CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS ADDRESS WEEK OF HATE WHILE ALSO FOCUSING ON NOV.6
Civil rights organizations, dealing with get out to vote and voter protection campaigns, quickly refocused to address the injustices and the threats. […]
Month: October 2018
AGING AUTOCRAT WHIPS OPPOSITION AND CLAIMS VICTORY IN A DISPUTED POLL
Leaders of the opposition were roundly defeated in this month’s national elections that gave the six term incumbent President Paul Biya a new seven year term. The 85 year old chief of state was returned […]
OVER 200,000 CONGOLESE DRIVEN OUT OF ANGOLA IN ANTI-SMUGGLING ROW
Under the name “Operation Transparency’, Angolan officials in less than a month evicted between 200- and 400,000 migrants, mostly Congolese from the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), claiming the migrants were plundering Angola’s resources […]
NAMIBIA AGREES TO ‘LAND DEAL’ WITH RUSSIAN BILLIONAIRE
The Namibian government has leased four farms for 99 years to a company owned by a Russian billionaire. The farms, valued at $3 million and measuring a total 42,000 acres, were registered as state property […]
2018 Mazda CX-5
By Frank S. Washington DETROIT – The Mazda CX-5 is the automaker’s bestselling model and after a week test driving the 2018 version, it is easy to see why. The CX-5 is basic in what […]