on a true story and was inspired by Dr. Lela Bond Phillips’ book Lena Baker Story. The Lena Baker Story takes place in the early 1900′s through 1945 in Cuthbert, Georgia. It’s the story of one woman’s attempt to rise [...] FinalCall.com News National News Legal Lynching in Georgia? By Jesse Muhammad -Staff writer- Updated Sep 28, 2011 – 11:35:50 AM After execution of Troy Davis, supporters and family vow to fight death penalty (FinalCall.com) – The title of its state song, “Georgia on My Mind,” could be a fitting symbol of what is dominating the [...] ATLANTA NEWS 5:32 p.m. Thursday, August 11, 2011 By Steve Visser The Atlanta Journal-Constitution After Reginald Fisher shot an unarmed man, the Atlanta Police Department suspended him and the Fulton County district attorney indicted him. On Thursday, a jury acquitted him. The officer was cleared in the 2009 shooting at a Mechanicsville apartment complex of [...] By Drew Griffin and Scott Bronstein, CNN Special Investigations August 8, 2011 2:49 p.m. EDT Editor’s note: The following story contains language some readers may consider offensive. Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) — On a recent Sunday morning just before dawn, two carloads of white teenagers drove to Jackson, Mississippi, on what the county district attorney says [...] The North Kivu region of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is home to the “deux trois bibatama” coltan mine. The ore, which is used in the production of mobile telephones, is in great demand, but extracting it is hard work. Conditions are tough, yet children regularly go mining in search not only of [...] |
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