Notes from Tunis: Discovering its Identity Post-Revolution on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, by Richard Dowden, Director, the Royal African Society | Category: Current Events

Originally posted on the site of the Royal African Society, director Richard Dowden writes from Tunisia on that country's development after its energized revolution last year.   Read More...

Background on Nigeria: How Health Achievements Can Help the Global Black Population on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, by Kari Hill | Category: Current Events

Each year, about 4,000 black Americans die of blood cancers, and exponentially more die worldwide. The new bone marrow registry and future cord-blood bank in Nigeria will benefit these affected black Americans, the millions of Nigerians that have blood cancers, and more.   Read More...

Sierra Leone 2012: An Alternative Perspective on War and Child Soldiers in Africa on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, by Jake R. Bright, Whitehead Fellow, Foreign Policy Association | Category: Current Events

The Kony 2012 blitz followed by Charles Taylor’s recent war crimes conviction in the Hague brought me back to time spent in Sierra Leone. Not to build my own dated tale of warlords and child soldiers, but these news items reminded me of the importance of responsible reporting on Africa and remarkable stories of the continent’s audacity in moving forward.   Read More...

Seun Adebiyi, a Nigerian Helping Cancer Patients Find Blood-Marrow Donors on Monday, May 14, 2012, by Kari Hill | Category: Current Events

On February 24, in Nigeria, the second national bone marrow registry in Africa was released, in part due to the efforts of Seun Adebiyi, a Nigerian-born graduate of Yale Law School. As a carrier of stem cell leukemia and lymphoblastic lymphoma, both of which are lethal blood cancers, Adebiyi struggled to find a bone marrow donor to match his blood type   Read More...