African Immigrant New Yorkers
Mayor Bill de Blasio joined Muslim community members gathered in Brooklyn on Monday, August 15, to hold the Islamic funeral prayer (janazah) for Imam Maulana Akonjee, 55, and Thara Miah, 64, who were brutally murdered “execution style” on August 13. … Read More
African Communities Together is holding a recruitment session for its African language services worker cooperative on August 15, at 5:30 pm at 2211 Frederick Douglass in Harlem. The organization is targeting bilingual/multilingual Africans who are interested in business development, non-traditional … Read More
South African track & field sprinter Wayde van Niekerk won the Gold Medal in the 400m at the Rio Olympics with a World Record time of 43.03s, breaking Michael Johnson’s world record from the 1999 World Championships in Athletics in … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell You might have seen a glimpse of the West African country Senegal in Anthony Bourdain’s TV show “Parts Unknown” or in Andre Zimmern’s series “Bizarre Foods” and been mesmerized by its beauty, wondering when the opportunity … Read More
As part of its mosquito control program, the Health Department will conduct its sixth aerial larvicide treatment to marsh and other non-residential areas of Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx from Monday, August 8 to Wednesday, August 10, … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell The Office of Senegalese Citizens Abroad organized, in partnership with the Consulate General of Senegal in New York, an Investment and Habitat Forum dedicated to the Senegalese community living in the United States on July 30-31 … Read More
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The City of Newark will host a flag-raising ceremony to observe the 56th anniversary of Cote d’Ivoire gaining its independence on Friday, August 5, at 4:30 p.m. in the City Hall First Floor Rotunda, at 920 Broad Street. The City … Read More
With today being National Night Out, it is a perfect time for a change in leadership at the NYPD as it was necessary in order for a new and collaborative direction between the community and officers. While I am still … Read More
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced yesterday that Jimmy O’Neill will serve as New York City’s next Police Commissioner. As Chief of Department, O’Neill has been the architect of the NYPD’s neighborhood policing program, a growing initiative to strengthen the relationship … Read More
US President Barack Obama and US government, private sector, and civil society leaders will meet with nearly 1,000 of sub-Saharan Africa’s most promising young leaders from 1-3 August at the Presidential Summit of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African … Read More
Sportsmen heading to Brazil for the forthcoming 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro should not worry about the Zika Virus as the outbreak of the disease has declined by 80 percent during the last two months, Brazilian Ambassador to … Read More
The African community in New York will kickoff its African Youth Empowerment Series (AYES) with an empowerment day event on July 30, at 12pm at the Harlem Office State Plaza on 125th Street. AYES is a platform providing information and … Read More
Extreme heat events in New York City are defined as a heat index (which accounts for both temperature and humidity) reaching 95 degrees or more for two or more consecutive days or 100 or more for one or more days. … Read More
The Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA), Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA), and Carver Federal Savings Bank (Carver) launched on July 21, an IDNYC pop-up enrollment center at the bank’s 125th Street branch, giving Harlem residents easy access to … Read More
ImageNation in association with WEACT will host a screening of the film Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution on July 27, at 8pm the Riverside Park on 148th Street. A panel discussion with film director Stanly Nelson, Peggy Shepard of … Read More
The role of Nigerian professionals in Diaspora in nation-building and investments in Nigeria, will form part of an interactive session on August 6, in Washington DC, US, to commemorate 25 years anniversary of a US-based Nigerian socio-cultural organization, Zumunta Association … Read More
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) reminds New Yorkers that opening fire hydrants without spray caps is illegal, wasteful, and dangerous. Illegally opened hydrants can lower water pressure and put lives at risk if there is a … Read More
The de Blasio Administration announced on July 21, the second phase of its roadmap to promote safe schools and end overly punitive school discipline policies. The changes announced today end suspensions for students in kindergarten through second grade, replacing suspensions … Read More
