Adult literacy students, City Council leaders, and advocates gathered last week at City Hall Park urging Mayor de Blasio to invest $16 million in adult literacy services, which they say is a necessary down payment for a system of universal … Read More
There is a mood of impatience among the ministers, businessmen and education experts attending this year’s eLearning Africa conference in Cairo. Aware of the opportunity offered by information and communication technologies to spread education, training and access to information throughout … Read More
Soccer players born in 2002, 2003 and 2004/5 can register for a chance to be invited to an Academy try out. The New York Cosmos announced that the club was opening registration for young soccer players who wanted to try … Read More
The African Leadership Project, African Communities Together, African Services, and Sauti Yetu have invited five of the 12 New York’s 13th Congressional District candidates for a town hall meeting with the African community today, June 2, 2016 at the Bronx … Read More
Guinean immigrant Mamadou Diallo was released yesterday from police custody after being arrested a day prior for the death of Earl Nash, a 43-year-old man who attempted to rape Diallo’s wife in their Bronx apartment. Mamadou Diallo who was called … Read More
Environment ministers from around the world have agreed on a new plan to promote accountability in the use of natural resources found in Africa. The resolution was agreed on Wednesday at the ongoing second UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-2) holding in … Read More
Despite the difficult and challenging global economic situation, African countries achieved considerable economic progress in 2015, registering a 3.6% average GDP growth during the year when the best performers in developed countries hardly reached 2%. Africa also accounted for five … Read More
Former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré was sentenced on Monday in Dakar, Senegal, to life imprisonment, convicted of war crimes, crimes against humanity and torture during his reign from 1982 to 1990. The prosecutor at the Extraordinary African Chambers, Senegalese Mbacke … Read More
Following the extraordinary meeting of its foreign ministers on Saturday in Cairo, Egypt, the Council of the Arab League has urged its member states not to interfere in the internal affairs of Libya, including “the supply of arms to armed … Read More
Nigerian leader, President Muhammadu Buhari, assured on Friday the government and people of Niger Republic that his administration will boost the growing bilateral ties between Nigeria and its northern neighbor (Niger), especially in the field of agriculture. Receiving a Special … Read More
The African immigrant and refugee communities, partners and stakeholders, in collaboration with the Office of Minority Health (Department of Health and Human Services) will host its 4th annual United States Conference on African Immigrant and Refugee Health (USCAIH 2016) under … Read More
The New York Department of Education published the 2017 New York City High School Directory two weeks earlier than last year to allow families to begin their high school search earlier. For the first time, the directory published in English … Read More
The World Health Organization confirmed that the Zika virus strain in Cape Verde was imported from the Americas. In a statement, WHO said: “Sequencing of the virus in Cape Verde by Institut Pasteur, Dakar, confirms that the Zika virus currently … Read More
L-R: Terrie Williams, Erin Davis (Miles’ son) and Miles Davis By Terrie Williams Today, May 26, Miles Davis, the iconic, one-of-a-kind jazz artist, would have celebrated his 90th birthday. Those who loved and appreciated his musical genius – and there … Read More
The New York City Council passed yesterday the Criminal Justice Reform Act (CJRA), a package of bills, which will lower penalties for low-level, non-violent offenses. It is estimated that the CJRA will divert over 100,000 cases from the criminal court … Read More
L-R: Ilfenesh Hadera, ASC co-directors Kim Nichols, Asfaha Hadera, and Bakary Tandia, policy advocate of African Services Committee pose with their Member of the Year award The first award of the New York Immigration Coalition 2016 Gala – the … Read More
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture will host on May 26, 2016, at 6:30 pm a free screening of Sembene!, a film told through the never-before-seen archival footage of colleague and biographer Samba Gadjigo. Sembene! tells the story … Read More
The deadline for families to pre-register their children for pre-K has been extended until next Friday, May 27. Failure to register by the deadline will result in the seat being offered to another family on the wait-list. To pre-register, families must … Read More
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, on Tuesday said that the federal government is on the verge of securing repatriation of the country’s 300 million pounds looted funds from Jersey Island. Towards this, Onyeama said, President Muhammadu Buhari will … Read More
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has hailed the Friday’s release of human rights defender, José Marcos Mavungo, after the Angola Supreme Tribunal upheld his appeal against a six year sentence is a long overdue triumph for justice. Amnesty International said … Read More
