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What’s behind the coup in Mali?

March 27, 2012 By Emile Schepers

On March 22, soldiers of the Republic of Mali in West Africa, led by junior officers, carried out a coup d'état against the elected president, Amadou Toumani Touré.

Recapturing the social identity of the Black church

March 26, 2012 By Rev. Pierre Loomis Williams

In the days of the past, the black church served as a beacon of hope for the lost-soul seeking grace and mercy.

Europe and Africa: a genocidal history

March 21, 2012 By Emile Schepers

During the "scramble for Africa" at the end of the 19th century, Germany had entered the game partly for economic and partly for geopolitical reasons.

Celebrating the life of Mary McLeod Bethune

March 19, 2012 By Rosanna Cambron

Mary McLeod Bethune's commitment to the advancement of black women and indeed all women makes her a true American hero.

All hail the (German) chief

March 19, 2012 By Victor Grossman

It's hard to decide: which article on Germany's new president, East Germany's (the former German Democratic Republic's) pastor Joachim Gauck, was more misleading.