(GIN) – One time ANC military Denis Goldberg was one of Nelson Mandela’s two co-defendants from the 1963-64 Rivonia trial at which 10 men were on trial for their lives for conspiring to overthrow the apartheid regime by force. Goldberg was sentenced to life imprisonment alongside Mandela for the crime of sabotage, serving 22 years …
ANC MILITARY LEADER WHO SHARED PRISON TIME WITH MADIBA PASSES Read More »
(GIN) – Pioneering drummer for many decades, Tony Allen was a musical partner of the Nigerian singer, composer and activist Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. He passed away in Paris at age 79. Allen was the drummer and musical director of Fela’s band Africa ’70 and was one of the primary co-founders of the Afrobeat sound. As Fela …
WITH FELA KUTI, DRUMMER TONY ALLEN CREATED THE AFROBEAT SOUND Read More »
May 4, 2020 (GIN) – Kenya’s first PhD marine scientist, Prof Mohamed Hyder, died at his home in Kizingo, Mombasa, after a long illness. The 88-year-old leaves behind a wife and three children. After completing his undergraduate work at Makerere University, Professor Hyder moved to Scotland where he took up biology, which was his passion. …
May 4, 2020 (GIN) – While Americans hotly debate the subject of “fake news,” Africans and others around the world marked a day for reflection on press freedoms in theory and in practice. The theme for this year’s event launched by the U.N. agency UNESCO was “Journalism without fear or favor”. The state of journalism …
U.N. UNVEILS FIGHT AGAINST A FAKE NEWS ‘INFODEMIC’ THAT PUTS LIVES AT RISK Read More »
May 4, 2020 (GIN) – Pounding rains over the last two months have set off catastrophic flooding of biblical proportions, surging over the weekend into some 20 of the 47 Kenyan counties bordering Lake Victoria – a massive trans-boundary body of water shared by Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Some 23 rivers empty water into the …
CATASTROPHIC FLOODS, LINKED TO HUMAN ACTIVITIES, SUBMERGE LAKE VICTORIA REGION Read More »
MIAMI (May 3, 2020) – Citing the unprecedented pressures facing Caribbean hotels and resorts because of the coronavirus pandemic, the head of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) called on those international tour operators which have delayed paying hotels for services delivered to the operators’ clients as early as January to expedite reimbursements. Frank Comito, CEO …
May 25, 2020 (GIN) – Mory Kanté, called the “electric griot” for his fusion of contemporary styles with traditional West African influences, passed away this month at the age of 70 of untreated health problems. Mr. Kante’s manager, Juan Yriat, said he died in his sleep after experiencing chest pains earlier in the day. “He …
MUSIC LOVERS MOURN PASSING OF FAMED GRIOT SINGER, SONGWRITER FROM GUINEA – MORY KANTE Read More »
May 25, 2020 (GIN) – Africa Day will go virtual this year with a star-studded benefit concert hosted by English actor Idris Alba, an online how-to video for jollof rice, and a U.N. call for a global ceasefire issued by the Secretary General, Antonio Guterres. African countries have “demonstrated commendable leadership” battling the COVID-19 pandemic, …
U.N. LEADER CALLS FOR GLOBAL CEASEFIRE ON AFRICA DAY Read More »
(GIN) – Twenty-six years after financing the Rwandan genocide, wealthy businessman and most wanted fugitive, Felicien Kabuga, was nabbed in an upscale French hideout. It was a relief for prosecutors of the Rwandan Genocide tribunal who feared the 84 year old Kabuga could die a free man. He stands accused of masterminding the slaughter of …
ON THE RUN RWANDA GENOCIDE SUSPECT NABBED IN FRENCH HIDEOUT Read More »
By Freddie Allen (Managing Editor, NNPA Newswire) The New York Life insurance company recently hosted a panel discussion on bridging the racial wealth gap in Washington, D.C. New York Life agents were in town for the company’s empowerment plan summit and to celebrate achieving their goal of reaching $50 billion in life insurance plans in …
BUSINESS: New York Life Reaches $50 Billion Empowerment Goal in the Black Community Read More »
Inquiring News began 50 years ago with one goal in mind, to provide the African American community in the Northeast with news that’s specifically for them. After all, there’s a bustling community of African Americans in New England, Connecticut, and Springfield.
