African Union marks 50 years
May 23, 2013 – 8:39 am | No Comment

(AP) – African nations this week mark the 50th year since the founding of a continent-wide organization that spearheaded efforts to liberate Africa from colonialism. Now leaders want to map out the next 50 years …

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Saratoga Springs Mayor Mia Love, to run for Congress again in 2014
May 22, 2013 – 11:22 am | No Comment
Saratoga Springs Mayor Mia Love, to run for Congress again in 2014

Mia Love, the mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah, addresses the Republican National Convention, August 28 2012. PHOTO/J. Scott Applewhite
Saratoga Springs Mayor Mia Love wants another shot to challenge Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson in 2014.
Love …

Elections underway in the Cayman Islands
May 22, 2013 – 10:41 am | No Comment
Elections underway in the Cayman Islands

Incumbent Cayman Islands Premier Julianna O’Connor Connolly
Voters in the Cayman Islands are going to the polls today to elect a new government with political observers pointing to the possibility of a coalition administration emerging after …

Obama pledges urgent aid to tornado devastated Oklahoma town
May 21, 2013 – 12:57 pm | No Comment
Obama pledges urgent aid to tornado devastated Oklahoma town

Devastation following tornado in Moore, Oklahoma. PHOTO/Gene Blevins/Corbis
U.S. President Barack Obama has pledged urgent government help for Oklahoma Tuesday in the wake of “one of the most destructive” storms in the history of the United …

E.W. Jackson nominated by Republican Convention for Lt. Gov of Virginia
May 21, 2013 – 11:00 am | No Comment
E.W. Jackson nominated by Republican Convention for Lt. Gov of Virginia

The Republican convention in Virginia nominated firebrand conservative minister E.W. Jackson (pictured), for Virginia lieutenant governor.
Jackson is the first African American, the Republican party has nominated for statewide office in the state since 1988.
Jackson provoked …

Trinidad & Tobago: Motion of no confidence Persad-Bissessar administration denies allegations
May 21, 2013 – 1:01 am | No Comment
Trinidad & Tobago: Motion of no confidence Persad-Bissessar administration denies allegations

The coalition People’s Partnership government Monday strenuously denied allegations that it was engaged in attempts to undermine the judiciary and the media and dismissed as “frivolous and a waste of parliamentary time” the opposition’s motion …

Dave Bing will not seek re-election as Mayor of Detroit
May 16, 2013 – 2:04 pm | No Comment
Dave Bing will not seek re-election as Mayor of Detroit

Detroit Mayor, Dave Bing
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing ripped Michigan officials Tuesday for failing to deliver on promises and then announced he won’t seek re-election in the city, which recently became the nation’s largest to be …

Haiti: Martelly marks 2 years in offices – points to his administration’s accomplishments
May 14, 2013 – 8:34 pm | No Comment
Haiti: Martelly marks 2 years in offices – points to his administration’s accomplishments

Haitian President Michel Martelly
Haiti’s President Michel Martelly is defending his record since taking office two years ago./p
Among some of the accomplishments Martelly has achieved during the past two years are the introduction of a tuition-free …

Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown seeking to become first African American governor of Maryland
May 13, 2013 – 9:36 pm | No Comment
Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown seeking to become first African American governor of Maryland

Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown (pictured), has launched a bid to become the next governor of the state of Maryland. If he succeeds, he will become the first African American governor of the state.
Outgoing governor, Martin …

Jamaica: Carlton Masters named island-nation’s first ever Representative to African Union
May 13, 2013 – 2:36 pm | No Comment
Jamaica: Carlton Masters named island-nation’s first ever Representative to African Union

Ambassador Carlton Masters
Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller has appointed Carlton Masters as the island-nation’s first Representative to the African Union.
He, (Masters) has also been appointed as Special Envoy of the Prime Minister and assumes the …

Haiti: Gov’t streamlining disbursement of reconstruction funds
May 12, 2013 – 8:16 pm | No Comment
Haiti: Gov’t streamlining disbursement of reconstruction funds

Volunter participates in shelter construction in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. PHOTO/File
(PRWire) – Port-au-Prince – At the opening ceremony of the first meeting of the Committee on Coordination of External Aid for the Development of Haiti (CAED), Prime …