President Obama Greets Young People in Kenya

"A politics that's based solely on tribe and ethnicity is a politics that's doomed to tear a country apart," said President Obama during a speech in Kenya. "It s a failure, a failure of imagination." President Obama spent the week-end in Kenya on a visit aimed to deepen U.S. alliances with Kenya on trade, terrorism and wildlife protection.

Apologizing for not visiting his relatives as the traditional customs would require, he referred to the obligations of political officials

South Carolina Rep Jenny Horne asking the House to take the Confederate flag down

She is the descendent of a confederate President and she has been instrumental in taking down the flag of hate and racism.
Yes, the South Carolina House voted on Thursday morning to approve a bill removing the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds. The bill almost failed to pass. The debate lasted more than 13 hours.

Then, in an emotional 4-minute plea, Rep. Jenny Horne, a Republican state representative and descendant of Confederate President

US Supreme Court ACA ruling celebration

Patient Protection and Affordability Care Act, PPACA or known as Obamacare, has once again survived the challenge from Republicans, after  a 6-3 decision ruling by the US Supreme Court, or SCOTUS.  Obamacare will be the health care law that will solidify President Barack Obama's legacy for generations to come.

The ruling was about the provision in the PPACA authorizing federal tax credits for eligible Americans, whether they live in states

A suspected terrorist, Dylann Roof, 21, has killled 9 Black men and women in a church in Charleston, South Carolina, US. The suspected terrorist shot the 9 people during a prayer meeting on Wednesday, June 17, 2015. 

The 9 people killed include:Cynthia Hurd, 54; Susie Jackson, 87; Ethel Lance, 70; Rev. DePayne Middleton-Doctor, 49; Hon. Rev. Clementa Pinckney,

Paul Kagame in Dar-es-Salaam on crisis in Burundi- He is also seeking to change the Rwandan Constitution

“the Arusha Agreement, which was carefully negotiated and accepted by most parties and sectors of Burundian society, brought an end to years of tragic civil war and established the foundation for Burundi’s post-conflict recovery...President Nkurunziza’s decision to disregard the term limit provision of the Arusha Agreement has destabilized Burundi and the sub-region, triggered violence, and endangered Burundi’s economic well-being.” It is in these unequivocal terms that the US  State Department expressed the open position of the US Government  to the attempts by Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza to change the constitution of his counrty, to allow himself to run for a forbidden third term.

Attempts to change the Constitution have led to massive bloody protests, a failed coup, and scores of killed. A low level insurgency is feared as  

Freddie Gray Death: Protesters in Baltimore

Another Black man is dead in the United States and the citizens have accused the police of murdering him. Freddie Gray, a  25-year-old Black man from Baltimore died while in police custody. According to official statements, his spinal cord was severely injured. His voice box was crushed and his neck snapped before he slipped into a coma and died.