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    World News in Brief: Deep concern over Afghan arrests, UN commits to stay and...

    Since 1 January, in Kabul and Daykundi provinces, UNAMA has documented a series of hijab decree enforcement campaigns by the de facto Ministry for...

    Muslim Chaplain at Toronto Hospital for Sick Children Eulogizes Founder of Hamas

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). An Islamic chaplain at Toronto’s main pediatric hospital was under scrutiny on Thursday after video emerged of him encouraging parents to...

    News in Brief 11 January 2024 |

    This is the News in Brief from the United Nations. Gaza: South Africa levels accusations of ‘genocidal conduct’ against Israel South Africa addressed the UN's highest...

    Explainer: What is the Genocide Convention?

    Filed with the Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ), a UN court, on 29 December, South Africa’s case stated that Israel, particularly since 7 October,...

    We Must Break The Cycle Of War And Transcend The War Mindset

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Robert C. Koehler Photos: YouTube Screenshots “I am begging the world: stop all the wars, stop killing people, stop killing babies. War...

    Contrasting political challenges emerge in West Africa: Top envoy

    Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, Leonardo Santos Simão, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, said that while some nations have made significant democratic...

    News in Brief 10 January 2024 |

    This is the News in Brief from the United Nations. Aid mission denials are latest threat to Gaza’s hospitals: OCHA Repeated refusals by Israeli authorities to...

    Recurring denials hamper aid delivery to north Gaza

    The rate of access denials by Israel so far this month marks a “significant deterioration” over December, OCHA said in its latest update, issued late on Wednesday. Between 1...

    Student Loan Debt Common Across All Race, Gender Groups–Especially Black Women

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By CEPR Photos: YouTube Screenshots Forty-three million Americans currently have student loan debt. This group of borrowers collectively owes $1.766 trillion, which...

    ‘Double-Speak and Double-Standards’: South African Jews Excoriate Government Over ICJ Case Charging Israel With...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). South Africa’s Jewish community on Thursday accused the ruling African National Congress (ANC) of “double-speak and double-standards” on the opening day...

    Iran Seizes Oil Tanker Involved in US-Iran Dispute in Gulf of Oman

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Iran seized a tanker with Iraqi crude destined for Turkey on Thursday in retaliation for the confiscation last year of the...

    Stories from the UN Archive: Did Khrushchev really bang his shoe?

    The rumour began when Mr. Khrushchev travelled to New York at the height of the cold war. During the Assembly’s general debate for Heads...

    Harvard Sued by Jewish Students Over Antisemitism on Campus

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Harvard University has been sued by Jewish students who accused it of allowing its campus to become a “bastion” of rampant...

    “Genocide In The Making”: International Court Of Justice Hearing Is Step Toward Helping Palestinians

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Amnesty International Photos: YouTube Screenshots The International Court of Justice (ICJ) proceedings on a South Africa legal case alleging that the...

    Gaza: South Africa levels accusations of ‘genocidal conduct’ against Israel at world court

    The development came amid the ongoing and massive Israeli bombardment across the Gaza Strip in response to Hamas-led terror attacks on 7 October that...

    Lucrative investment transforms Botswana’s iconic diamond mine

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

    Ivory Coast tightens security for AFCON

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    Kenya enhances bid to host Transform Africa Summit

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

    Film On Homeless Black Man Comes To Black Public Media’s “AfroPoP Digital Shorts” Series

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photos: Tracii McGregorClaudia BrownWikimedia Commons Black Public Media’s AfroPoP Digital Shorts series continues on MLK Day on Monday with the story of...

    National Museum Of African American History And Culture Celebrates Black History Month

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photos: YouTube Screenshots Smithsonian The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) commemorates Black History Month with wide-reaching programs that...

    OECS: Recycle Project Generates Insights Into Plastic Waste Landscape Of Dominica And Grenada

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photos: YouTube ScreenshotsOECS January 10, 2023  — New Waste Characterization Reports are in for Dominica and Grenada. The findings are critical for...

    Bodycam Footage Shows Shocking Moment Police Shoot An 11-Year-Old At His Home

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photos: YouTube Screenshots Newly released body camera footage shows the moment when an Indianola, Mississippi, police officer shot and injured unarmed 11-year-old...

    Security Council strongly condemns Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping

    Russia first proposed three amendments to the draft text but all were defeated, paving the way for a vote on the draft resolution. There...

    Despite U.S. Supreme Court Ruling House Speaker Mike Johnson Stands By Election Denialism

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Michael WaldmanBrennan Center Photos: YouTube Screenshots In an interview over the weekend, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson again insisted that he’s...