Zikalala, will take over as CEO of Kumba Iron Ore Ltd., on January 1
Salaries of unvaccinated public servants will be withheld
AFP | As Desmond Tutu turns 90 on Thursday, he remains indisputably the moral voice of South Africa. But age is catching up with him. The...
We have to find ways of also creating opportunities for investment for African businesses who want to invest in the Caribbean, and also for Caribbean businesses...
AFP | Zambia on Friday announced the complete lifting of coronavirus restrictions from the weekend, although just 3 percent of eligible people in the southern African...
AP | Entertainer Nick Cannon is promising to pay off the loan debt of 7 students at historically black colleges (HBCUs), including 3 in North Carolina,...
Xinhua | Angola on Thursday made it mandatory for citizens 18 years or older to take the COVID-19 vaccine by October 15. “All citizens over 18...
Parliament votes by a wide margin to amend the Constitution to bring the Republic into force by November 30.
Global intellectual property rights system constraining Africa's industrialization - Wamkele Mene
AP | Haiti’s prime minister said Tuesday that he plans to hold a referendum to modify the country’s constitution by February, and he hopes to organize...
Vista aims to merge Blue Prism with Tibco Software.
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has warned the 54-member Commonwealth that it risks being divided over the re-election of the incumbent Secretary General, Patricia Scotland. “Our Commonwealth...
Reuters | Kenya Airways (KQ) and South African Airways (SAA) and have signed a cooperation agreement with a long-term view to create a pan-African airline group,...
UWI moves up 94 places, now stands in the top 1.5 percent in the world.
She also could provide historical milestones as the city’s first female and second Black mayor.
More militants expected to defect because of intense pressure from military
Jamaican Bar Association does not believe that requirements for mandatory vaccination, contravene the constitutional rights of Jamaicans.
AP | Former US President Barack Obama’s presidential center will move another step closer to its brick-and-mortar future next week when ground is broken after years...
Nigeria, will launch its eNaira digital currency on October 1, while Ghana will trial e-Cedi from this month.
Davis' opposition Progressive Liberal Party won last weeks' election in a landslide victory.
Court rules minimum tax is unconstitutional; government was seeking additional income to reduce fiscal gap.
Receiving the Phoenix award is a signal that the work we’re doing on voting rights has made a difference
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders have expressed “deep concern” at the significant increase in the number of deaths and positive cases linked to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic...
Bloomberg | The mayor of Johannesburg died in a car accident Saturday after appearing at a campaign event with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, News24 reported,...
Barbados has expanded the hours for its curfew. The new curfew hours are 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. from Monday through Saturday and from 6 p.m....
West and Central Africa has seen 4 coups since last year
As the country continues to experience a power crunch.
Guyana is however seeking to obtain a final and binding judgement that will clearly states that the Essequibo region is indisputably part of the country
Only workers who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine will be allowed to report for duty
Authorities seek to interview Prime Minister about telephone calls he allegedly had with a key suspect in the president’s assassination.
Williams brings more than 30 years of management experience to this role
South Africa has passed the peak of a stubborn third infection wave driven by the Delta Coronavirus variant
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 rocked several Caribbean islands on Thursday night, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The Trinidad...
CARICOM and AU commits to foster increased trade and investment through specific agreements and the enhancement of transportation links between the two regions.
Bloomberg | South Africa’s third wave of coronavirus infections is petering out as the number of cases and the positivity rate of those tested drops, the...
ECOWAS reaffirmed its opposition to any political changes by unconstitutional means and condemn in strongest terms, this coup.
"I will not stay silent when companies and countries that control the global supply of vaccines think the world's poor should be satisfied with leftovers" -...
Expected outcomes could include greater economic trade and investment opportunities between Africa and the Caribbean
The awards, which recognize "significant contributions to civil and human rights", will be presented in a virtual ceremony on October 14 to Obama and campaign leaders...
Zuma has been granted medical parole, after serving two months of a 15-month sentence for contempt of court.
