Zimbabwean law to require black business ownership
White businesspeople in Zimbabwe who don’t cede control of their companies to black partners could face jail under a law...
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Health crisis in Haiti enters a deadly new phase
Fourteen-month-old Abigail Charlot survived Haiti’s cataclysmic earthquake but not its miserable aftermath. Brought into the capital’s General Hospital with fever...
Mandela celebrates 20 years of freedom
Nelson Mandela, fellow veterans of South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle and family have raised glasses of bubbly to celebrate the 20th...
World Leaders Aim to Avoid Past Mistakes in Rebuilding Haiti
? In 1995, only months after U.S. soldiers ejected military rulers from Haiti, then-U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga., surveyed the...
Stars Gather to Cover ‘We Are the World’ for Haiti
The charity anthem “We Are the World” has been rerecorded by 80 artists who came together in the same Hollywood...
Bellerive Says Aid Can Go Directly to Haiti’s Reconstruction Efforts
Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive says he is willing to allow international aid to bypass his government’s coffers and flow...
Smallest Survivors Pose One of Biggest Problems
The smallest survivors of Haiti’s catastrophic earthquake are growing into one of the biggest problems in its aftermath. Many of...
Disaster in Haiti: Black Professional and Business Groups Rally Behind Haiti
Black professional and business organizations are rallying behind Haiti as the island digs out from the wreckage of a catastrophic...
US Suspends Aid to Kenya’s Education Ministry
A U.S. diplomat says the U.S. has suspended a five-year plan to fund Kenya’s education programs because of corruption allegations....