'Let them kill me' - Liberia boss on death threats

This Day in History: First African-American College Is Chartered

This Day in History: , First African-American College Is Chartered. April 29, 1854. Ashmun Institute was established in southern Chester County, Pennsylvania. Created by an act of the Pennsylvania legislature, the institution was named after Jehudi Ashman. Ashman was the U.S. agent who assisted in the preservation of an African-American colony in Africa that later became Liberia. The institution named after him was initially chartered to provide theological, scientific and classical training to African-Americans. Under its first college president, John Pym Carter, Ashmun Institute opened on January 1, 1857. It was renamed Lincoln University in 1866 after the end of the U.S. Civil War

Indian Navy rescues ship under missile attack in Gulf of Aden | Oneindia News

In a daring rescue operation, the Indian Navy has successfully evacuated 23 people, including 13 Indians, from a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Aden following a drone strike. The incident took place on March 4 when the Liberian-flagged commercial ship MSCSkyII came under attack. #IndianNavy #INSKolkata #GulfOfAden ~PR.151~ED.101~HT.95~