The Gambian government has launched a massive crackdown on opposition voices, arresting opposition members and closing down an independent radio station, Tanraga FM radio. Opposition leader stalwart Daba Muhammed Kuyateh was arrested Sunday from his home in Bakoteh and he … Read More
Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth says that an oil storage terminal project he launched on Tuesday will propel the country into the next phase of development and will contribute to transforming the island into a full-fledged maritime hub in … Read More
The Rwanda Bar Association has said it is demanding answers from the police after one of its members, Toy Ntabwoba Nzamwita, was shot dead during the weekend by a police officer for an alleged traffic offence. In a statement issued … Read More
Holders of diplomatic and official/service passports of Tanzania and India no longer require visa to travel to either of the two countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation announced in Dares Salaam. It said implementation of the … Read More
Minimum wage is going up for all workers including the undocumented on December 31, 2016 the Department of Consumer Affairs announced this week. Businesses with 11 employees or more must pay a minimum wage of $11.00 per hour For companies … Read More
The Yale Young Global Scholars Program (YYGS) is offering six full-tuition plus travel scholarships for high school students from the African continent to attend 2017 YYGS at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. YYGS is committed to increasing education … Read More
A majority of people in sub-Saharan Africa do not trust online shopping sites, according to a recent GeoPoll survey conducted in five countries — Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana — on online shopping following a Black Friday frenzy … Read More
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Photo credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell [column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] “Art’s Conscience II”, an exhibition by the tri-state area’s largest collection of exclusive works by artists of color run from October 31 to November 30 at the Interchurch Center Gallery in Manhattan. … Read More
Senior staff members of the African Union (AU) on Thursday were busy on the second day of their meeting in the Tanzanian offshore island of Zanzibar to complete plans and procedures for rapid response by the Africa Centres for Disease … Read More
The Nigerian Federal Government on Wednesday approved a new policy on whistle-blowing that aims to encourage Nigerians to report financial and other related crimes to relevant authorities. The highlight of the policy is that whistle-blowers whose revelations lead to recovery … Read More
ActionAid Zambia, branch of a global movement of people working to further human rights and fight poverty, said Friday it was saddened to see the Zambian government yielding to industry pressure through the removal of 7.5 percent duty on importation … Read More
Five EAC countries — Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and Rwanda – have joined forces with the aim of forming a single currency area by 2024. Since the project’s inception in 2000, these countries have been laying the groundwork for greater … Read More
Tunisian Interior Minister, Hédi Mejdoub, has not excluded the fact that foreign intelligence services were involved in the murder of Mohamed Zouari, a Tunisian engineer of the aviation shot last Thursday in front of his home in Sfax, a city … Read More
Photo credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell First Corinthian Baptist Church (FCBC) marked on December 15, 2016, the official opening of the HOPE Center, a new facility on West 116th street in Harlem that will offer free hands-on, high-quality mental health counseling … Read More
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Mayor Bill de Blasio and Department of Small Business Services Commissioner Gregg Bishop announced on December 14, 2016 that nearly 1,500 women have been reached through the City’s WE NYC program, a new program connecting women entrepreneurs with the resources … Read More
On Sunday, December 18th, withstanding rain, thousands of New Yorkers came out on globally recognized International Migrants Day to attend “The March for Immigrant New York”. Organized by the New York Immigration Coalition and sponsored by 85 organizations representing immigrant … Read More
