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Sudan: Sexual violence used as weapon of terror against women and girls

It is nearly two years since the brutal war between the forces of the military government in Khartoum and the Rapid Support Forces militia...

Sudan on brink of famine as fighting ravages Darfur, UN warns

Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric warned that “the humanitarian and security situation in Sudan remains dire and is worsening.”He highlighted intense fighting around El Fasher, noting,...

Kim Poole’s Tribute to Malcolm’ Mother + Where, Oh Where, Is Bev Smith?

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). March 31, 2025Women’s History Month Edition of Vantage Point The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels, is joined by special guests Kim Poole, Founder...

‘Perfect storm’ in South Sudan demands urgent action, says Guterres

“All the dark clouds of a perfect storm have descended upon the people of the world’s newest country – and one of the poorest,”...

A powerful tribute to Louise Langdon Little by Kim Poole

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Kim Poole, Founder and Director of the Teaching Artist Institute (Baltimore, MD), delivers a moving tribute to Louise Langdon Little—the mother...

Armed groups install ‘parallel administration’ in DR Congo, Security Council hears

That’s according to the head of the UN stabilization mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO), Bintou Keita, who briefed the Security Council in New York on...

UN calls for immediate ceasefire as South Sudan edges closer to renewed civil war

“To prevent a relapse into civil war, the Parties must recommit to the Revitalized Peace Agreement by ceasing all hostilities and strictly adhering to...

What Will It Take? What Will It Yield?

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). More than a century later woman can vote, hold office and have equal rights in theory, but that has not changed...

Sudan: Rights chief deplores deadly army strikes on North Darfur market

Volker Türk issued a statement on Wednesday saying he was deeply shocked by reports that hundreds of civilians were killed, and scores injured, in...

Revolution? — By Ted Glick

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ted Glick – I wonder how many people reading these words know the significance of April 19th to US Americans, and others,...

Preserving Our Natural Wonders is a Patriotic Cause Worth Fighting For

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous —  Dorothy Gibbs chanted “save our parks” from her wheelchair while holding a sign that read “97 years old,...

Trump Loves Poorly Educated People

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — After he won the Nevada Republican caucuses in 2016, the current President crowed his victory. “We won...

Niger: Mosque attack which killed 44 should be ‘wake-up call’, says rights chief

On 21 March, assailants from the so-called Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) – an ISIL affiliate – surrounded Fambita Mosque and randomly...

South Sudan on the brink of civil war, top UN official warns

Briefing journalists at UN Headquarters in New York via videolink from Juba, Nicholas Haysom described indiscriminate attacks on civilians, mass displacement and rising ethnic...

Measuring the Racial Gap and What We Can Do to Close It

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). “…Perry reevaluates what it means for Black Americans to be empowered in this smart and revelatory study….one of the most riveting...

Gratefully Offering Sacred Words and Water

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In this Black History Month II: Women Focus, I reach back to retrieve and share a hallowed...

MSJ Statement on Developments in International Relations Imperial Control Vs. South-South Relations

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) was the first to make a clear statement (issued on March 2nd) condemning the policy...

MSJ Statement on Developments in International Relations Imperial Control Vs. South-South Relations

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) was the first to make a clear statement (issued on March 2nd) condemning the policy...

Trump’s EPA is at War with the Americans it is Supposed to Protect

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous —  As they say in horror movies, the call is coming from inside the house. Under Donald Trump, the Environmental...

Senate Democrats Cave on Disastrous Republic Spending Bill

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Vantage Point VignetteComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels It was shocking, shameful and demoralizing to witness a handful of nervous, spinless...

A Model and Mirror of Service, Sacrifice and Struggle

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — This February 21, 2025, marks the 60th Anniversary of the assassination and martyrdom of El Hajj Malik...

A Mother-Son Message of Resistance to the World

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Part 1. As we move from February, the month of the martyrdom of Nana Haji Malcolm X and...

That day Eartha Kitt shut down the White House luncheon — By David Love

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). When the President asks you a question, either say what people want to hear or you speak the truth. By David Love,...

In Disruption, Go Back to Our Roots

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — It has not yet been sixty days, but in two scant months the 47th President has upended...