Fumbuka Ng’wanakilala of Reuters is reporting that President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed promised on Wednesday to rid the country of the Islamist militants who are fighting to overthrow his administration and blocking food aid to millions of people facing starvation. Ahmed was speaking four days after al Shabaab pulled most of its forces out of the…

Anthony Faiola of the Washington Post is reporting that British Prime Minister David Cameron has had enough of the riots in London as Day 4 of the melee continues. On Wednesday, Cameron said “nothing is off the table” to regain control of British streets — telling the nation that rubber bullets had been authorized and…

CNN is reporting that the international cries for Syria’s government to end a bloody crackdown on civilians could intensify Wednesday, as activist groups reported fresh onslaughts in several cities. The U.N. Security Council is expected Wednesday to follow up on a statement last week that condemned the Syrian regime for attacks on peaceful protesters and…

Tyler Kingkade of the Huffington Post is reporting that record borrowing by college students who are graduating without jobs may lead to the next financial crisis, according to a recent report by Moody’s Analytics. “The long-run outlook for student lending and borrowers remains worrisome,” concluded the report, which came out in July. “Unlike other segments…

News One is reporting that 15 incarcerated men who claim they were sent to prison because of confessions that were beaten, burned and tortured out of them by convicted Chicago police Lt. Jon Burge and his officers are getting some high-profile help — including from a former Illinois governor. In a friend-of-the-court brief to be…

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is fed up with flash mobs that have been taking place in the City of Brotherly Love over the last year. Young black teens have been harassing, harming and looting local businesses and residents in the Center City area of the city. Mayor Nutter had some choice words for the parents…

A blog post that appeared on the Crunk Feminist Collective about dating with a doctorate is making its way around the blogosphere. Entitled, “She Got a Big Ego? Thoughts on Dating With a Doctorate,” the post addresses the challenges of being a highly educated black woman and trying to find black men to date who…

News One is reporting that Nafissatou Diallo, the hotel maid who accuses ex-International Monetary Fund boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault, has sued him Monday over what she calls a “violent and sadistic” attack in an upscale suite that left her life “in shambles.” Lawyers for the maid, Guinean immigrant Nafissatou Diallo, wrote in the…

Yahoo Sports is reporting that Real Madrid has signed 7-year-old Argentinian soccer phenom Leonel Angel Coira. Coira, who goes by the name Leo like Argentinian soccer star Lionel Messi, who signed as a teenager, will begin training in September. Coira told the Argentine sports daily Ole last week that his idol is Messi and he…