State Department
President Biden’s Slavery Remarks to African Leaders Rebukes Ugandan Dictator Museveni’s Ugly Comments Following Questions from Black Star News
President Biden. Photo: Official/Wikimedia. [Commentary] President Joe Biden’s remarks before African leaders about “the pain” of slavery appear to have been a direct rebuke ...
U.S. Praises Ugandans Fighting Human Rights Abuses; Another Official Blames AU for Museveni Invitation
The Ugandan dictator Museveni arriving in Washington this week. Photo: Twitter The State Department has praised “members of civil society in Uganda working at ...
Uganda: Dictator Museveni’s Son, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Reported to Have Directed Author Kakwenza’s Torture
Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba. He reportedly went ballistic after author Rukirabashaija referred to him as “obese” in a tweet leading to his arrest and torture. Photo: ...
U.S. Calls On Uganda Regime To Stop Harassing Novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija
Ugandan author and Black Star News columnist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija. Photo: Facebook. The U.S. State Department has called on the Ugandan government to stop ...
U.S. Will Pursue Action Against Human Rights Abusers In Uganda–State Department
The Ugandan people turned out to vote in multiparty national elections on January 14 despite an environment of intimidation and fear. We are deeply ...
Rep. Greg Meeks is First African American to Chair House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep. Greg Meeks. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05), senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was elected to Chair the ...
Engel seeks answers about white supremacists in state department
[White Supremacy] Rep. Engel: “Individuals who laud such discrimination have no business working in the Department, let alone holding security clearances necessary to perform ...
Susan Rice, A Supporter and Enabler of Tyranny in Africa Shouldn’t Be Biden’s Running Mate
Susan Rice. Champion of dictatorships in Africa. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Jay Godwin. We’re all on tenterhooks awaiting Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s announcement of his ...
Immigrants: Although Suspended By Courts, Proposed Public Charge Rule Change Already Has Huge Chilling Effect
Migration Policy Institute’s Jeanne Batalova. Photo: C-SPAN screenshot. By Mark Heeding, Ethnic Media Services Federal courts have temporarily blocked the public charge rule change from ...
U.S. SENATE DEMOCRATS ASK POMPEO TO RECUSE HIMSELF FROM TRUMP IMPEACHMENT UKRAINE SCANDAL
[House Impeachment Inquiry\Pompeo] Senate Democrats on Foreign Intelligence Committee: “ We now know, according to today’s testimony from Ambassador Gordon Sondland, that you were ...
