Category: News from Around the Web

Source: Olive Vassell for Euromight British singer and songwriter Dereck Rose will be the first to admit that his musical journey has been a long and winding one. Beginning in his Jamaica birthplace, and developing in his early years in the UK, it has taken him across Europe, to Israel and even atop a giant […]

Source: Janell Ross, Huffington Post Walter Character — a self-described Atlanta family man, out-of-work African American and independent voter — spends a great deal of time consuming news that criticizes the Obama administration for ignoring blacks’ struggles, but said he doesn’t believe the president should shoulder the blame alone. Click here to read more on […]

Source: AFRO-Europe The Government of Norway holds a national memorial ceremony in the wake of the attacks 22 July on the Government buildings and on Utøya. The ceremony takes place in Oslo Spektrum on Sunday 21 August at 3 pm. Bereaved families, survivors and others directly affected by the attacks will be invited, along with […]

Source: Deutsche Welle Clichy sous Bois is a mere 15 kilometers (nine miles) outside of Paris, but it feels worlds apart. To get there from central Paris, you have to take the metro, then a suburban train and finally a bus. Of the 30,000 people who live in Clichy sous Bois, one of the country’s […]

Source: Aljazeera Iraqi youth find new outlet in rap By combining folklore with western-style beats, Iraqi youth have created their own form of hip-hop music. Read more on Aljazeera Read more on Aljazeera

Source: The Voice NEW EVIDENCE has revealed that Mark Duggan, the man whose death has triggered riots across Britain, did not shoot at police before he was gunned down in north London, last week (Aug 4). Ballistic results obtained by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) show that the 29-year-old father of five did not […]

Source: ALJAZEERA Every year thousands of West Africans migrate to Europe in search of a better life. But for some, that search will end in tragedy as they fall victim to organised crime gangs. In one area of southern Italy, thousands of women from Nigeria are trapped in a nightmare world of prostitution. Many are […]