“Nobody wants to come to African hair braiding shops to get Ebola” Assana

“Nobody wants to come to African hair braiding shops to get Ebola” Assana Related Images:

ICC launches policy on sexual gender-based crimes

New York, US (PANA) – The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda has launched a Policy on Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes, stressing the need to end impunity for such egregious crimes. Speaking at the launch of … Read More

US: Ban calls for greater police accountability in US

New York, US (PANA) – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged US authorities to do anything possible to respond to demands of greater accountability by its law enforcement officials, following recent killings of African-Americans in the US. The call came … Read More

Eric Garner: Grand jury failed again to indict police officer for the death of a black citizen

By Isseu Diouf Campbell   Malgré une vidéo montrant en détails les circonstances autour de la mort de Eric Garner et un examinateur médical statuant la cause de la mort, un homicide, un grand jury de Staten Island a decidé … Read More

Video: “As long as Ebola was in Africa it was not a crisis but just another African disease” Kofi Boateng

“As long as Ebola was in Africa it was not a crisis but just another African disease” Kofi Boateng Related Images:

“The African voice is important not just on Ebola” Gale A. Brewer

By Isseu Diouf Campbell Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer hosted an Ebola community forum to raise awareness about the deadly virus on October 30, 2014 at The City College of New York in Manhattan. A team of experts provided … Read More

Artists call for Black Friday boycott in solidarity with citizens of Ferguson

By Isseu Diouf Campbell Blackout for Human Rights, a network of high profile artists is calling for a nationwide economic blackout on Black Friday, the shopping day after Thanksgiving, in solidarity with the citizens of Ferguson. The day of action … Read More

Côte d’Ivoire on the verge of becoming an exporter of agricultural products

By Isseu Diouf Campbell Jean-Louis Billon, Minister of Trade of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire headed the Ivoirian delegation participating in the first Agribusiness Conference hosted by the Côte d’Ivoire Economic Promotion Bureau in the USA, Canada and Mexico on … Read More

President Obama’s deal for undocumented immigrants

By Isseu Diouf Campbell Many immigrants had lost confidence in president Barack Obama and his ability to make Immigration Reform a reality. Nevertheless, on November 20, 2014, he made a speech largely boycotted by the mainstream media and this is … Read More

Exemplary Africans honored at 4th Annual African Diaspora Awards

By Isseu Diouf Campbell Exemplary Africans were honored during the 4th Annual African Diaspora Awards hosted by Applause Africa on Saturday, November 15, 2014 at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College in Manhattan. Award winning actor and … Read More

Second African Ebola patient dies in the US

By Isseu Diouf Campbell Dr. Martin Salia, a native of Sierra Leone and the second African Ebola patient in the US, has died at the Nebraska Medical Center despite being the hospital’s third Ebola patient. The two other Ebola patients … Read More

Red Carpet 4th Annual African Diaspora Awards

By Isseu Diouf Campbell Applause Africa hosted its 4th Annual African Diaspora Awards on Saturday, November 15, 2014 at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College in Manhattan.   Related Images:

Ebola: African immigrants should not be targeted – Aletha Maybank

By Isseu Diouf Campbell Aletha Maybank, director of the Center for Health Equity, discusses the social and economic impact of Ebola on the African immigrant community in New York and New York City’s efforts to deal with potential Ebola cases. … Read More

Video: Dr. Craig Spencer urges media to focus on the source of the Ebola outbreak

During a press conference held today at Bellevue Hospital, Dr. Craig Spencer who is now free of the Ebola virus reminded everyone that if he was now healthy, there were still thousands of Ebola patients who needed help. “When my … Read More

Dr. Craig Spencer to be released today from Bellevue Hospital

By Isseu Diouf Campbell New York City’s first and only Ebola patient Dr. Craig Spencer will be released this morning from Bellevue Hospital where he was admitted on October 23, 2014. Dr. Spencer is declared free of the Ebola virus … Read More

LDF honors Geoffrey Canada, Debra L. Lee and Bernard J. Tyson

By Isseu Diouf Campbell The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) honored Geoffrey Canada, Debra L. Lee, and Bernard J. Tyson during its 28th annual National Equal Justice Award Dinner (NEJAD) held on November 6, 2014, at the Hilton … Read More

Faces of NYC Marathon runners in Harlem – Photo essay

Faces of NYC Marathon runners in Harlem – Photo essay By Isseu Diouf Campbell 50,000 runners who came from different parts of the world to participate in the NYC Marathon on November 2, 2014,  jogged through the five boroughs of … Read More

“We don’t need hate crimes in the African community in NY” Charles Cooper

We don’t need hate crimes in the African community in NY Related Images:

Mayor de Blasio on why he hasn’t paid a visit yet to the African community

Mayor de Blasio on why he hasn’t paid a visit yet to the African community Related Images:

Wolof: Ousmane Dramé speaks about her two children being beaten and called Ebola

Ousmane Dramé speaks about her two children being beaten and called Ebola Related Images:

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