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A Brutal Endgame in Côte d'Ivoire
I woke up Friday, read the news and prayed that it was some sort of macabre April Fools Day joke. Unfortunately, that was not the case. This is one of the worst times in the history of Côte d’Ivoire, a beautiful West African nation that was once a model of economic success. Yet I can’t…
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Waiting and Worrying by the Phone on Christmas
Late in 1999 — I can’t remember the exact month or day — my wife and I got one of those middle-of-the-night phone calls. “There’s been a coup. They’re fighting in the streets. Papi has gone into hiding.” This was my first experience with what war could mean for my wife’s parents and our extended…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
