Plans to Close the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Raise Concerns
It opened in 1991 as a temporary shelter for Somalis who were fleeing the civil war. Home to more than…
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Help Stop My Father’s Hunger Strike
Hold the World Bank Accountable for its Racism: Sign My Petition 28 My father is a man of principles and…
Amiral Cabral on the African and Black American Experience
The late writer, activist, and nationalist thinker Amiral Cabral once met with a room full of 30 organizations representing black groups…
Meet Ilhan Omar, the First Somali-American Woman Running for Public Office in the U.S.
It’s not often that an East African woman gets elected to public office in the U.S. But that is likely…
Hunger, Shortages, and Hyperinflation
South Sudan’s leaders stand accused of industrial-scale embezzlement, ripping off public money to fund property and business investments across the…
Tanzania: Earthquake Survivors Face Task of Rebuilding
When the earthquake struck, the brick walls simply crumbled at the orphanage in Tanzania’s far northwestern Kagera region. Clutching one…