Vaccine production within the continent is seen as key to meeting the stated target of vaccinating 60 percent of Africa’s population
The Barbados government has announced that all classes will be fully online when the new school term begins on September 20. “We believe, and after discussions...
Reuters | Nigeria will work with Bitt Inc as a technical partner in its bid to launch its own cryptocurrency, the “eNaira”, the Central Bank said...
The Haitian people have suffered enough
Hichilema takes over an economy buckling under record levels of external debt
Police have arrested more than 40 suspects, but there is no clarity about who was behind the plot to kill Moïse.
The HBCU becomes the latest school to clear student account balances
The southern African country is beginning to see a reduction in numbers of infections
Rowley administration will seek a further 3-month extension of the state of emergency.
While some traditional universities are experiencing declines in students, many historical Black colleges and universities are having an enrollment boom.
Sandra Mason nominated to become Barbados' first president
AP | Chad’s former president Hissène Habré, the first former head of state to be convicted of crimes against humanity by an African court after his...
Hichilema defeated outgoing President Edgar Lungu in a landslide by almost 1 million votes.
Vaccination drive comes as the country is battling a resurgence of COVID-19.
New CARICOM Secretary-General takes up office: Address by Dr. Barnett on the occasion of her installation as 8th Secretary-General of regional organization
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has partnered with Bergman, Ross and Partners Incorporated (BRP) to provide medical diagnostic services to thousands of Ghanaians. According to information...
Haiti is vulnerable to earthquakes and hurricanes
The college is making tuition free as the school hopes to ensure their students get a college education despite financial hardships brought on by the COVID-19...
A former Haitian legislator is calling for the appointment of 5 judges to investigate the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse even as the justice authorities are...
Digital currency will be tested in a trial phase with banks, payment service providers and consumers
Zuma is facing 18 charges including corruption and money laundering and has pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
Hospitals across the country are seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases.
AP | Dennis “Dee Tee” Thomas, a founding member of the long-running soul-funk band Kool & the Gang known for such hits as “Celebration” and “Get...
The NNPC said it had signed term sheets with Dangote Group for the stake in its 650,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery
Several magistrates have told the dean of the Court of First Instance in Port-au-Prince that they are not interested in working on the shocking July 7...
Philip J. Pierre was sworn in as prime minister - two days after his St. Lucia Party won 13 of the 17 seats contested in the...
Zuma faces 16 charges of fraud, graft and racketeering
"President Moïse had a vision and we Haitians are not going to let that die" - Martine Moïse
AFP | South Sudan on Monday swore in hundreds of lawmakers to a newly created national parliament, a long overdue condition of a fragile peace deal...
The money went toward paying off students’ outstanding tuition and fee balances during 2020-2021 school year.
The Guyana government last week welcomed the discovery of new oil wells within the Stabroek Block offshore, saying it will add to the previously announced gross...
AFP | Kenya said Friday it is extending a nighttime curfew and banning public gatherings to slow the spread of COVID-19, warning that hospitals were becoming...
AP | Haiti’s newly installed prime minister, Ariel Henry, held his first press conference on Wednesday as he pledged to hold elections as soon as possible...
AP | Burundi’s government now says it will accept COVID-19 vaccines, becoming one of the last countries in the world to embrace them. But the health...
The country’s COVID situation will be closely monitored over the course of the next 2 weeks.
AP | In a major breakthrough for one of the world’s last countries to embrace COVID-19 vaccines, Tanzania’s president kicked off the nation’s vaccination campaign Wednesday...
Her inauguration as the school’s 9th president is planned for next April to coincide with Founder’s Day
Police have arrested some 20 Colombian mercenaries as part of the plot they say was organized by a group of Haitians with foreign ties.
"His quiet confidence helped shape the civil rights movement, and he inspired generations of young people looking to make a difference,” - former US President Barack...
Average daily number of new confirmed cases declines by 20 percent
The Jamaican veteran comes to Tokyo after running personal best of 10.63 seconds in June to become the second-fastest woman of all time behind late US...
