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How Africa can leverage its diaspora to help the continent

By IBW21News & Current Affairs

By Tadios Belay, International Policy Digest — The African continent, known for its rich cultural diversity and untapped potential, has long struggled with complex and deeply rooted conflicts. Addressing these…

July 31, 2023

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People move away from tear gas fired by officers of the Haitian National Police while clearing a camp of people escaping the threat of armed gangs, in front of the U.S. Embassy, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti July 25, 2023.

Kenya ready to lead multinational force to Haiti

By IBW21News & Current Affairs

By Reuters — Kenya is ready to lead a multinational force into Haiti, which is experiencing a surge in violence between police and gangs, its foreign minister said on Saturday….

July 31, 2023

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Republican presidential candidate Florida Governor Ron DeSantis delivers remarks at the 2023 Christians United for Israel summit on July 17, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia.

Florida teaching students that slavery benefited Black people is another effort to cover up racism

By IBW21Editors' Choice

Painting a fairy tale version of America for students in public schools, as Florida is attempting to do, is not an act of patriotism. It is an act of child…

July 28, 2023

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The Emancipation Statue symbolizing the breaking of the chains of slavery at the moment of emancipation is shown on November 16, 2021 in Bridgetown, Barbados.

Reparations and racial healing being discussed in Barbados

By IBW21Editors' Choice, Reparations

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC — A one week “Reparations and Racial Healing Study Tour” began here on Monday with Barbados urging countries not to shrink from the requirement of accountability “with…

July 28, 2023

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signage at an entrance to the African Union (AU) Mission is pictured in Washington, D.C., U.S. December 15, 2020. Picture taken with a long exposure.

African, Caribbean nations join forces to call for reparations for slavery

By IBW21Editors' Choice, Reparations

By Reuters — Representatives from various African and Caribbean entities joined forces at a historic event this week in the capital of Barbados, Bridgetown, to demand reparations for slavery and…

July 28, 2023

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July 29, 2023, Online Event: Good Governance: Pursuing Peace & Reconciliation

Good Governance: Pursuing Peace & Reconciliation – July 29, 2023, Online Event

By IBW21PAUD News

In November 2009 the United Nations declared 18 July to be celebrated as Nelson Mandela International Day (aka Mandela Day) to honor the legacy of the great man, and also as a…

July 22, 2023

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Remembrance and Reunion Celebrating Kwame Ture - July 29, 2023 Brooklyn, NY

A Time of Remembrance & Time of Reunion: Celebrating Kwame Ture – July 29, 2023, Brooklyn, NY

By IBW21News & Current Affairs

DATE: Saturday, July 29th, 2023 TIME: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm LOCATION: The House of the Lord Church, 415 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217, USA. MORE INFO: hdgministries.org

July 22, 2023

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Texas lawmaker introduces bill to block funding for state or local governments that implement reparations

By IBW21Editors' Choice, Reparations

The bill, H.R. 4321, would prohibit the federal government from providing financial assistance to states, local counties, and municipalities that approve reparations laws. By Melissa Noel, Essence — Texas lawmakers…

July 20, 2023

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A woman looks at an exhibit at the International African American Museum on June 27 in Charleston, S.C.

At ‘ground zero’ for slavery, a new museum helps rewrite history

By IBW21Editors' Choice, Reparations

The opening of the International African American Museum in Charleston, S.C., is part of the corrective, generations-long rewriting of American history. By Edward Ball, The Washington Post — Edward Ball…

July 19, 2023

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Men with machetes, part of “Bwa Kale,” an initiative to resist gangs from getting control of their neighborhood, walk in the Delma district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, May 28, 2023.

‘Haiti is experiencing a brush with famine’: UN slashes food assistance

By IBW21News & Current Affairs

By Rafael Bernal, The Hill — A key international aid organization is slashing its food assistance program in Haiti, leaving 100,000 people without food aid they had previously counted on….

July 19, 2023

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Jimmy Dee Stout had served about half of his 15-year sentence for a drug conviction when he was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer last year. He learned about compassionate release from another prisoner, and was released last October with help from Families Against Mandatory Minimums. Stout now lives with his brother in Round Rock, Texas.

A law was meant to free sick or aging inmates. Instead, some are left to die in prison.

By IBW21News & Current Affairs

The First Step Act was supposed to help free terminally ill and aging federal inmates who pose little or no threat to public safety. But while petitions for compassionate release…

July 19, 2023

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The predominantly Black Fifth Ward in Evanston, Ill. The Chicago suburb is preparing to pay reparations in the form of housing grants to Black residents who experienced housing discrimination.

How reparations pioneer Evanston, Ill., is rolling out payments to Black citizens

By IBW21Editors' Choice, Reparations

The city started disbursing reparations payments to locals in 2022, in the form of vouchers for housing, and has since expanded them to include cash. By Chanelle Chandler, Yahoo News…

July 18, 2023

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