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    Sudan at the Threshold of Catastrophe Beyond Repair, IOM Chief

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). STATEMENT Amy Pope | Director General, International Organization for Migration Geneva/Paris,15 April - A year ago, war came to Khadim, a mother...

    Commonwealth Day | Commonwealth

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Below you will find sample posts and links to share on social media, to support us in celebrating Commonwealth Day 2024. In all...

    Cyprus to host first Commonwealth Ocean Ministers Meeting

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The inaugural Commonwealth Ocean Ministers Meeting will...

    In Sudan, It’s a Countdown to Catastrophe Beyond Repair

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). STATEMENT Amy Pope | Director General, International Organization for Migration A year ago, war came to Khadim, a mother of seven children...

    UN Migration Chief Urges Greater Humanitarian Support for Ukraine

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Kyiv, 12 April – The International Organization for Migration’s Director General Amy Pope has concluded a five-day visit to Ukraine with...

    A Class Analysis of the Trump-Biden Rerun — By Richard D. Wolff

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Richard D. Wolff — By “class system” we mean the basic workplace organizations—the human relationships or “social relations”—that accomplish the production...

    As World Marks Health Day, Health Care Remains Inaccessible to Many Migrants: IOM Report

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Berlin/Geneva, 08 April – Only half of the countries worldwide assessed in a new report from the International Organization for Migration...

    One woman’s battle to push Africa’s space race

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Cameroonian scientist Marie Makuate has been at the forefront of using information harvested by satellites to help save the lives of...

    Will Gaza Be Biden’s Vietnam?

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Vantage Point VignettesComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels But for his ill-conceived and ill-fated support for the Vietnam War, Lyndon Baines Johnson...

    Tennessee Republicans Introducing “Don’t Say Reparations” Legislation

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). This push comes right off the heels of MAGA Republicans launching attacks on DEI and efforts to make equality real. Young...

    38 Migrants Including Children Confirmed Dead off Djibouti Coast After Shipwreck 

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Djibouti – Thirty-eight migrants, including children are dead after the boat they were travelling in capsized off the coast of Djibouti....

    Slavery tribunal? Africa and Caribbean unite on reparations

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Catarina Demony, Reuters — Support is building among Africa and Caribbean nations for the creation of an international tribunal on atrocities...

    Haiti leaders reach deal to form transitional council

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Agence France Presse (AFP) — Haitian leaders have finalized a deal for a temporary government to steer their Caribbean nation out...

    Mali: Defiant and alone, will the junta defeat the jihadis?

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    The small oasis town leading the fight against water privatisation

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    “We demand”: A collective statement to the African Union

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    Referring to Barbecue as a revolutionary is an insult

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Referring to Barbecue as a revolutionary is an insult to progressives especially those of us who are Haitians. By Jessie C. Legros...

    How the UAE kept the Sudan war raging

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    Charles and Inez Barron will soon co-host a new radio show called “Speaking Truth...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Charles and Inez Barron, who both served in the City Council and the Assembly, will soon co-host a new radio show...

    Dismay in Addis Ababa as ‘the soul of the city’ is razed for development

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Ethiopia’s push to attract tourism and investment has seen the demolition of a historic district in the capital, with people’s homes...

    Front Street host Charles Traylor discusses Haiti with Dr. Ron Daniels

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Aired March 30, 2024 on WVKO 1580 am in Youngstown, Ohio — Front Street host Charles Traylor is joined by special...

    A story of reparations and healing from New Zealand

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). New Zealand’s reparations for the Māori people are an example the United States can follow in pursuit of racial justice for...

    220,000 Urgently Need Humanitarian Aid After Devastating Cyclone in Northeast Madagascar 

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva/Antananarivo, 9 April - An estimated 220,000 people require immediate humanitarian assistance due to the catastrophic impact of tropical cyclone Gamane in...