The party of Cameroon’s incumbent president Paul Biya won 56 of the 70 contested seats in the nation’s first-ever senatorial election, the Supreme Court announced.
Supreme Court President Alexis Dipanda Mouelle said Monday that Biya’s Cameroon …

The first draft was as mind-numbing and complex as tax forms. Now the Obama administration is unveiling a simplified application for health insurance benefits under the federal health care overhaul.
Details to be released Tuesday include …

American voters. PHOTO/John Gress/Getty Images
African Americans voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012 and by most measures surpassed the White turnout for the first time, reflecting a deeply polarized presidential election …

Anthony Foxx, the mayor of Charlotte, NC., addresses the Democratic National Convention, Sept. 4, 2012. PHOTO/J. Scott Applewhite/AP
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday will nominate Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx as his new transportation secretary, …

Press Release

Washington DC – The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) released the following statements in response to the NC House Vote on House Bill 589. The bill was passed 81-36 and …

U.S. President Barack Obama stands with former Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and Jimmy Carter, at the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, April 25, 2013. PHOTO/Lawrence …

Ambassador Courtney Rattray. PHOTO/JIS
Ambassador Courtney Rattray has been appointed Jamaica’s new Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York.
Rattray has been serving as the island-nation’s ambassador the People’s Republic of China since 2008. He …

(PRNewswire-USNewswire) – Washington DC – On Wednesday morning, April 24 at 9am, the African American Leadership Council will host a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, to oppose the Senate Gang …

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (l) with his deputy William Ruto (r) as he makes his cabinet nominations announcement. PHOTO/Billy Mutai
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta made his first nominations to cabinet since assuming office this month …

U.S. President Obama waves as he leaves the White House. PHOTO/AP
President Barack Obama is not injured and there have not been explosions at the White House.
The false message sent from the hacked twitter account belonging …