Tag: United States
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🌍 Red, Black and Green Over America: U.S. Cities That Have Raised the Pan-African Flag
Across the United States, cities and public institutions have raised the Pan-African flag to recognize Black history, African heritage, culture, and the African diaspora. From Tracy and Long Beach to Richmond, Hayward, San José, Chula Vista, and Ferndale, these ceremonies have placed the red, black, and green flag in American civic spaces.
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🇨🇩🇨🇳 DR Congo’s Copper Market Shifts as U.S. Imports Rise and China’s Share Changes
Record U.S. copper imports from the Democratic Republic of Congo are changing the country’s export mix as China remains a major buyer but its share declines.
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🇨🇩 KoBold Metals uses AI to search for critical minerals in Congo
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in Africa, African Business, Bauxite, Geopolitics, Gold, Investment, Iron Ore, Lithium, Minerals, MiningKoBold Metals is using artificial intelligence, geological data, satellite imagery and thousands of soil samples to search for lithium and other critical minerals around Manono in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The project highlights a new phase of African mineral exploration — where AI and geological intelligence are becoming as strategically important as the resources…
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🇨🇺 Assata Shakur Dies in Havana at 78, Closing a Remarkable Chapter of Black Liberation History
Assata Shakur’s life crossed the defining political struggles of the Black liberation era—from her activism in the United States and imprisonment to her 1979 escape and decades of exile in Cuba. Explore the key moments that shaped her contested legacy.
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🇮🇷 US Threatens to Shut Down Iranian Airlines Worldwide From September 23
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has warned that Iranian airlines could be effectively shut out of international aviation from September 23, threatening foreign companies with exclusion from the dollar system if they provide fuel, landing services or sell tickets to Iranian carriers.
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🇬🇭 Ghana Opens New Pathway for Nurses to Work in the United States Through Columbus Partnership
Ghana has signed a new partnership with Columbus, Ohio, creating a framework for qualified Ghanaian nurses to pursue employment opportunities in the United States while supporting ethical recruitment, nursing education, workforce development and healthcare cooperation.
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🇺🇸 NBC News Helicopter Crashes in Los Angeles While Covering Deadly Bus Collision
LOS ANGELES — A helicopter belonging to NBC News crashed in Los Angeles on Tuesday while a news crew was covering a deadly bus collision, killing at least three people and leaving two others hospitalized, according to initial reports. The helicopter had been operating in the Los Angeles area as journalists covered the aftermath of…
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🇱🇷 Deportees Sent to Liberia: A New Chapter in America’s Expanding Deportation Policy
MONROVIA, LIBERIA — A group of people deported from the United States to Liberia has found itself thousands of miles from home, navigating an unfamiliar country and an uncertain future after being removed under the Trump administration’s expanding immigration enforcement policies. According to reporting by CBS News, the deportees include individuals from countries such as…
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🇿🇦 Six Nigerian Nationals Extradited to US Over R100 Million Black Axe Romance Scam Allegations
South Africa — Six Nigerian nationals have been extradited to the United States following a joint law-enforcement operation involving South Africa’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, commonly known as the Hawks, and Interpol. The suspects are facing criminal charges in the United States over allegations of their involvement in a sophisticated cybercrime network linked by…
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🇮🇱 Israeli minister says European elites are in danger — because they are prone to support Palestine
Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli has a message for Europe’s ruling class: you’re being radicalized with sympathy for the Palestinians. “We have in Europe a significant part of the elites that have been swept into the most radical post-nationalist places — places of identification, essentially, with Islamist nationalism, with the Palestinians, with Hamas,” he…