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African Voices Podcast: Episode 14!
Top news stories from Chicago and the African continent
Music from Jose Moella Kabongo of DRC
Advice Box: African Cabdrivers and Healthcare
If you would like to contribute news, events, issues, interviews or music to our podcast, email us: [email protected] or call: (312) 949 9980 between 9am-5pm, Mon-Fri.
Click the link below to see the full details of news, events and music featured on the podcast.
Intro:
Welcome to African Voices, episode 14! In this episode, we highlight local news as well as news from the African Continent. Upcoming events, Advice on African Cab drivers, an Egyptian dessert recipe, and an exclusive Africans in Chicago interview with Congolese musician Jose Moella.
Local News:
UAO Executive Director Among 2013 Chicago Community Trust Fellows
The Chicago Community Trust Fellowship is a significant investment in the leadership talent for nonprofit organizations. Experienced leaders receive up to $60,000 and emerging leaders receive up to $30,000 to fund their professional development plans.
The Fellowship is designed to elevate the careers of Chicago leaders and increase their future impact in the Chicago metropolitan area. The fellows have one year to complete their professional development plan.
The Fellowship provides a unique opportunity for Alie Kabba to hone his leadership skills and lay the foundation for a Chicago-based national African advocacy network, which will deepen collaboration among African community-based organizations and elevate the voice of African immigrants and refugees in the US.
Support Highway Safety: Driver’s License for ALL Illinois Motorists!
Current law prevents 250,000 Illinois immigrant motorists who cannot get SSNs from getting licenses– even though they need to drive to support their families. These unlicensed, uninsured drivers are involved in 79,600 accidents each year, costing $660 million in damage claims.
Providing a way for ALL Illinois motorists to have drivers license will make everyone on our state’s roads safer.
What Other States Are Doing
Washington and New Mexico already require all immigrant motorists to get drivers license. Since New Mexico made this change in 2003, its rate of uninsured motorists fell from 33% to under 9%.
New Mexico also saw a 24% decrease in alcohol-related crashes and a 25% drop traffic fatalities.
Call your Legislator to Support Highway Safety in Illinois!
African News
Mali Crisis: African Union backs plan to deploy troops
The African Union (AU) has backed a plan to send troops into Mali to clear the north of Islamist extremists.
It endorsed the decision by West Africa’s regional bloc Ecowas on Sunday to send 3,300 troops to help Mali’s government retake the region.
The plans will now go before the UN Security Council for approval before the end of the
year.
Islamist groups and Tuareg rebels took control of the north after Mali’s president was overthrown in March.
The UN has warned that the Islamist militias are imposing a harsh version of Islamic law on the areas they control and that forced marriage, forced prostitution, and rape are becoming widespread.
The Ecowas plan covers a six-month period, with a preparatory phase for training and the establishment of bases in Mali’s south, followed by combat operations in the north, Malian army sources told Reuters news agency.
The soldiers would be provided mainly by Nigeria, Niger and Burkina Faso.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20315423
Former Libyan prime minister to be tried
Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi accused of crimes committed under Muammar Gadaffi, according to public prosecutor’s spokesman.
Libya’s former prime minister will be put on trial for crimes he allegedly committed during the rule of Muammar Gaddafi. Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi was extradited from Tunisia, which he fled to in September 2011 after the fall of Tripoli to rebel forces.
“I am not guilty, not guilty, not guilty,” he said during a vi[...]
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By Tara WeinbergTop news stories from Chicago and the African continent
Music from Jose Moella Kabongo of DRC
Advice Box: African Cabdrivers and Healthcare
If you would like to contribute news, events, issues, interviews or music to our podcast, email us: [email protected] or call: (312) 949 9980 between 9am-5pm, Mon-Fri.
Click the link below to see the full details of news, events and music featured on the podcast.
Intro:
Welcome to African Voices, episode 14! In this episode, we highlight local news as well as news from the African Continent. Upcoming events, Advice on African Cab drivers, an Egyptian dessert recipe, and an exclusive Africans in Chicago interview with Congolese musician Jose Moella.
Local News:
UAO Executive Director Among 2013 Chicago Community Trust Fellows
The Chicago Community Trust Fellowship is a significant investment in the leadership talent for nonprofit organizations. Experienced leaders receive up to $60,000 and emerging leaders receive up to $30,000 to fund their professional development plans.
The Fellowship is designed to elevate the careers of Chicago leaders and increase their future impact in the Chicago metropolitan area. The fellows have one year to complete their professional development plan.
The Fellowship provides a unique opportunity for Alie Kabba to hone his leadership skills and lay the foundation for a Chicago-based national African advocacy network, which will deepen collaboration among African community-based organizations and elevate the voice of African immigrants and refugees in the US.
Support Highway Safety: Driver’s License for ALL Illinois Motorists!
Current law prevents 250,000 Illinois immigrant motorists who cannot get SSNs from getting licenses– even though they need to drive to support their families. These unlicensed, uninsured drivers are involved in 79,600 accidents each year, costing $660 million in damage claims.
Providing a way for ALL Illinois motorists to have drivers license will make everyone on our state’s roads safer.
What Other States Are Doing
Washington and New Mexico already require all immigrant motorists to get drivers license. Since New Mexico made this change in 2003, its rate of uninsured motorists fell from 33% to under 9%.
New Mexico also saw a 24% decrease in alcohol-related crashes and a 25% drop traffic fatalities.
Call your Legislator to Support Highway Safety in Illinois!
African News
Mali Crisis: African Union backs plan to deploy troops
The African Union (AU) has backed a plan to send troops into Mali to clear the north of Islamist extremists.
It endorsed the decision by West Africa’s regional bloc Ecowas on Sunday to send 3,300 troops to help Mali’s government retake the region.
The plans will now go before the UN Security Council for approval before the end of the
year.
Islamist groups and Tuareg rebels took control of the north after Mali’s president was overthrown in March.
The UN has warned that the Islamist militias are imposing a harsh version of Islamic law on the areas they control and that forced marriage, forced prostitution, and rape are becoming widespread.
The Ecowas plan covers a six-month period, with a preparatory phase for training and the establishment of bases in Mali’s south, followed by combat operations in the north, Malian army sources told Reuters news agency.
The soldiers would be provided mainly by Nigeria, Niger and Burkina Faso.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20315423
Former Libyan prime minister to be tried
Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi accused of crimes committed under Muammar Gadaffi, according to public prosecutor’s spokesman.
Libya’s former prime minister will be put on trial for crimes he allegedly committed during the rule of Muammar Gaddafi. Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi was extradited from Tunisia, which he fled to in September 2011 after the fall of Tripoli to rebel forces.
“I am not guilty, not guilty, not guilty,” he said during a vi[...]