Isaac Kgosi was walking out of the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport in Botswana when he was approached by waiting security agents who had a warrant for his arrest. They preceded to hand him the warrant and handcuff him, all the while this was being recorded and...
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio has accused France of creating poverty in Africa and causing mass migration to Europe as a result. The Interior Minister Matteo Salvini stated that, “The migrant problem has many causes. In Africa, some take away wealth from...
My sincerest apologies that Rep. McGovern had to cancel his appearance at the last minute. He very much regrets that he is unable to be here this morning and sends his congratulations on your 35th anniversary. (Download PDF File) I first met Rep. McGovern in the early...
On June 19, 2018, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley spoke at the U.S. State Department alongside Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, officially declaring the U.S.’s withdrawal from the United Nations Human Rights Council. One year ago, June 2017, Nikki...
President Paul Kagame believes that to grow the garment industry in his country, his compatriots should wear clothes made in Rwanda. However, this cannot happen without doing something about the competing multibillion dollar second hand clothes market which comes from...
On the Calendar of the liturgy of the Catholic Church we remember and celebrates today February 8th Josephine Bakhita, a former slave who as a child was sold by her kidnappers to Arab slave traders. Josephine Bakhita was born in the village of Olgossa in the Darfur...
On February 6, 2018, Teresa Anyabuike’s article “Advocacy on human trafficking” in Global Sisters Report highlighted the Africa Faith and Justice Network – Nigeria’s events against human trafficking on the International Day of Prayer and...
The recent comments of January 11, 2018 about Haiti and African nations, attributed to President Trump during a White House official bi-partisan immigration negotiation with select members of Congress on legislation to protect immigrants, is deeply troubling. While...
More than 80 percent of Ethiopians live in the rural areas of the country and depend on climate sensitive sectors including pastoralist and semi-pastoralist people. Climate change has devastation effects on these populations include worsening poverty, water shortages,...
Dear Honorable House Financial Services Committee Members, We are writing to urge you to vote NO on H. R. 4519, a bill to repeal the legal requirements of the Cardin-Lugar Anticorruption Provision (section 1504) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer...
