Browsing: United States

On 12 November, the United States imposed a 30-day ban on US airlines flying below 10,000 feet (3,048 metres) above Haiti after bullets hit three US…

News reports say Black people—including children—in about half of the 50 US states recently received racist text messages stating that they had been ‘selected to pick…

Every year since 1954, Veterans Day (11 November) has honoured military veterans who have served in the US armed forces. However, it is crucial to examine…

On the 10th of November 1898, over 2,000 armed white people descended on Wilmington City Hall in the US state of North Carolina and forced Black…

President Macron got a standing ovation in Morocco recently – vowing full French support for Rabat’s sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara. It goes against most…

If not for the support of the United States, Israel could not have successfully embarked upon its current rampage in West Asia. The US has supplied…

Former US President Donald Trump made a comeback during the 5 November presidential election by winning more than 270 electoral votes and about 4.7 million more…

As millions of US citizens head to the polls to elect a new president, billions of people across the globe—including in Africa—will follow the elections closely…

Songwriters are to recording artists what shadows are to people, often unacknowledged in the background. Born in Brooklyn in 1931, Otis Blackwell was a prolific songwriter…

The charity Open for Business estimates that Uganda’s anti-gay law could cost the country as much as $8.3 billion over five years due to diminished foreign…