We came, we saw and we stayed and now we want to stay legally.
As the debate on immigration reform continues in the United States, President Obama and members of the Republican party have put forth many ideas that will result in comprehensive…
Margaret Thatcher has died at the age of 87 but her reign as Prime Minister was not without its share of controversy. Here are some controversial decision she made involving South Africa, Zimbabwe, Chile, Iraq etc.
South Africa
Thatcher refused to impose sanctions on…
Cecil John Rhodes the British imperialist was right about one thing, transportation infrastructure was essential to get raw materials out of Africa into overseas markets. The same is true even of today as talk of Africa becoming an economic hub the discussion…
Beatrice Mtetwa
The work of Human Rights Lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa is no ordinary task. Dealing with a dictatorship that uses the law against its own citizens she has found the courage to use the law in defense of human rights. This is no…
“The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall…
As citizens of the World, we tend to romanticize movies like Titanic and those of the Mayflower and we forget that not everyone on the Mayflower was royalty. 16th and 17th century Britain was a society of classes and to this day the color…
I remember growing up and seeing images on tv about this place called the "Big Apple" with all its glitz and glamour and praying "Oh Lord please take me to America so I can see for myself what I see on tv…
Tobacco Farmer in Zimbabwe
A group of white Zimbabwean farmers is suing to stop the removal of sanctions against the Mugabe regime. They argue that the men who are on the sanctions list are responsible for their loss of property which in the…
Black African immigrants are among the best-educated US immigrants. African immigrants are disproportionately admitted through the diversity program — which requires immigrants to have at least a high school degree or two years of experience in an occupation that requires at least…
A look at the US Presidential candidates and their policy toward Africa 2012
As Mitt Romney vies for the position of leader of the free world we are all wondering what his policy on Africa will look like. Bill Clinton was a rock…