"Mission will serve as CARICOM's platform in Africa with a mandate to develop beneficial relations with all countries on the African continent."
Ouattara, has officially welcomed Gbagbo's return, seeing it as a key to easing the country's entrenched problems.
AP | The corruption trial of former South African president Jacob Zuma, who is currently in prison, has been postponed to August 10 as it is...
"Settling past due account balances allows students facing financial challenges to continue their education"
JIS | With the expected increase in the supply of vaccines, Jamaica Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, is encouraging the population to protect their wellbeing by getting...
Government discussing paying basic income grant says Ramaphosa
The Haitian Government last week announced that assassinated President Jovenel Moïse will be buried on July 23. It will be held in the city of Cap-Haïtien,...
Red alert meant that states "should fully deploy all COVID-19 prevention and containment measures in place" and intensify "testing, identification, treatment and isolation of infected persons
AP | A fund formed in response to the deadly racial violence 4 years ago in Charlottesville, Virginia, said Thursday it will award US$3 million in...
"This is a discussion that will take place, and given the circumstances of the nature of the threat, every government in the world will have to...
Team is expected to advise government on policy, legislation and guidelines to enable the technology to be used effectively.
"Matters of removing the Queen as our head of state and reparations for slavery are very significant; they are fundamental to our identity and our nationhood"...
Hannah-Jones opted against teaching at the University of North Carolina after a protracted tenure fight centered on conservative objections to her work and instead chose Howard
Reuters | U.N. Security Council members on Thursday backed African Union mediation efforts between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan in a dispute over the operation of a...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 was recorded to the southwest of Barbados early Saturday. According to the Seismic Research Centre at the University of...
Zaila’s win breaks a streak of at least one Indian-American champion every year since 2008
Heads of government condemn the excessive economic pressure on CARICOM states by the European Union with the inclusion of several member states on blacklists with respect...
Eunice Mgcina named acting mayor
Caribbean leaders have paid tribute to fallen Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, who was yesterday assassinated by unknown attackers in his private residence. Jamaica: Jamaican Prime Minister...
Bloomberg | Uganda aims to inoculate 22 million people, about half of its population, to enable the economy to fully re-open, and is setting aside Ugsh560...
Adams would be the city’s second Black mayor if elected
AP | A South African regional court is to rule Friday on whether it will block an order by the country’s highest court for the arrest...
AP | Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated after a group of unidentified people attacked his private residence, the country’s interim prime minister said in a...
Dangote Group will double cement production in Cameroon
Henry is Moïse’s seventh prime minister
Jamaica Observer | Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government will have the COVID-19 pandemic and the region’s response high on the agenda during their 42nd Regular...
AFP | Ivory Coast’s former president Laurent Gbagbo, who returned home last month a decade after falling from power, will meet ex-president Henri Konan Bedie this...
Vanessa Wyche promoted to Director at Johnson Space Center
Kaunda is to be buried on July 7
Transition advisory committee to oversee what is being regarded as the most serious phase of systematically decolonizing the country since independence in 1966
Bloomberg | Ethekwini, the South African municipality that includes the port city of Durban, plans to seek initial proposals for the construction of 400 megawatts (MW)...
Grenada’s Prime Minister Keith Mitchell is leading an initiative of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to eliminate roaming charges for Caribbean nationals traveling within the region. Mitchell,...
Reuters | Somalia will indirectly pick a new president on October 10, the prime minister said on Tuesday, potentially easing a political crisis brought on by...
AP | Veteran forester Randy Moore has been named chief of the U.S. Forest Service, the first African American to lead the agency in its 116-year...
Reuters | Haiti will hold a constitutional referendum on September 26, the same date as presidential and legislative elections, authorities said, after postponing the date twice...
Ruling sets a precedent for South Africa and benchmark for the continent
Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has hinted at the possibility of a new company to administer the affairs of the cash-strapped regional airlines, Leeward...
The country is emerging from decades of economic sanctions and isolation under ousted former President Omar al-Bashir
The carrier, saw its revenues fall by a massive 75 percent during the first quarter of 2021
Piloting of payment system in 6 West African countries is going on very well and by the end of the year, it would be fully rolled...
