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WEBSep 12, 2024 · Black Star News has been producing stellar investigative journalism since 1997, including focusing on police brutality and other abuses targeting marginalized communities and Us Politics We have broken several major stories And featured in major Media Houses in Usa And Worldwide.
From Abuse To Power: Ending Fortress Conservation In …
WEB11 hours ago · By Oakland InstitutePhotos: Oakland InstituteWikimedia Commons For decades, Indigenous and local communities in the DRC have been victims of forced evictions and horrific human rights abuses in the name of so-called conservation, while facilitating illicit extraction of gold, tantalum, and cobalt reserves. In a report released last month, From Abuse to Power: Ending Fortress Conservation ...
Bumpy Road: Senegal’s President Faye Faces Election Challenge
WEB10 hours ago · Senegal’s National Assembly was made up of a 51%-49% balance, with Sall’s BBY coalition making up the slim majority. But each political party has few reliable allies. Former Prime Minister Amadou Ba, who was defeated by Faye in the presidential election, launched a political movement in recent days that could also change the …
Walmart Gives $800K To Atlanta Organization For Black …
WEBOct 3, 2023 · Walmart is giving a $800,000 grant to the Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs (RICE), a nonprofit dedicated to developing, growing and scaling Black entrepreneurs, the retail giant announced Monday. The funding will bolster efforts to train business owners who produce consumer goods. The announcement comes on the heels of another large ...
Black Women Leaders Meet VP Harris To Discuss Major Policy Issues
WEBWashington, D.C. (Dec, 6th 2021) — Today, Black Women Leaders and Allies attended a meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris to discuss the major domestic policy and democracy issues facing our nation, including the urgency of passing federal voting rights legislation, the advancement of economic ...
Uhuru 3 Receives Outpouring Of Support To Fight DOJ Charges In …
WEBAug 14, 2024 · By Hands Off Uhuru. Photos: Hands Off Uhuru. On July 27, nearly 2 years to the day after the FBI conducted heavily-armed raids on seven Uhuru (freedom) Movement homes and offices, the “Hands Off Uhuru!” campaign held a multi-site event from the Uhuru House in St. Petersburg, Florida and the Uhuru Solidarity Center in St. Louis, Missouri, two of the buildings that were targeted in the 2022 ...
Tigray War: US Renews Sanctions On Ethiopia - Black Star News
WEBSep 10, 2024 · The United States’ decision to renew sanctions against Ethiopia is a blow to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s attempt to repair the relationship between the countries. The sanctions were first rolled out due to the two-year war in the northern Tigray region. The measures targeted individuals involved in the war, which officially ended in ...
Nowhere To Run: Police Brutality In The United States And Africa
WEBOct 13, 2023 · A third of Kenyans have undergone police harassment or abuse. George Musamali, former police officer turned security and safety consultant, said the issue starts in police training where “recruits are brutalized in the name of being trained, so at the end of the day when they graduate, they extend the same brutality they received during training to members of the public because, there’s a ...
Education Leaders Sound Alarm On New Data Showing Inequities …
WEBNov 20, 2023 · Photos: YouTube Screenshots. CHARLOTTE, NC – Federal education officials and other leaders expressed alarm this week at the Southern Education Foundation’s 2023 Issues Forum on the continuing inequities many Black students face, citing newly released U.S. Department of Education data. U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Cindy Marten called during the conference for “a generational ...
Kenyan Judiciary Criticize Police Behavior Following Conviction Of ...
WEB2 days ago · The judiciary has accused the police of retaliating by withdrawing the security of the judge who last week delivered the ruling on acting Inspector General of Police Gilbert Masengeli for contempt of court. Kenya’s top judge, Chief Justice Martha Koome, said the withdrawal “sends a chilling message to the judiciary and the public at large.”.