By Isseu Diouf Campbell [column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Africa Now! returned for the fifth time at the legendary Apollo theater in Harlem on March 11, 2017 with a lineup of contemporary African artists including Mbongwana Star, Songhoy Blues’, Daby Touré, TUELO … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell [column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] The office of New York City Council Member, Vanessa L. Gibson, celebrated Ghana’s 60th year of independence on Thursday, March 9, 2017 at City Hall Chambers in Manhattan. Were honored for their contributions … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] The political future of one of South Africa’s most powerful politicians is in the balance after she sparked an outcry over a tweet condoning colonialism on Thursday. Helen Zille, the Premier of the Western Cape and the … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Former UN Secretary-General and Chair of the Africa Progress Pane Kofi Annan, and African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina have called on African governments and their partners to do everything possible to close the continent’s huge energy … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Botswana has exempted youth businesses from certain requirements, to prop up young entrepreneurship across the nation. Thapelo Olopeng, the Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture, on Wednesday said the development is part of government efforts to assist … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Madagascar Football Association president Ahmad Ahmad has defeated, in an election held in Addis Ababa on Thursday, long-serving president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Cameroonian Issa Hayatou. Hayatou polled only 20 votes against 34 votes … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday resumed duties after his long vacation, his Media Adviser, Mr Femi Adesina, said in a statement released in Abuja. According to Mr Adesina, in compliance with Section 145 of the 1999 … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell [column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Day of Empathy, hosted by The Gathering for Justice and Justice League NYC, calls on New York State to raise the age of criminal responsibility. [/column] [column width=”47%” padding=”0″] La Journée de l’Empathie, … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] As the rights of women and girls around the world are being reduced and restricted, the United Nations on Wednesday marked International Women’s Day with calls for empowering and educating women and girls to reach gender equality … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] WE NYC, a program connecting women entrepreneurs with the resources and support they need to build a thriving business is hosting a free two-session course on funding on March 9 and 10, from 9 am to 1pm … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] On Monday, Donald Trump signed a “Muslim Ban 2.0” executive order targeting travelers and immigrants from six Muslim-majority countries, including Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen (Iraq was removed from the original list). The new order, … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced hiring for the first of 200 new jobs to be created by the soon to be launched Citywide Ferry Service. All boats will now be docked, fueled and maintained out of … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] African Health Innovations, Inc. (AHI) warmly welcomed Ndeye Drame, a 3 year-old Senegalese girl and her mother who arrived at JFK airport from Senegal on March 5, 2017. Ndeye diagnosed with a complicated sex disorder called DSD … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Tanzania has with immediate effect banned the export of mineral concentrates and ores for metallic minerals so that stakeholders in mineral beneficiation activities within the country can carry out smelting and refining of minerals locally. All the … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] The Mo Ibrahim Foundation announced last week that there is no winner of the 2016 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. The announcement was made following a meeting of the independent Prize Committee chaired by Dr. … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) described last week the routes from sub-Saharan Africa into Libya and across the Mediterranean to Europe, as one of the “world’s deadliest and most dangerous for children and women”, noting that nearly … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell [column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Africa-America Institute hosted a reception and a private screening of the film A United Kingdom on February 7, 2017 at the Paley Center for Media in Manhattan. A panel discussion with actor and … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell Pour les sous-titres en français cliquez sur CC [column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Masjid Aqsa-Salam hosted on February 26, 2017 an immigration forum for the African immigrant community in Harlem following rumors of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s raids … Read More
