Joshua Dibb, better known as Deacon of the band Animal Collective, has been invited to perform at 2010's Festival in the Desert, which takes place in ...
Modiba | Posted 12.18.2009 | World
by Marc Gabriel Amigone The Touareg people, nomads from the south of the Sahara in Northern Mali, West Africa, have a longstanding tradition of comi...
Save the Children | Save the Children | Posted 12.09.2009 | Home
America Ferrera today announced a Facebook project to engage her fans to help Save the Children build a school in Mali, one of the poorest countries i...
Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 12.08.2009 | Home
Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb says it is holding Europeans seized in Mali and Mauritania....
SnagFilms | SnagFilms | Posted 11.24.2009 | Home
Seydou Konaté is a doctor in Nongon, a small village in Southern Mali, without electricity or telephones, isolated by two rivers with no bridges, a...
Jim Luce | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York
Several weeks ago Brian Williams profiled the children of the Afghan Child Education and Care Organization (AFCECO) and its founder Andeisha Farid in ...
Marlise Karlin | Posted 11.19.2009 | Living
We have much to learn from the simple people of this world .
Modiba | Posted 11.11.2009 | World
"It's as if we're still in Mali," Cheick said. "I was born a griot, I will die a griot, and I hope that my work will continue the greatness of jeliw in the U.S."
Mark Bazer | Posted 08.21.2009 | Entertainment
Guitarist Vieux Farka Toure, son of Malian music legend Ali Farka Toure, stopped by The Interview Show at The Hideout while on tour to promote his new CD, Fondo.
The Independent | Independent | Posted 07.07.2009 | Home
A more lonely and horrible death is hard to imagine. Edwin Dyer had only gone to Africa to attend one of the burgeoning music festivals breathing new...
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 07.06.2009 | World
The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs : Obama and the Muslim World Facts: US President Barack Obama completed his much-anticipated trip to the Mid...
The Independent | Independent | Posted 07.04.2009 | Home
A British tourist held hostage for more than four months has been murdered in Mali after Britain refused to meet ransom demands from an Algerian terro...
AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 07.04.2009 | World
LONDON — Al-Qaida terrorists have killed a Briton taken hostage in Mali, the British prime minister said Wednesday. The fate of a Swiss hostage ...
Ken Dychtwald Ph.D. | Posted 06.18.2009 | Living
America's largest contributors to charity are not the rich, but everyday hard-working men and women like yourself.
Catherine Lyons | Posted 05.04.2009 | World
With no newspapers, radio or any other means of mass communication, Tinariwen's music captured the soul of the Tamashek rebellion in which they were participating.
Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.01.2009 | Entertainment
This is harmonious, joyous music, totally accessible pop that just happens to be symphonic in its power. Its real genius is its accessibility.
Dygest.net Green | Dygest.net | Posted 04.24.2009 | Home
But then I thought of a third possibility, and one that's more forward-looking and much more interesting: Intel is laying the groundwork for mobile ga...
Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 04.04.2009 | Living
I am listening. While Rush Limbaugh is busy spewing negativity, others, are partnering hope that's practical. A heart felt thanks goes out to each of...
Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 03.27.2009 | World
There is a "profound disconnect" between how the media covers agricultural issues in Africa and how people actually live, according to a new study by ...
Rick Ayers | Posted 03.21.2009 | Entertainment
Laurent Cantet's The Classis finally a school movie that gets it right. Let me try to unravel some of the magic of this piece.
Xinhua | Posted 03.16.2009 | World
Chinese President Hu Jintao Thursday vowed to increase aid to African countries, cancel part of their debts, and expand trade with and investment in t...
Julia Moulden | Posted 03.10.2009 | Living
The video begins with a provocative statement. "The world is a mess." And asks the viewer to agree or disagree. How would you respond? (Watch video....
HuffPost | Tam Vo | Posted 12.22.2009 | Impact