African Affairs Archive

  • Kofi Adu-Brempong Shooting

    Kofi Adu-Brempong Shooting

    Have you heard of Kofi Adu-Brempong?  Well, probably not so let me fill you in on the shooting. Hundreds of students rallied at the University of Florida yesterday over the shooting of Kofi Adu-Brempong an African graduate student by campus police.  Kofi Adu-Brempong, has been...

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  • Radiological Assistance, Consulting and Engineering (RACE): Radiation on Black workers

    Radiological Assistance, Consulting and Engineering (RACE): Radiation on Black workers

    In Tennessee, a nuclear waste processing company has settled a lawsuit accusing it of exposing African American workers to higher radiation levels than white colleagues. The company is ironically called RACE, which stands for Radiological Assistance, Consulting and Engineering. The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

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  • Nearly Half of Somalia’s People Need Aid

    Nearly Half of Somalia’s People Need Aid

    The United Nations is renewing its multi-million dollar appeal for Somalia, which it says is facing a peak in its 18 years of humanitarian crisis.  U.N. agencies pledge to continue assistance to millions of needy Somali people despite the attack in the Somali capital, Mogadishu...

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  • HIV vaccine trial in Thailand

    HIV vaccine trial in Thailand

    Scientists announced last month that a combination of vaccines gave a 31% level of protection in trials among 16,000 heterosexuals aged 18-30. Doubts had been raised about whether the finding was significant. But new data published at a conference in Paris indicates that, while small...

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  • Chinese lessons in Liberia

    Chinese lessons in Liberia

    A report done by Jonathan Paye-Layleh stated that China is often criticized for taking form Africa but giving little back.  Well, Liberia might be a different story where Chinese officials are moving into new territory — Chinese language lessons. China vs America As in much...

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  • Parts 3 & 4: Race, class and opportunity: John A. Powell

    Parts 3 & 4: Race, class and opportunity: John A. Powell

    Here are parts 3 & 4. Part 3: Part 4:

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  • Part 2: Race, class and opportunity: John A. Powell

    Part 2: Race, class and opportunity: John A. Powell

    Part 2 of Race, class and opportunity.   Why bail out Wall St. but punish Detroit? New administration’s policies -- old pattern.

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  • Race, class and opportunity: John A. Powell

    Race, class and opportunity: John A. Powell

    A very good 4 part series on race, class and opportunity done by the Real News Network.   Part 1 is below. Bio John A. Powell: Professor and Williams Chair in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State...

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