AP | Stacey Abrams, the Georgia Democrat and leading voting rights activist, said Wednesday that she will launch another campaign to become the nation’s first Black...
Nabaweesi will lead the Center’s health policy research on minority health and education inequities in rural and urban communities
Xinhua | Zimbabwe on Monday launched a national HIV/AIDS strategic plan which is set to guide resource allocation and implementation of the country’s HIV response for...
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated the Government and People of Barbados on the country’s 55th anniversary of independence and its transition to republican status. CARICOM...
Barbados becomes world's newest republic
AP | Carrie Meek, the grandchild of a slave and a sharecropper’s daughter who became one of the first Black Floridians elected to Congress since Reconstruction,...
Central Bank planning to introduce CBDC - will cut transaction costs and boost participation in the formal financial system
Bridgetown, Barbados – Cabinet Secretary Hugh Allman has announced that Barbados expects several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) heads of government to attend celebrations to mark the island-nation’s...
The Nigeria Country Risk report which has been released by Fitch Solutions has projected the West African country’s economy to grow by 2.8 percent in 2022....
Trice Edney News Wire | With protests having erupted in cities across the country over police violence targeting Black men and women, the civil rights and...
Prime Minister Ariel Henry has sworn in his new Cabinet more than 4 months after he assumed leadership of Haiti following the assassination of President Jovenel...
The Seventh Caribbean Sustainable Energy Forum (CSEF) hosted by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE) which...
Publishing houses have sprouted across Africa in recent years, along with literary reviews, festivals and regional prizes.
James Mitchell, former Prime Minister of Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, has died. Mitchell had been ailing for several weeks and returned home last Thursday from...
The final decision will now be made by the East African Community Heads of State Summit at a later date.
Reuters | After a century and a half hidden in private collections, 13 stolen Ethiopian artefacts have finally returned home following months of negotiations. “Our country’s...
AP | U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, a trailblazing Black Democrat in Texas who has served in Congress for nearly 30 years, announced Saturday that she...
AP | Sudan’s deposed prime minister signed a deal with the military on Sunday that will see him reinstated, almost a month after a military coup...
Barbados becomes a republic on November 30.
The WHO has described Africa as “one of the least affected regions in the world”.
Reuters | Three civil society groups have taken the South African government to court over its plan for new coal-fired power, which they say threatens people’s...
New curfew hours will remain in effect for a three-week period
Reuters |Nigeria will start a mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign later this week, aiming to inoculate half of its targeted population by the end of January, government...
Trinidad & Tobago’s Prime Minister Keith Rowley has announced plans to revoke the State of Emergency. Speaking during a media conference, the prime minister said that...
The Mottley administration says it has established what is being referred to as the world’s first metaverse or digital embassy. A statement from the Ministry of...
Barbados is close to making a decision on administering the Pfizer vaccine to children five to 11 years old, Chief Medical Officer Kenneth George said on...
AP | A day after becoming the first Black American woman to win a World Cup speedskating race, Erin Jackson made it two in a row...
He was viewed by many in South Africa as the last apartheid ruler, not the leader who helped steer the country away from violent racial oppression.
The government of Guyana has announced that only fully vaccinated people will be allowed into the country. “After the end of November, the mandate will be...
Rashford waged a high-profile campaign last year to persuade the Conservative government it should extend free meal vouchers to vulnerable young people.
The technology has enabled small businesses in remote areas in Kenya to access affordable power, and has been adopted to solve a new problem: keeping COVID-19...
Reuters | Media entrepreneur Byron Allen has raised US$10 billion in preferred equity and debt for his bid for U.S. regional TV station operator Tegna Inc.,...
Press Release | Whole genome sequencing (WGS) testing to detect COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) variants will be underway at the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) Medical Microbiology Laboratory...
Reuters |West Africa’s main political and economic bloc imposed sanctions on Sunday against Mali’s transitional leaders after they informed the organization they would not be able...
New capital is designed as a high-tech "smart city", will ease congestion in Cairo.
The Executive Director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), Elizabeth Riley, says the protracted nature of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a radical shift...
Adams will become the second Black mayor of the America's most populous city.
These investments will get us to a certain size and a certain increased level of profitability, but if you want to take an institution to the...
The Trinidad & Tobago-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) says it stands ready to support the approval for recommendation of treatments against the coronavirus (COVID-19), including...
Unemployment declines to 15.9 percent
"Chinese investments in Africa are “going on very well. The next thing I would ask from them is to allow our products to enter their market...
Robert F. Smith gifts thousands of shares of stock to Help Black and Latinx Kids become shareholders
AP | The World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday that its director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is running unopposed for a second five-year term. Tedros, the first...
A one meter rise in sea level can displace approximately 110,000 people in CARICOM member states - Mia Mottley
James is expected to make an announcement later this week
Reuters | The African Union has suspended Sudan’s participation in all activities until the restoration of the civilian-led authority, it said in a communique dated Tuesday....
At least 9 health centers across Jamaica have begun house to house vaccination as of Sunday, October 24, 2021. Healthcare teams, including public health nurses and...
Nigeria joins the Bahamas and the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank in being among the first jurisdictions in the world to roll out national digital currencies.
In an unprecedented move, NAACP partners with venture backed technology company Hello Alice to support the NAACP's proactive mission of improving the lives of African Americans...
Reuters | Sudan’s ruling council head Abdel Fattah al-Burhan announced on Monday a state of emergency across the country and the dissolution of the transitional sovereign...
Mason, will be sworn in on November 30, as the country becomes a republic.
Trinidad & Tobago’s Electoral College are meeting today in a special sitting to consider an opposition inspired motion aimed at removing President Paula Mae Weekes from...
"If there is anything, we have learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic is the essence of self-reliance" - Uhuru Kenyatta
Bloomberg | Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) is looking to generate more income from hotels and land, win service contracts and boost cargo revenue to prepare...
AP | Colin Powell, who served Democratic and Republican presidents in war and peace but whose sterling reputation was forever stained when he went before the...
Zuma still faces corruption charges in a separate case in which he is accused of receiving bribes from French arms firm Thales.
Patricia Deveaux elected as speaker of the House of Assembly while Senator J. Lashell Adderley appointed as president of the Senate
“Henrietta Lacks was exploited. She is one of many women of color whose bodies have been misused by science" - WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has said that access to its offices across the region will be restricted to people showing proof of being vaccinated against the...
IMF forecasts stronger growth for Jamaica as it downgrades global recovery
The Barbados government has announced plans for the establishment of safe zones as the country continues to be impacted by the COVID-9 pandemic that has claimed...
Compaoré is charged with complicity, undermining state security and concealing corpses
All hackathon participants will have an opportunity to interview for a Zillow internship
AFP | Guinea’s new prime minister Mohamed Beavogui on Thursday promised to follow a plan to restore civilian rule set out by the West African state’s...
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley is lobbying for a vaccine plant to be established in the country. Speaking to reporters following the opening of the 15th...
Reuters | The novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday. Gurnah was born on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar. His work focuses on...
The Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Carla Barnett says an effective response to the post coronavirus (COVID-19) economic situation must include significant and broad debt...
Economies of Angola, Nigeria and South Africa were expected to come out of recession this year.
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.