The President of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Gene Leon, has proposed the formation of a regional action group, combining the strengths and capacity of...
The facility will be capable of producing a maximum 10,000 vials a day of COVID-19 vaccines
AP | The former head of a North Little Rock nonprofit that helps entrepreneurs last week, said, that he would seek next year’s Democratic nomination for...
AFP | Mauritania’s former president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, was on Tuesday jailed after a judge in charge of a corruption probe ordered his incarceration, his...
"It is not the intention to keep people at home for a long period" - PM Keith Rowley
Latest poll from Ipsos shows Eric Adams is maintaining his lead
Project should provide access to power to all Mozambicans
In a bid to push for successful vaccination campaigns in the Caribbean, the region’s public health agency met last week for the 65th Health Research Conference...
More than 9,000 candidates are running this time - more than in any previous vote
Moore becomes the 6th candidate to announce he will seek the Democratic nomination for next year’s governor’s race
Group of 15 West African countries have adopted a new road map to launch a single currency in 2027 after previous plans derailed by COVID-19 pandemic.
Barbados will create a bubble for fully vaccinated passengers from low-risk Caribbean countries - those with a negative PCR test can immediately enter from June 30
Gbagbo was acquitted in 2019, after prosecutors failed to prove their case.
State of emergency to remain in place until July 6
Kaunda was among Africa's few surviving liberation heroes.
AP | The U.S. Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would make Juneteenth, or June 19th, a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the...
South Africa is an infinitely better place than it was in 1976. Young people have opportunities that were denied to their parents and grandparents - President...
Lotteries will give vaccinated residents a chance to win $1,850
The expansion of farming, and to a lesser degree mining and logging, has led to high levels of deforestation in Ghana, environmentalists say
The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Carissa F Etienne has called on authorities in the Caribbean to be fully prepared for the 2021...
Frazier’s video was “globe shaking,” spoke truth to power and gave a voice to the voiceless
The telecoms business in Ethiopia is expected to draw significant investor interest
Lungu had a similar experience in 2015
Firmin Ngrebada, prime minister of the Central African Republic, has resigned along with the entire cabinet, in the latest sign of fragility within the government. Critics...
Current Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced she will not seek reelection
AP | Ever since the pandemic began, Haiti had perplexed experts with seemingly low infection and death rates from COVID-19 despite its weak public health system,...
Minister Mkhize sent on leave "to attend to allegations and investigations” around the irregular contract
The outgoing Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General Irwin LaRocque says Caribbean countries must be “concerned about the soundings” being made by the Group of Seven (G7)...
Haiti on Monday postponed a constitutional referendum scheduled for June 27 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but did not give a new date for the vote...
Bloomberg | Uganda’s government ordered schools and places of worship closed, and restricted public transport between regions, for 6 weeks to contain a fresh flood of...
"Your accounts have been cleared and you don’t owe Wilberforce anything. Congratulations." University President Elfred Anthony Pinkard told the classes of 2020 and 2021.
Country has suffered from power outages for over a decade, Eskom can't meet demand
The African Union (AU) has allocated 1.5 million doses of the US manufactured Johnson & Johnson vaccines to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Guyana’s Health Minister, Frank...
AP | In a century-old family story about a teenage aunt who liked to drive her luxury car down the trolley tracks of Tulsa, Kristi Williams...
Gbagbo plans to return to Ivory Coast on June 17 after ICC acquittal
JIS | Jamaica’s Minister of Health and Wellness, Christopher Tufton, says the COVID-19 trends are moving in the right direction but continues to implore Jamaicans to...
ECOWAS worried about the security implications for West Africa because of the continued insecurity brought about by the political upheavals in Mali
Donation is part of a larger philanthropic donation by Jordan and Jordan Brand called the Black Community Commitment
It is essential that Africa start manufacturing its own vaccines
The city's "Black Wall Street" was among the most prosperous neighborhoods in America, and a Black utopia - and then it was burned to the ground
An estimated that 60,000 Herero and 10,000 Nama people were killed from 1904 to 1908
Xinhua | Namibian President Hage Geingob and first lady Monica Geingos tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday evening. The president and first lady are in good...
