OWORAC statement for the 5th Africa Week of Action against water privatisation
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Public water for climate resilience
Today, civil society organisations, community networks, youth groups, trade unions and grassroots movements across Africa converge to...
Gaza: UN pushes to scale up aid delivery
On Thursday, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher made his way to Rafah on the southern Gaza border, from the Egyptian capital Cairo, describing...
UN rights chief hails Bangladesh prosecutions over enforced disappearances
Last week, the country’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) submitted formal charges in two cases connected to alleged abuses at the Task Force for Interrogation...
Humanitarian funding cuts pushing millions into hunger: WFP
Programmes in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Haiti, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan are already facing major disruptions, which will only...
Gaza peace plan ‘at precarious moment’ as killings continue on both sides
In a statement on Wednesday, Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher said that two days after world leaders gathered in Sharm el-Sheikh to endorse the...
Humanitarians call for greater support amid immense needs
The $45.3 billion needed for life-saving activities throughout 2025 was just 21 per cent funded as of September, with nearly $9.6 billion received, the...
Ukraine: Top humanitarian strongly condemns Russian attack on UN aid convoy
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the country, Matthias Schmale, strongly condemned the attack.“Today, an inter-agency convoy of four humanitarian trucks, clearly marked as belonging...
What’s Going On? Open Forum with The Professor
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Dr. Ron Daniels aka the Professor, opens the phone lines for an open forum on current issues and public concerns. Topics...
What’s Going On, Part II – Chaos, Confusion, and Confrontation with Trump
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Dr. Ron Daniels aka the Professor, is joined by Earl Ofari Hutchinson, talk show host, author, and founder of the Los...
The Million Man March and Day of Absence — Reflections on the Legacy and...
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Dr. Ron Daniels aka The Professor, is joined by Dr. Maulana Karenga, Professor and chairman, Department of Africana Studies, CSU Long...
A Deal Between Two Gangsters
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Vantage Point VignetteComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels
It appears that the bloody, genocidal collective punishment and war against Palestinian human...
Political crisis and corruption fuelling violence in South Sudan, UN rights body says
The Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan issued the warning at the conclusion of a mission to the Africa Union (AU) headquarters in...
Bold, diverse and unstoppable: Girls speak out amid a world in crisis
Alongside senior officials from the UN community, they commemorated the International Day of the Girl Child through declarations, dialogue and a show of solidarity...
In Africa’s Sahel, conflict and climate change force millions from their homes
The figure represents a two-thirds increase in displacement over the past five years, with Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger at the epicentre of overlapping...
Making Communities Safer and Stronger
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By James J. Nolan, Natasha C., Pratt-Harris, Kevin Daniels, Paul C., Archibald, Henry H. Brownstein, Kimberly Glanville, and Raiana Davis, Fall...
Questioning America, Walking Off the Plantation
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
This is a sankofa remembrance, retrieval and reflection on one of the most important freedom fighters in...
Fearing a Second Blacklist?
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The Revolution promised freedom. Reconstruction promised equality. Neither fight is finished.
By Ben Jealous —
In my house, two legacies face each other.
On...
Not Your Ordinary Shutdown – Lives at Risk
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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux —
The federal government shut down on October 1, and the impasse between Congressional Democrats and Republicans suggest...
Jubilation in Gaza as news of possible ceasefire deal sinks in
“There is a very positive, jubilant mood in Gaza this morning and there was overnight,” said Olga Cherevko from the UN aid coordination office,...
NUL Declares’ State of Emergency’ for Black America in 2025 Report
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By Stacy M. BrownBlack Press USA Senior National Correspondent
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The report also warns of a rise in digital extremism. “During the...
Who gains when the economy implodes?
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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux —
The United States economy is cruising for a bruising. Inflation keeps ticking up thanks to, among other...
Making Communities Safer and Stronger
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By James J. Nolan, Natasha C., Pratt-Harris, Kevin Daniels, Paul C., Archibald, Henry H. Brownstein, Kimberly Glanville, and Raiana Davis, Fall...
Beyond the Control of Free Speech
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How the death of Charlie Kirk exposed so much more.
A View From the Battlefield by Jamala Rogers —
The murder of MAGA-mentored...
Darfur: ICC convicts Janjaweed leader of war crimes and crimes against humanity
The landmark judgment, delivered on Monday in The Hague after a lengthy trial, found him guilty on 27 counts for his role in attacks...
