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Fighting Malaria Is a Full Time Job

Catholic Relief Services | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Benin, Malaria, Gambia, Global Health, Niger, World Malaria Day, Africa, Mosquito Nets, Mosquitoes, Fighting Malaria, Impact News

April 25 is World Malaria Day. It is a time to celebrate the progress made in the fight against this disease, but it also time to renew our commitment to eradicating the killer of at least 650,000 people worldwide in 2010.

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Haiti's Vodou: A World Of Wonder And Surrender

Gina Athena Ulysse | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Haitian Vodou, Religion, Benin, Haiti Earthquake, Vodou Temples, Serving the Spirits, Vodun, Haiti, Voodoo, Haiti Voodoo, Religion News

As Haiti returns to the mainstream media this week to mark the second anniversary of the quake, let's remember the spirits.

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Pirates Kidnap 23 Sailors From Tanker In West Africa

AP | JON GAMBRELL | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Pirates Tanker, Piracy, Pirates Norwegian Ship, West Africa Coast, Africa Piracy, Benin, World News

LAGOS, Nigeria — Armed pirates raided a tanker off the West African coast and kidnapped 23 sailors Wednesday, taking off with the vessel in wate...

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Emmitt Smith: Who Do You Think You Are?

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 05.25.2011

Emmitt James Smith grew up wanting to be a Dallas Cowboy, but he far exceeded that aspiration. And now, after retiring, Emmitt has welcomed the opportunity to explore his roots.

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Rape, Murder Accusations Taint Peace Corps' 50th Anniversary

Politics Daily | Donna Trussell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cheryl Beckett, John F. Kennedy, Benin, Daniela Beyer, Peace Corps, Kate Puzey, Karen Woo, West Africa, Congress, Volunteering, Deborah Gardner, World War II, Young Americans, Murder, Rape, Cover-Up, Impact News

On the night of March 11, 2009, a 24-year-old Peace Corps volunteer named Kate Puzey was tied up and knifed on the front porch of her house in West Af...

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STOLEN ART: Sotheby's Cancels Sale of Looted Benin Oba Mask

The Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colonialism, Art, African Masks, British Colonialism, African Art, Nigeria, Oba, Looted Art, Benin, Stolen Art, Sotheby's, West African, Benin Mask, Arts News

Sotheby's has scrapped its February sale of a controversial £4.5m mask believed to have been looted by British forces from 19th-century West Africa. ...

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A Bit of Gay Bashing at the United Nations

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Benin, United Nations General Assembly, Islamic States, Africa, Morocco, Finland, Gays, Britain, Uganda, South Africa, World News

African and Arab nations have just succeeded by a whisker in deleting three words from a resolution that would have included gays in a denunciation of arbitrary killings. Europeans protested in vain.

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The Dichotomy of Haiti: Hell Meets, well, Heaven

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is a fundamental dichotomy in Haiti between Heaven and Hell. I chose to embrace its heaven while trying to eradicate its hell.

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Floods In Benin Leave 100,000 Homeless, UN Reports

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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COTONOU, Benin — The U.N.'s humanitarian agency says flooding in the West African nation of Benin has killed 43 people in the last two weeks. A...

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Angelique Kidjo and "The Sound of the Drum"

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011

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Beninoise singer Angelique Kidjo has had a spectacular year. In April she released her newest album, OYO, where she revisited the music that inspired ...

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Russia Elects First Black Politician

AP | KRISTINA NARIZHNAYA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jean Gregoire Sagbo, Sagbo Russia, Russia, Race, Russia Black Politician, Benin, Novozavidovo, World News

NOVOZAVIDOVO, Russia — People in this Russian town used to stare at Jean Gregoire Sagbo because they had never seen a black man. Now they say th...

