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Foreign-born Editors in New England Weigh In on an Obama Presidency

Posted December 1st, 2008 by Mary
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Source: 
EthnicNEWz.org
Writer: 
M. Thang
Seme Ndzana (top), publisher of AfricanIndependent.com (photo: NewHavenIndependent.org); Sujata Srinivasan (middle), editor of CT Indian Life (photo: SujataSrinivasan.com); and Marcela Garcia, managing editor of El Planeta (courtesy photo).

AFRICOM Commander Clarifies US Military Agenda in Africa

Posted October 29th, 2008 by Mary
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Source: 
BayStateBanner.com
Writer: 
Talia Whyte
Gen. William E. Ward, commander of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), addresses an audience at the African Presidential Archives and Research Center at Boston University. (photo: Talia Whyte, BayStateBanner.com)

The following excerpt is from BayStateBanner.com, Oct. 29, 2008. 

Brazilian Missionary Treks to Remote Pygmy Village

Posted October 6th, 2008 by Mary
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Source: 
EthnicNEWz.org
Writer: 
Eduardo A. de Oliveira
Marcelo Satiro is a missionary with the São Paulo-based Assembly of God church. (photo: EthnicNEWz.org, E. A. de Oliveira)
Pygmy villagers in the Democratic Republic of Congo welcomed missionary Marcelo Satiro (standing to the right of the Brazilian flag, wearing a business-style jacket). (Courtesy photo: Marcelo Satiro for EthnicNEWz.org)

Art Auction for Kenyan Girls' Orphanage

Posted September 9th, 2008 by Mary
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Female Genital Circumcision Still Practiced Worldwide

Posted July 19th, 2008 by Mary
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Source: 
EthnicNewz.org
Writer: 
Eduardo A. de Oliveira
Nagat Elmahdi holds a newspaper article that she wrote as a journalist in Egypt. (photo: E. A. de Oliveira, NEWz)

It happened quickly, but it was extremely painful for five-year-old Faduma.

She sat with her legs spread apart, knowing her turn had come.

Pastor, Doctor Honored for Her Humanitarian Work in Africa and Massachusetts

Posted May 29th, 2008 by Mary
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Source: 
EthnicNewz.org
Writer: 
EthnicNewz.org
The Rev. Dr. Gloria White-Hammond's humanitarianism has spanned decades and continents. She has founded or chaired organizations that help people in wartorn Sudan, and founded a ministry to help high-risk black teen girls in Boston. (photos: umb.edu)
Sarah Moten is education division chief for the Africa Bureau of the U.S. Agency for International Development. She received an honorary degree from the Univ. of Massachusetts Boston for her distinguished international career. (photo: umb.edu)

Burundian Refugees Embrace New Lives in Nashua, NH

Posted May 18th, 2008 by Anonymous
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Daniel Nyabenda is one of 39 Burundian refugees who is starting a new life in New Hampshire – free of civil war, crowded camps and biweekly 10.5-ounce food rations. (Photos: Eduardo A. de Oliveira, NEWz. See group photo at bottom of Web page.)

If you think you have problems, meet Daniel Nyabenda, an African refugee who has never had a home in his 32 years of life.

In Nashua, NH, 34 Burundians are finding peace as they transition into American culture. Here, 13 of them pose for a NEWz photo with Don Job of United Methodist Church. (Photo: E. A. de Oliveira, NEWz)

Mass. Doctor's Trips to Africa Help Poor Often-rejected Women

Posted April 12th, 2008 by Mary
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Source: 
JewishJournal.org
Writer: 
Susan Jacobs
Some of Dr. Michael Reich's patients in Nigeria wear donated clothes that he brought from America. (JewishJournal.org courtesy photo: Dr. Michael Reich)

Jewish Journal editor’s note: This is the Jewish Journal's final installment of a four-part series about North Shore (Massachusetts) doctors who volunteer their time and expertise i

Michael Reich, an OB/GYN in Mass., will depart on his 14th medical mission to Africa on May 24, 2008. He will perform surgery on poor Nigerian women who suffer from pregnancy-related complications. (JewishJournal.org courtesy photo: Dr. Michael Reich)
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