Skinheads arrested for plotting to assassinate Barack Obama

By George E Curry
Special to the NNPA from the
Afro-American Newspapers

WASHINGTON (NNPA)— Two neo-Nazi skinheads plotted a national killing spree that would...

Fighting escalates in Congo as peacekeepers flee

(GIN)—Tutsi insurgents loyal to renegade General Laurent Nkunda launched a major offensive on Oct. 26, advancing to within 12 miles of Goma, destroying two UN...

Ethiopia poised to withdraw from Somalia

(GIN)—Pulled into an unsuccessful war against Somalia’s Islamist government by the U.S. two years ago, Ethiopia is now looking at a negotiated pull out of...

African court rules against slavery

(GIN)—Following a ruling by a West African criminal court, the nation of Niger will have to pay $20,000 to a young woman who spent nearly...

Family alleges Jasper-style dragging in Paris, Texas

By Jesse Muhammad
Special to the NNPA from the Final Call

PARIS, Texas (NNPA)—When the body of a 24-year-old black man in Paris, Texas was...

Rice says 'children of color' worst hit by failing schools

By Marisela Santana
Special to the NNPA from the Los Angeles WAVE

LONG BEACH, Calif. (NNPA)—In an appearance before an annual gathering of powerful women,...