By Isseu Diouf Campbell Actress, screenwriter and executive producer Ebbe Bassey talks about the making of her second short film Saving Father. Saving Father is a short narrative film about a daughter trying to convince her widowed and actively dating … Read More
A major campaigner against racial abuse in sports, Garth Crooks, has called for all “self-respecting black players” to boycott Italian Serie A games in response to ban on Ghanaian player, Sulley Muntari. Muntari was banned after being issued with a … Read More
Governments in Africa need to understand the integral role that technology plays in the economy, treating it as a single sector rather than a broad, cross-cutting and transformational issue, delegates to the 2017 World Economic Forum on Africa meeting heard … Read More
A new Atlas released at the 2017 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Durban, South Africa, this week highlights the opportunities and challenges for sustainable development of the energy resources on the continent. Energy consumption in Africa is the lowest in … Read More
NYC Ferry’s first two routes, the Rockaway and East River routes, went into service today. The first of six NYC Ferry routes offer direct transit connections between Southern Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan, shortening commutes for thousands of New Yorkers. The … Read More
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced last week 3-K for All, the most ambitious effort in U.S. history to provide universal, free, full-day, high-quality early childhood education for every three-year-old child regardless of family income. 3-K for All will build on … Read More
Expressing deep concern over the increasing military clashes in South Sudan, African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has called on the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition and other armed movements in … Read More
The President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has called for urgent action to end rural poverty in Africa, saying “We must pay particular attention to three factors: extreme rural poverty, high rates of unemployment among the … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has assured his compatriots that despite insinuations about his alleged poor health, there is no need for apprehension over recovery. In a statement issued Thursday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and … Read More
On April 12, 2017, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed legislation enacting the Excelsior Scholarship to provide tuition-free college at New York’s public universities to families making up to $125,000 a year. If you are a 19+ US citizen, legal permanent … Read More
Borough President Gale Brewer and NYC Office of Administrative Trials & Hearings (OATH) Commissioner Fidel F. Del Valle will partner with Harlem and African immigrant community organizations to put on an educational event, How to Respond to Summonses from … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] IDNYC is partnering with Muslim Women’s Institute for Research and Development (MWIRD) to host an IDNYC Pop-Up center in the Highbridge area of the Bronx from April 25, to May 5, to help community members obtain an … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Ghana’s former president Jerry John Rawlings has lashed out at the West following last week’s missile strikes against Syria describing it another display of the military might of the United States. In an article entitled “The Immorality … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Hundreds of migrants along North African migrant routes are being bought and sold openly in modern day ‘slave markets’ in Libya, survivors have told the United Nations migration agency, which warned that these reports “can be added … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Ensuring young people in rural areas can access financing and earn decent incomes is essential to stem migration to Europe and elsewhere, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) President said on Monday. Gilbert F. Houngbo, who began … Read More
Photos by Isseu Diouf Campbell [column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] First Lady Chirlane McCray and Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives Richard Buery announced on March 23, the launch of the Contract Financing Loan Fund, allowing M/WBEs to apply for low-interest contract … Read More
Photos by Isseu Diouf Campbell [column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] NYC Health + Hospitals hosted on March 28, 2017, at Harlem Hospital, an “Immigrant Health Care Rights” panel discussion to help educate immigrant communities and provide access to information and resources. The … Read More
Photos by Isseu Diouf Campbell [column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Holding signs reading, “no permission needed”, several NYC Muslim women leaders marched from Grand Concourse and Burnside to the Bronx Courthouse on 160th Street and Grand Concourse on March 25, 2017, to … Read More
Photos & video by Isseu Diouf Campbell [column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] In recognition of National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, the Health Department and the newly formed New York Knows Women’s Advisory Board hosted on March 18, a Women’s Health … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] New York City Council passed Intro. 746 on April 5, 2017. The bill originally introduced in Spring of 2015 prevents non-attorneys from providing fraudulent and/or unauthorized immigration legal services in New York City and creates new, stronger … Read More