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Peter Buffett and Angelique Kidjo Release Single to Support Girls in Africa

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Benin, Celebs Gone Good, Batonga Foundation, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, World Bank, Omaha, Bono, Girls, Asia, Sierra Leone, Global Citizens, Warren Buffet, IsThereSomethingICanDo.Com, Human Trafficking, Ethiopia, Alexandria, Jim Luce, Mobile Phone, YourCause.Com, Yoruba, Technology, Swahili, Barcelona, Malaika, Philanthropy, Life Is What You Make It, Connectivity, Angelique Kidjo, Peter Buffett, Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, Mali, Ning, Kenya, Egypt, United Nations, Native Americans, Dar Es Salaam, Thought Leaders, Random House, Mo Ibrahim Foundation, NoVo Foundation, Paris, Girl Effect, Cellular Connectivity, Melinda Gates, West Africa, Tanzania, U.N. Day Concert, Earth Institute, Cameroon, Bill Clinton, Do Something, Africa, Bill Gates, Kofi Annan, Blood Into Gold, Facebook, Rockefeller Foundation, Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, Haiti, New York City, Charity, Cell Phone Technology, Artist, A Song for Everyone, Ann Veneman, Gates Foundation, Composer, World News

I have been trying to interview Emmy Award-winning composer/philanthropist Peter Buffett for two years. I wrote about Grammy Award-winning UNICEF G...

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Afro-Brazilian History, Beats and Culture

Lauri Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black History Month, African-American Experience, Middle Passage, Brazil Slavery, Afro-Brazilian Culture, Afro-Brazilian History, African-American Culture, Slavery, Lauri Lyons, Carnaval, Carnival, Brazil, Brasil, Nigeria, Ghana, Mozambique, Portuguese, Congo, Central Africa, Benin, Africa, Portugal, Amerindians, African Diaspora, Angola, South America, Rio De Janiero, Favelas, Samba, Easter, Afro-Brazilians, Black Orpheus, Academy Awards, City of God, Favela Rising, Cannes Film Festival, Museum of Modern Art, Premiere Brazil, Minister of Culture, London, Dictators, Tropicalia, Exile, Caetano Veloso, Culture Points, Latin American Politics, Vargas, Political Prisoners, Gilberto Gil, Black Pride, Americas, Black Consciousness, Ile Aiye, Rio Carnaval Parade, Moviemento Negro, Brazilian Art, Latin Music, Baile Funk, Art, Latin Art, Brazilian Music, Hip-Hop, African Music, Brazilian Hip-Hop, Turntables, Microphones, Music Samplers, B-Boys, Sao Paulo, Educardo Fm, Salvador De Bahia, Bahia, Evolucao Hip Hop, South Bronx, Afros, Bling, Breakdancing, Radio, Olympic Games, Bronx, Braids, Santos Futebol Clube, Football, Pele, Soccer, Nigerian Civil War, Lagos, New York Cosmos, Amazon Jungle, African American Photographers, Rhythmic Uprising, Beyond Impanema, President Lula Da Silva, Cricket World Cup, Flag an American Story, Flag International, Sacatar Foundation, West-Africa, The Spirits of Itaparica, Itaparica, 2014 World Cup, Brazilian Carnaval, Photography, 2016 Olympics, Music, Huffington Post, Photojournalism, Girl From Impanema, Bossa Nova, Copacabana Beach, Rappers, Urban Music, Innercity Youth, Africana Studies, Race and Ethnicity, Social Advocacy, Southern Hemisphere, World News

While Africa and America are often recognized as the book ends of the African Diaspora, there is an additional link in the Middle Passage that is less publicized, but no less important.

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U.N. Birthday Rocks for Its Peacemakers

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Flashbulbs popping non-stop, H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations in New York, entered the U.N. General Assembly Hall in New ...

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WATCH: Classrooms In 7 Countries Struggle To Provide Kids With A Basic Education

Wide Angle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Education, Kenya, Afghanistan, Brazil, Bangladesh, Romania, Japan, Benin, Video, World News

WIDE ANGLE's unprecedented, award-winning 12-year documentary project, Time for School, returns in 2009 with visits to seven classrooms in seven cou...

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Floods Hit 350,000 In West Africa: UN

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Some 350,000 people in West Africa have been affected by serious flooding, the United Nations said Friday, noting that "significant" rainfall has lash...

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Just Released: YouTube Video on Fathers and Girls Education

Pedro C. Moreno | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women, India, Yemen, Africa, Latin America, Afghanistan, Daughters, Fada, Asia, Arab Countries, Benin, 2015, Education, Literacy, Millennium Development Goals, Guatemala, Fathers, Sub-Sahara, World News

Helping children in India, Afghanistan, Guatemala, Yemin and Benin would significantly contribute to achieving universal pimary education for boys and girls.

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