Tribal News

Rolihlahla "Nelson" Mandela was born to a tribal chief in Transkei, a former republic of Africa.

As a child in Kenya, Peter Kithene saw what happens when there is no health care or medicine for miles.

Swine flu has appeared among Venezuela's Yanomami Indians, one of the largest isolated indigenous groups in the Amazon, and a doctor said Wednesday that the virus is suspected in seven deaths, including six infants.

Somalia's mobile phone business is booming despite the almost daily artillery fire that flies over expensive satellite dishes and the violence that has brought misery to the population of the Horn of Africa nation.

Dancers clad in animal skins opened a royal ceremony Tuesday, a nod to tradition for the forward-thinking kings, queens and chiefs who jetted in to Johannesburg from across Africa to launch an institute they hope will expand their roles on the continent The two dozen leaders from Morocco to Swaziland describe their new Institute of African Royalty ...

O ur history in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean is peculiar. When the majority of our ancestors lived in Africa just before the rape of that continent, the tribal system was well established.

When Zhang Zuyue, chief of the Chinese Shipowners' Association, describes the pirates plaguing the Somali coast as "a beaming new star" in the ancient trade of piracy, he is not exaggerating.

The US has imposed a travel ban on a senior Kenyan government official for obstructing efforts to rid the country of corruption.

Maintaining a competent military organization is a challenge for wealthy nations, even in times of relative peace.

Naval forces from about 40 nations, including China, failed to prevent a hijacked mainland ship with 25 crew from reaching a pirates' haven in Somalia.

Published Wednesday 21 October 2009 12:32am EST. The Broadway Mall Association installed nine sculptures in on the thin island that divides the avenue's east and west sides.

Bishops attending a Vatican meeting on Africa issued a blunt ultimatum Friday to corrupt Catholic political leaders in Africa: repent or leave public office.

In the Seminar Reconciliation, Justice, and Peace in Africa, being held in Rome during the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops promoted by the 'Giuseppe Toniolo' Institute for the International Law for Peace and the Catholic Action International Forum, Bishop Giorgio Biguzzi of Makeni, President of the Bishops' Conference of ...

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Canadians teach peacekeeping to African troops Two Canadian military officers, Major Francois Provost and Major Marc Chabot , with a local guard at the entrance of a new school in Bamako, the capital of Mali, which trains African soldiers for peacekeeping.

BOCA RATON, Fla., July 2, 2008 -- Dear Sen.Obama: Thanks for repudiating Gen. Wesley Clark's stupid comments regarding John McCain's military service and preparedness to be Commander in Chief.

Let us say, hypothetically, that American forces kill or capture Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar, enabling President Obama to declare victory and bring our troops home.

VATICAN CITY, OCT. 14, 2009 .- The main treasure of Africa is its young people, but they need protection from those who would force them into lives as child soldiers or prostitutes, the bishops of that continent are affirming.

A A Perfectly Paris A magical city known as the - City of Love' and the - City of Lights', Paris is full of amazing architecture, world-class art, museums, gardens and parks.

Yarik Turianskyi 5 October 2009 guest column Last week the citizens of Somaliland were due to have elected their president for the next five years.