There were dramatic scenes at the first meeting of the new Nelson Mandela Bay council on Thursday where Democratic Alliance (DA) Athol Trollip was elected the new executive major. Members of the African National Congress (ANC) who were humiliated in … Read More
Sub-Saharan Africa continues to lag behind among global leaders in innovation, according to a new report released on Monday by the UN World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Mauritius took the top spot among all economies in the African region (53rd), … Read More
A coalition of community members and criminal justice reform advocates will gather on Saturday August 20, to ask the Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark to drop assault charges against Mamadou Diallo, a taxi driver who was responsible for the death … Read More
Mayor Bill de Blasio was joined on August 16, by Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, State Senator and Democratic nominee for NY-13 Adriano Espaillat, State Assembly Member Brian Kavanagh, and Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Commissioner Dr. Mary T. Bassett to … Read More
At a meeting last month with members of ethnic and community media outlets, cosponsored with City University of New York Center for Community and Ethnic Media, Health Commissioner Dr. Mary T. Bassett revealed new data that show a steady … Read More
Human rights group, Amnesty International, says British platinum mining giant Lonmin Plc is still failing to deliver adequate housing for its workforce in Marikana, in spite of the resounding wake-up call it received in the wake of the killing … Read More
The presidential candidate of Zambia’s main opposition party, United Party for National Development (UPND), Mr. Hakainde Hichilema has rejected the presidential results announced on Monday, which declared incumbent President Edgar Lungu as winner. He said the UPND will petition … Read More
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
As voting ended Thursday at 6pm (local time) in some polling stations across Zambia, the country’s electoral management body said there was huge turnout in most polling stations. “We have had a good turnout at most polling stations,” Electoral Commission … Read More
A 21-gun salute at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Tuesday signaled the 60th anniversary of the historic women’s march to the headquarters of the Apartheid-era government to demand an end to the hated race laws. Statues of Lilian … Read More
The African Union (AU) has re-opened the race for the next Chairperson of the Commission, the deputy Chairperson and the Commissioners ahead of the polls in January 2017, the AU Commission announced on Friday. The elections were suspended in … Read More
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has started a major project aimed at enhancing citizens’ knowledge and awareness of the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) and its relevant protocols and frameworks that mandate member states to be … Read More
A move by Nigeria’s anti-graft agency to arrest and later release a popular local blogger has raised the specter of clampdown on social media and free press in the West African country. Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes … 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
The 2016 Olympic Games, the world’s biggest sports party, officially began on Friday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a record number of countries participating in a record number of sports. More than 11,000 athletes from 206 National Olympic … Read More
UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Zainab Bangura, has added her voice to condemnation of the escalation of violence in South Sudan, in particular the sexual violence crimes being committed against women and girls. In a … Read More
By Craig Urquart While the ruling African National Congress continues to lick its wounds following the most fiercely contested elections since the advent of democracy in South Africa, the spotlight is shining brightly on a white farmer-turned-politician who is expected … Read More
