The ongoing crisis in Haiti is having a “massive” and “devastating” impact, with over half the population acutely food insecure and more than one million staring at emergency levels of hunger, a senior UN World Food Programme (WFP) official said on Thursday.
Plastic pollution blocks rivers, chokes oceans and makes its way into the food chain as microplastics. It’s a global environmental crisis, and small island developing States are especially vulnerable, having to cope with detritus washing up on their beaches, as well as the waste they generate themselves.
An increase in civilian casualties caused by intensifying attacks from the Russian armed forces against Ukraine’s electric power infrastructure and railway system calls for concern, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) said on Monday.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated the UN’s continued commitment to Kenya in the wake of deadly floods caused by weeks of heavy rains that continue to affect the region.
The UN’s top humanitarian official in South Sudan has urged the government to lift newly imposed taxes and charges that are causing aid deliveries to be suspended, affecting tens of thousands of people.
To say Amanda Seales has not been feeling the love from most Black media over the past month isn’t hyperbole, so it makes sense she would choose to do her first big post-pile-on tell-all with a non-journalist. If there’s anybody who wears that description like a well-made suit, it’s former-NFL star-turned pundit…Read more...
Amid the mounting legal issues Diddy is facing, it appears he’s trying to lighten his load in his latest legal move.Read more...
Black men being beaten by police over minuscule things is not a new thing: In January, a Florida Black man was beaten by police over a Banana after he was wrongly accused of stealing it. In July 2023, a New York Black man was fatally shot by police after he was accused of eating fruit from a supermarket without paying…Read more...
A shocking allegation of racial bias in death penalty cases in Alameda County, California, could have massive implications for dozens of death penalty cases in the northern California county that encompasses Oakland.Read more...
When 20th Century Fox announced it was making a live-action X-Men film in the late 1990s, comic fans had strong opinions on who should play the role of Storm, one of the first Black woman comic book superheroes and a powerful mutant who can control weather systems, fight like a badass and fly.Read more...
Three-time WNBA champion and two-time NCAA champion Candace Parker is retiring from basketball. The 38-year-old who was signed to the champion Las Vegas Aces announced the end of her storied career on social media. “I promised I’d never cheat the game & that I’d leave it in a better place than I came into it,” Parker The post WNBA Champion Candace Parker Announces Retirement After 16 Seasons appeared first on Black America Web.
We finally got our first look at director Barry Jenkins' (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk) The Lion King prequel, Mufasa, and learned that, like the first film, it will boast some serious star power. The post ‘The Lion King’ Prequel, ‘Mufasa,’ Gets First Trailer, Blue Ivy Carter Will Play The Role of Kiara appeared first on Black America Web.
According to sources, Fan accuse Chris Brown of reportedly purchasing all the tickets remaining to make the venue appear to seem empty. The post Quavo Clowned for Empty Concert in Connecticut, Social Media Blames Chris Brown appeared first on Black America Web.
These five Black-owned braiding hair and extension companies will elevate your protective styles and keep your scalps itch-free. The post 5 Black-Owned Braiding Hair Companies You Need For The Perfect Protective Style Foundation appeared first on Black America Web.
Keke Palmer and SZA in a buddy comedy produced by Issa Rae? Sign us the hell up for that. The post Keke Palmer & SZA Will Star In Buddy Comedy Produced By Issa Rae appeared first on Black America Web.
There is a growing need for humanitarian services worldwide. Ongoing and new conflicts have created desperate living conditions around the world. Lack of clean drinking water, food, shelter, heat etc. is common for millions of people.
“A Touch of Hope” and “Weary One” was produced to raise awareness and desperately needed funds to serve the millions in need. Please consider purchasing the songs or making a contribution to the cause as well as sharing this efforts to family and friends. Contribution can be made directly to the United Nations HCR.
Enjoy the music. I hope you’ll be motivated to either make a donation to UN or purchase the songs. Proceed will be forwarded to the UN.
A question posed to Shireen Abu Akleh if she survived the deliberate gun wound. Ms. Abu Akleh was targeted and murdered by Israels IDF.
French oil giant Total and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation are on the cusp of building a massive crude oil pipeline right through the heart of Africa – displacing communities, endangering wildlife and tipping the world closer to full-blown climate catastrophe.
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline needs to be stopped and we have a plan to do exactly that. Are you in?
French oil giant Total and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation are on the cusp of building a massive crude oil pipeline right through the heart of Africa – displacing communities, endangering wildlife and tipping the world closer to full-blown climate catastrophe.
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline needs to be stopped and we have a plan to do exactly that. Are you in?
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