US facilitating land evacuation of private citizens in Sudan Barbados Today24/04/20230447 views (AP) — The United States has begun facilitating the departure of private U.S. citizens who want to leave Sudan, according to White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan. Sullivan said… Read more
Death toll in Kenyan starvation cult rises to 58 – police Barbados Today24/04/20230470 views (Reuters) – Kenyan police have recovered 58 bodies, mostly from mass graves in a forest in eastern Kenya, thought to be followers of a Christian cult who believed they would… Read more
O’Kola stars in Africa Barbados Today13/04/20230787 views Barbadian junior golfer Ashton O’Kola has taken his golfing talents to Africa. The six-year-old golf prodigy recently competed in two events winning both of them in decisive fashion. O’Kola first… Read more
Harris visits Ghana’s president, promises aid, investments Barbados Today27/03/20230946 views SOURCE: (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday praised Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo for his “democratic principles” during a visit with the West African leader, who’s facing rising… Read more
#AfricanAwarenessMonth – Yaa Asantewaa I – Queen Mother of Ejisu in the Ashanti Empire Barbados Today09/02/20230263 views Led the war against the British Empire Yaa Asantewaa I (born October 17, 1840 – October 17, 1921) was the Queen Mother of Ejisu in the Ashanti Empire, now part… Read more
South Africa holds state funeral for Archbishop Desmond Tutu Barbados Today01/01/20220403 views SOURCE: BBC — The funeral mass for South African anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Desmond Tutu has taken place at the Anglican cathedral in Cape Town. Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize winner… Read more
Hundreds of Nigerian students missing after attack on school Barbados Today13/12/20200337 views Hundreds of Nigerian students are missing after gunmen attacked a secondary school in the country’s northwestern Katsina state, police have confirmed. The Government Science Secondary School in Kankara was attacked… Read more
Zimbabwe’s Health Minister charged in COVID-19 graft case Barbados Today20/06/20200317 views Zimbabwe’s health minister on Saturday was charged with criminal abuse of duty as a public officer, accused of illegally awarding a multi-million-dollar contract for COVID-19 medical supplies to a shadowy… Read more
African nations, US say blacks mistreated in Chinese city Barbados Today11/04/20200406 views African officials are confronting China publicly and in private over mistreatment of Africans in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, and the U.S. says African-Americans have been targeted, too. Some Africans… Read more
Nine confirmed killed in second mass shooting in US in 24 hours Barbados Today04/08/20190595 views Nine people have been killed and at least 26 injured in a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio – the second US mass shooting in 24 hours. Mayor Nan Whaley said… Read more