Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka’s sponsor was forced to apologize Tuesday after an advertisement appeared to show the 21-year-old champion with pale skin. Osaka, who is set to play Karolina Pliskova in the Australian Open semifinals, was featured in a Nissin advertisement with pale skin, brown hair and a headband. Nissin, a Ramen Noodle company, apologized after being accused […]readmore
by Nick Dall, ozy.com As a nursing school student in Cameroon, Melissa Bime remembers watching helplessly as a mother struggled to find a blood match for her 5-year-old daughter, Rita. After three days of fruitless searching, Rita died. A week later, Bime discovered that a hospital 20 minutes away had the right blood all […]readmore
“The difference between the situation in the U.S. and in Zimbabwe is that in the U.S. some of those affected have the “safety net” that they will eventually get back pay. In Zimbabwe, there is an entire country for which there is no safety net at all.” by Amadi Ajamu The United States’ economic sanctions […]readmore
By Amadi Ajamu On Saturday, September 22, 2018, the December 12th Movement International Secretariat will sponsor a Pan-African Zimbabwe Support March and Rally welcoming the newly elected President Emmerson D. Mnangagwa and the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front Party (ZANU-PF) to the United Nations General Assembly. The march and rally will assemble on the […]readmore
The Government and people of Ghana, First Lady Rebecca and I are deeply saddened by the news of the death, in Berne, Switzerland, of one of our greatest compatriots, Mr. Kofi Annan. I extend, on behalf of the entire Ghanaian nation, our sincere, heartfelt condolences to his beloved widow, Nane Maria, and to his devoted […]readmore
During this time in America when the President of the United States is an unindicted felon and reading about the happenings in and around the White House leaves you feeling dirty, it is good to remember, even at his passing, Kofi Annan. “Annan came from a line of Ashanti tribal chiefs,” writes James Traub in […]readmore
With Your Help Hundreds of Children in rural Ghana will go “Back to School” and Stay in School It is estimated that 90% of Ghanaian elementary and middle school students, especially from rural schools, have never had the opportunity to experience a computer, hands-on. This is a crisis which has put these rural children at […]readmore
Part of the joy of the rescue of the 12 Thai soccer players and their coach, was seeing experts across nationalities working together and putting their lives on the line with exquisite planning, to save the boys and reunite them with their families. There is an instant sense of nostalgia in it, because It feels […]readmore
