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    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...

    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...

    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...

    Better Health Support for People in Crisis Situations Under Direct Relief Agreement

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva/ Washington, 1 March 2024 - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Direct Relief have joined forces to deliver medicines...

    A Memoir of Murder in the Philippines

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Patricia Evangelista’s Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country is not an easy read. An account of...

    Commonwealth Finance Ministers meet in Marrakesh to tackle overlapping global crises

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Commonwealth Finance Ministers met today in Marrakesh,...

    Tropical Storm Filipo Increasing Displacement and Humanitarian Needs in Mozambique

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva/ Maputo, 22 March - More than 48,000 people have been affected in the provinces of Gaza, Inhambane, Maputo and Sofala...
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    CARICOM urged to maximize economic opportunities being provided through the AU

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). THE FULL STORY By Garfield L. Angus, JIS — A call has been made for Caribbean Community (CARICOM) States to maximise economic opportunities...

    African Development Bank, IOM Launch Report on Harnessing Migration for Development in Africa

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Abidjan, 22 March - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) released today a joint report...

    The Critical Missing Piece from the U.S. Energy Transition

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). At the outset, the United States was blessed with enormous tracts of land (that it stole from the natives) and a...

    To Repair, Renew and Remake the World

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Again, the celebration of Earth Day this month gives us space and time to focus on our...

    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...

    The Montana Accord Movement to the Rescue

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Vantage Point VignettesComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels Haiti, our first Black Republic, is a virtual failed state where vicious gangs...

    Commonwealth Secretariat and Khalili Foundation launch youth-led peace ambassadors initiative

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, the...

    The small oasis town leading the fight against water privatisation

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com).

    Cuban and Grenadian Prime Ministers hold a meeting

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). During the meeting Marrero Cruz, highlighted the figure of commander Fidel Castro, which fostered ties of friendship between the two Caribbean...

    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...

    Activist Risk Taking, Then and Now — By Ted Glick

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ted Glick — April 30 is a day I remember because it is my mom’s birthday. She died in 2005. But...

    IOM and CRAF’d Partner to Enhance Data-Driven Responses to Displacement 

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva / Berlin, 23 April - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Complex Risk Analytics Fund (CRAF'd) are proud...

    Failed U.S. Policy and the Crisis in Haiti

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Powered by Black World Media Network April 8, 2024Special WBAI Fund Drive Edition of Vantage Point On this edition of Vantage Point, host...

    Reparation mechanisms and a development framework

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Sir Hilary McD. Beckles — It took all of the nineteenth century, beginning with the Haitian Declaration of Independence in 1804...

    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...

    IOM Director General’s Statement to the 114th Session of the IOM Council

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Excellencies, members of our Council, honoured guests, IOM colleagues and friends. Today is the fifty-seventh day...