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Key To Feeding Africa Is Better Farms Not Food Aid - To break out of endless
cycles of drought, poverty and hunger, Africa desperately needs to modernize its
age-old farming techniques. The vast sums in foreign aid to Africa go toward feeding
the hungry, very little is left for improving farming.
Obama Opposes Slavery Reparations - Dem. Pres. candidate Barack Obama
opposes offering reparations to the descendants of slaves, putting him at odds with
some black groups and leaders. Obama said the best reparations we can provide are
good schools in the inner city and jobs.
U.S. Congress Considers 5-Year Package for Liberia - Rep. Jesse L. Jackson,
Jr. has proposed legislation in the U.S. Congress which would authorize $225M in
assistance over five years. Helping Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, to
re-establish democracy and rebuild the country after 25 years of conflict.
Black History To Be Compulsory In United Kingdom
Learning about black history is to be compulsory in secondary
schools. The subjects, aimed at highlighting the influence of ethnic
minorities, will join the two world wars and the Holocaust as periods
that must form part of the history syllabus. Black history is not just
about slavery it is much broader than that. It is about the
contribution that black and Asian people have made throughout
history. To put immigration, the Commonwealth and the legacy of
the Empire into a clear historical context...This can help pupils
prepare for life in a diverse and multi-ethnic society.
Olaudah Equiano
a Former Slave