Last year, CNN conducted an investigation in Libya following reports of a slave market there. With cell phone audio, the network showed footage an auctioneer selling two Libyans for 1,200 Libyan dollars (about 900 USD). The investigation shed light on the striking issue of modern […]
Trinidad and Tobago is out here making history! The Caribbean nation elected Paula Mae Weekes as its new president in January, making her the first black woman to hold the position. This week, Weekes was officially sworn in, replacing Anthony Carmona, according to TeleSur […]
Only days remain in Cape Town, South Africa, before a jewel of natural beauty and one of the wealthiest destinations in Africa becomes the first major city in the world to run out of water. Rationing has already begun with some 200 collection points […]
A trip to one of Africa’s world class wonders doesn’t mean one needs to be deprived of the pleasures of shopping. At least that was the thinking of developers who obtained permits for a $13 million multi-purpose shopping mall not far from Zimbabwe’s […]
Jan. 29, 2018 (GIN) – In its first formal response to a class-action suit filed by the Herero and Nama people of Namibia, Germany has asked a New York judge to throw out the suit as “inadmissible” because of “the principle of state immunity.” The […]