AP | While studying at Howard University, young Chadwick Boseman helped lead a student protest against plans to merge his beloved College of Fine Arts into...
Jamaica on path to promote itself as hub for trade relations, investment between Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas
Bloomberg | Former South African President Jacob Zuma appeared in court on Wednesday to face corruption, money laundering and racketeering charges, and pleaded not guilty on...
She is the first woman, and the first Black woman, to be confirmed as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division
More than 5,000 people displaced by the eruption
The Rowley administration has dismissed suggestions that Trinidad & Tobago was seeking financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help shore up the country’s...
Press Release | Earlier this month, Mayor Sylvester Turner of Houston, Texas was sworn in as the new President of the African American Mayors Association (AAMA)....
The Antigua & Barbuda government says fully vaccinated visitors to the country will now have to undergo PCR testing for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) 3 days before...
AFP | Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) have urged residents of the eastern city of Goma to evacuate after a volcano overlooking...
Attahiru had been appointed to the position earlier this year
Xinhua | Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan and her Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni on Thursday declared the launch of a US$3.55 billion crude oil pipeline venture....
Gainey won the Democratic mayoral primary, likely making history in a city that has ranked poorly for Black liveability
COVID-19 cases continuing to show “an upward trend”; health authorities worried about that situation and its effect on health care system
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3, rocked 3 countries in the Eastern Caribbean early Sunday. The Seismic Research Centre at the University of the West...
Koome becomes the first woman in Kenya's history to hold the position
Abiy has urged Ethiopians to plant billions of trees, part of his "Green Legacy" campaign to promote ecotourism and combat the effects of climate change
CDB is already working with St. Vincent & the Grenadines to identify, prioritize and address the most urgent needs
NAACP has been dedicated to fighting this pandemic from the outset - Derrick Johnson, NAACP president and CEO
Reuters | Experts appointed by Tanzania’s new president have declared COVID-19 vaccines to be effective and recommended joining the COVAX facility that shares the inoculations, in...
A Conversation with Africa: A Destiny of Peace, Prosperity, Strength and Unity
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has endorsed the report of The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, describing it as “timely and excellent work”. The...
AFP | The start of the corruption trial of South Africa’s scandal-tainted ex-president Jacob Zuma, which was slated to start on Monday, has been postponed to...
Rashad's return to Howard, represents a reemergence of the fine arts college
Barnett will assume office on August 15
Sierra Leone becomes latest African country to abolish the death penalty since Chad outlawed it in May
Bryant takes office after a surprise victory in an April election
Haiti has signaled its intention to hold a controversial referendum ahead of presidential and general elections despite growing international criticism. “A referendum is an act of...
Xinhua | Nigeria’s federal government has said it will delay the local production of the COVID-19 vaccine due to the inability to procure the required technology...
Press Release | The Louisiana State University (LSU) Board of Supervisors, have named William Tate IV as as the next president of the university. Tate is...
As the High Representative, Mahama will work with Somali stakeholders, to reach a mutually acceptable compromise towards an all-encompassing resolution for the holding of elections in...
"So long as Africa remains dependent on other regions for vaccines, we will always be at the back of the queue" - Rwanda President Paul Kagame
AP | Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Thursday she will not seek a second term, an election-year surprise that marks a sharp turnabout for the...
AP | Ben Crump, the Rev. Al Sharpton says, is “Black America’s attorney general.” In less than a decade, the Florida-based attorney has become the voice...
Koome, will be the first female head of any Kenyan branch of government
Grant Fuller's appointment is another step by Jamaica to deepen its outreach to Africa
MoU on cooperation in Natural Gas Transportation means the countries' ministers of energy can start negotiating the design, cost and other logistical needs for the pipeline...
Travelers entering Tanzania must show proof of a negative Coronavirus test taken in the prior 72 hours