[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%”] Gambian President Adama Barrow’s nominee, Mariama Diack Denton, was elected Speaker of the 58-member national assembly in the tiny West African nation Tuesday. Denton, a lawyer, and four others were nominated by the President after the April … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has called for the immediate and unconditional release of a Ugandan university lecturer who criticized President Yoweri Museveni and his wife on Facebook. Dr. Stella Nyanzi, a single mother of three, was … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Central Africa, François Louncény Fall, has urged Cameroonian authorities to examine with diligence the difficulties of the populations and entrepreneurs of the English-speaking regions of the north-west and south-west, which … 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%”] The Network Journal (TNJ) honored 25 women who are corporate and community leaders at its 19th Annual 25 Influential Black Women in Business Awards Luncheon held on March 23, 2017 at the … 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
[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
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] The United Democratic Party (UDP) has emerged victorious in Thursday’s parliamentary election in Gambia winning 31 out of the 53 seats in the tiny West African nation’s first free and fair poll in 22 years. According to … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Diplomats and representatives of the international community gathered on Friday at the African Union (AU) headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the 23rd Commemoration of the Rwanda Genocide and paid tribute to the 800,000 lives lost during … Read More
Alhaji Lai Mohammed [column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Parents and guardians in Nigeria should monitor the activities of their children to prevent them from being recruited by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which has resorted to targeting vulnerable individuals, … Read More
Esther Lungu [column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] The Secretary General of the opposition Rainbow Party, Wynter Kabimba, has criticised the Chinese Embassy in Zambia for its recent cash donation of 200,000 kwacha to First Lady Esther Lungu’s foundation. ($1US=K9) Kabimba, who has … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] The Sudanese government has said Egyptians can no longer enter Sudan without visas, effectively ending decades of free entry to the Sudan by Egyptian nationals. The official Radio Omdurman on Saturday quoted the official spokesman for the … Read More
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Photos by Isseu Diouf Campbell [column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] ImageNation’s RAW SPACE hosted an evening of short films by women of colour titled BlackGirlMagic on March 16, 2017 in Harlem. The filmmakers featured included Christine Turner, Dana Verde, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, … Read More
Photos by Isseu Diouf Campbell [column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Harlem Fashion Week honored Princess Jenkins of the Brownstone during its Opening Night Gala held at the Hamilton Landmark Gallery on February 10, 2017. Several designers including Princess Jenkins showed a sneak … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] “Africa will develop on its own terms, not based on the benevolence of others. And that is the only way we can make development faster and driven by our own needs – with a deep sense of … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has confirmed the deaths of Michael Sharp and Zaida Catalan, two members of the UN Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo who went missing since 12 March, noting … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and former African Union chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma were among the dignitaries who attended the funeral of struggle stalwart Ahmed Kathrada at Johannesburg’s Westpark Cemetery on Wednesday. The liberation hero who was hospitalized on … Read More
