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
Kenya is planning new measures to stop foreign multinational companies from evading the payment of tax through poor recording of trade transactions, a government official said. Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Commissioner General John Njiraini said last week, Nairobi was getting … Read More
More than half a billion people across Africa are now subscribed to mobile services as the continent continues to migrate rapidly to mobile broadband networks, according to a new study by GSMA, an organization that represents the interests of mobile … 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 president of the presidential council of the national coalition government in Libya, Fayez al-Sarraj, has summoned the French ambassador to Libya, Antoine Sivan, to officially protest against the French military presence in the eastern region of the country, particularly … Read More
South Sudan’s opposition has been split down the middle with the appointment by President Salva Kiir of Taban Deng Gai as First Vice President to replace Riek Machar, who has fled the capital, Juba, South Sudan observers have said. Machar, … 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
On July 18, close to one hundred New Yorkers, including members of black and immigrant communities, convened at Foley Square to launch the New York Immigration Coalition’s Immigrants Vote! Campaign and demand justice and accountability from our political system on … 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
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will begin making awards totaling nearly $60 million to states, cities, and territories to support efforts to protect Americans from Zika virus disease and adverse health outcomes that can result from Zika … Read More
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Export-Import Bank of China have signed a cooperation agreement to create a US$1 billion China-Africa Investment and Industrialization Programme to facilitate the construction and creation of industrial parks and special economic zones in … Read More
A Gambian High, presided over by Justice S. Ateha Abi, on Thursday sentenced members of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) who were arrested along with the late Solo Sandeng on April 14, to three years imprisonment each. Solo Sandeng … Read More
As the world marks Nelson Mandela International Day on July 18, 2016, UN officials and UN Peace Ambassador Stevie Wonder in New York paid tribute to the South African activist and peacemaker’s tireless efforts to end intolerance and injustice, calling … Read More
A veteran South Sudanese journalist, Alfred Taban, has been held in security custody since Sunday for calling on South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Rick Machar to step down so as to help resolve the current crisis … Read More
Responding to the heightened vulnerability of young women and adolescent girls to HIV, the Government of South Africa has launched a nationwide HIV prevention campaign, a Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) statement said on Wednesday. Entitled: “SheConquers”, the three-year, … Read More
Visiting Namibian President Hage Geingob and his Kenyan host President Uhuru Kenyatta led calls Monday for the reform of the global trading system during high-level talks on globalization and trade at the start of the 14th session of the UN … Read More
