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    The Military-University-Industry Complex Targets Africa

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Pentagon launched the Minerva Research Initiative in 2008 as a “DoD-sponsored, university-based social science research initiative that focuses on areas...

    The Rising Tide of Reparations Consciousness

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Trevor Smith — In 1960, Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech at the 50th anniversary of the National Urban League...

    The Moral Failure Of The Republican Presidential Candidates To Challenge Trump

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Michael WaldmanBrennan Center Photos: YouTube Screenshots Donald Trump’s win in the Iowa Republican caucus did not surprise. Turnout was desultory, about 40 percent...

    Lawyers For Atlanta Deacon Killed By Police To Announce Lawsuit Against City

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photos: YouTube Screenshots Lawyers for Deacon Johnny Hollman Sr.,who was killed by Atlanta Police Officer Kiran Kimbrough, will be holding a press...

    Technicality could sink genocide case v Israel

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). South Africa may have given the World Court a way out of ruling that Israel is plausibly committing genocide and must...

    Mayor Eric Adams’s Budget Chaos Threatens New York Families

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The following is a statement by The People’s Plan organization in New York City regarding Mayor Eric Adams’ FY25 preliminary...

    Soccer: Namibia Defeats Tunisia In 2023 Africa Cup Of Nations Opener

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photos: YouTube Screenshots Namibia produced a huge upset as Deon Hotto’s 88th-minute header secured victory over Tunisia in their 2023 Africa Cup...

    December 12th Movement matriarch Viola Plummer makes her transition

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Nayaba Arinde, Our Time Press — A snowstorm swept through New York City on Dr. Martin Luther King Day, Monday, January...

    How Did We Become So Willing To Dehumanize The Death Of Innocents?

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Sarena Neymany PeaceVoice Photos: YouTube Screenshots For me, being Jewish was never about religion or Zionism. My holocaust survivor parents sent me...

    University Of Connecticut: Outstanding New York Students Named To Fall Dean’s List

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photos: YouTube ScreenshotsWikimedia Commons The following is a list of New York state students who were named to the Dean’s List at...

    North Carolina: Founder Of Black-Owned Tea Bar In Charlotte Opens Second Location

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photos: Pauline  Tea-Bar & ApothecaryBlackBusiness.com Sherry Waters, the founder behind the beloved Black-owned tea haven, The Pauline Tea-Bar & Apothecary, unveils its...

    Civil War talk in presidential contest reveals fresh divisions on race

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The conflict that ripped the country apart 160 years ago has resurfaced as a campaign issue. By Toluse Olorunnipa, The Washington Post...

    Minister of Information and National Orientation Addresses Circulating Narratives on Payments made by Ministry...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). ABUJA, JANUARY 7, 2024 — Mohammed Idris, the Honorable Minister of Information and National Orientation of Nigeria, issues this statement to...

    NFFG/NEGA congratulates Hussieni, Nuhu on FG appointment

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Board and Management of Nollywood Film Festival Germany NFFG and its sister event Nollywood Europe Golden Award NEGA has sent...

    IOM Chief: International Community Must Not Turn Its Back on World’s Largest Displacement in...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva/ N’Djamena/ Port Sudan – The International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s Director General, Amy Pope, has called on the international community...

    It’s not only Israel on trial. South Africa is testing the west’s claim to...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Supporters of Palestine have long been told their position is fringe. But this case gives them legitimacy – and tests the...

    One in Five People in the Central Sahel Needs Humanitarian Aid: Now is the...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). New York/Geneva/Rome – The crises gripping the Central Sahel are exacerbating humanitarian and protection needs and threatening to reverse development gains. In...

    What Would Martin Do?

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Julianne Malveaux — Years ago, young people used to wear a wristband that said WWJD, or What Would Jesus Do? Today,...

    We Must Honestly Study Dr. King To Heal Our World

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Tom H. Hastings Photos: YouTube ScreenshotsWikimedia Commons Those who like violence, those who prefer cathartic rage, love to lift out King’s words...

    Community Action Alert: Urge Your Senators To Support Bernie Sanders’ Israel Accountability Resolution

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By CAIR Photos: CAIRYouTube Screenshots The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in the nation, today...

    Uganda’s Staggering Rate Of Teen Motherhood Can Shatter Life Dreams

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photos: YouTube Screenshots BUGHENDERA, Uganda — In this East African country, many young women’s dreams of earning a university degree and pursuing...

    “Americans are missing the point of the King holiday”

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). We now “treat it like a day to celebrate King and we ignore the fact that all these other things are...

    Fighting Poverty In 2024: OECS, CDB And World Bank Partnering To Fight Poverty

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photos: OECS Monday, January 15, 2024 — The fight against poverty is being accelerated in 2024. Poverty reduction in the...

    Report: European Union Failing To Protect Human Rights Of Most Vulnerable

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Human Rights  Watch Photos: YouTube Screenshots European Union and its member states renewed their commitments to uphold and protect rights in 2023,...