Partial recognition of the Diaspora: SOAD writes to the President of Benin

by Daniel | May 14, 2024 | News, Press releases

Press Release Partial recognition of the Diaspora: SOAD writes to the President of Benin On May 8, 2024, Benin’s Council of Ministers transmitted to the National Assembly “a bill relating to the recognition of Beninese nationality for Afro-descendants in...

Congo-Ocean and forced labor: SOAD seeks redress

by Daniel | May 8, 2024 | News, Press releases

Press Release Congo-Ocean and forced labor: SOAD seeks redress On May 5, 2024, the French public channel France 5 broadcast a documentary entitled Congo-Océan, un chemin de fer et de sang, directed by Catherine Bernstein. The film recounts the construction of the...

SOAD and Tempo Afric sign media cooperation agreement

by Daniel | Apr 22, 2024 | News, Press releases

Press release SOAD and Tempo Afric sign media cooperation agreement   SOAD and Tempo Afric are pleased to announce the signing of a media cooperation agreement. The agreement was signed by the Prime Minister, Dr Louis-Georges Tin, and the channel’s...

President of SOAD Parliament meets PM of Barbados, Mia Mottley, in Panama

by Daniel | Apr 19, 2024 | News, Press releases

Press Release President of SOAD Parliament meets PM of Barbados, Mia Mottley, in Panama   Panama Minister of Foreign Affairs Janaina Tewaney Mencomo invited Melvin Brown, State of the African Diaspora President of Parliament, to have lunch at the Ministry Padre...

Dr. Louis-Georges Tin calls for a plaque in the name of Maryse Condé to be affixed to the Pantheon

by Daniel | Apr 15, 2024 | News, Press releases

Press release Dr. Louis-Georges Tin calls for a plaque in the name of Maryse Condé to be affixed to the Pantheon   On Monday April 15, 2024, Le Monde, France’s leading daily newspaper, published an appeal for a plaque bearing the name of Maryse Condé to be...

Toussaint Louverture Day Celebrated in the Presence of the Great Historian Jacques de Cauna

by Daniel | Apr 11, 2024 | News, Press releases

Press Release Toussaint Louverture Day Celebrated in the Presence of the Great Historian Jacques de Cauna.   Queen Aïdji, Minister of Historical Legacy, in charge of SOAD’s National Days, launched Toussaint Louverture Day in the presence of His Excellency...