Minnis said that the increase in cases of the virus is not only a situation confronting The Bahamas, but that many countries worldwide were also experiencing...
Egypt and Sudan view the dam as a threat to vital water supplies, while Ethiopia considers it crucial for its electrification and development.
Michael Jordan donating millions to combat systemic racism, black voter suppression.
Ali's PPC/C party won a parliamentary majority.
The pandemic has also unleashed an unprecedented economic and social crisis.
COVID-19 claims Herman Cain.
Gambia VP tests positive for Coronavirus, president self-isolating
Securing CARICOM within the era Of COVID-19 and beyond.
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to work expeditiously to finalize the text of a binding agreement on the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam...
Move includes the replacement of 4 ministers from the 26-member cabinet.
Mkapa dead at 81
Andrew Mlangeni 1925-2020
Bahamas deputy PM goes into voluntary COVID-19 quarantine.
Breakthrough comes after years of unsuccessful talks regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which became so heated at times that some feared military conflict.
Reynold Georges - legal adviser to President Moïse, steps down.
Civil rights legend Congressman John Lewis dead at 80
The president of Gabon, has appointed the country's first female prime minister, Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda.
"Reparations is an idea whose time has come": Mia Mottley
Guyana in political limbo - March 2 election results, not released.
Ivorian VP quits as Ouattara's successor to is sought.
Nelson Mandela's daughter Zindzi Mandela dies - she was 59
Coulibaly's death throws the upcoming presidential election into disarray.
New government expected in Guyana following ruling.
Despite the lifting of the curfew, only businesses that are approved to operate will be allowed to open.
AfDB forecasts a 3.4 percent contraction in GDP this year.
Atlanta mayor tests positive for COVID-19
Akufo-Addo will self-isolate for 14 days on the advice of doctors.
New entity to be created, will retain the name LIAT
Dominica cannot afford another wave of the virus says Skerrit
The 2020 Black National Convention will take place August 28 via a live broadcast.
Burundi has reported 170 confirmed cases of COVID-19 todate.
Jamaicans have staged a couple of protests, launched petitions agitating for changes to rectify remnants of colonialism and reignited discussions about becoming a separate republic from...
Travelers from outside the Caribbean would have to take a COVID-19 PCR antigen test 72 hours before they were scheduled to come to Barbados.
Chakwera becomes is Malawi's sixth president after winning the historic election held last week.
Every person entering the country will need to be tested and will undergo mandatory quarantine.
Measure is precautionary as an initial COVID-19 test of Sall has come back negative.
South Africa to start continent's first Coronavirus vaccine pilot.
Borders of twin island-republic will remain closed as long as health requirements related to COVID-19 remain in place.
Zuma appeared in court to face multiple charges of racketeering, fraud, corruption and money laundering.
There is broad support for an African candidate and a woman, since neither have headed the Geneva-based WTO in the past.
British financial institutions that benefited from slavery such as Lloyd's of London should go further than saying sorry for their role in the Atlantic slave trade...
A 3-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) team that monitored the recount of the ballots cast in the disputed March 2 regional and general elections in Guyana, says...
Ndayishimiye was sworn in at a colourful ceremony on Thursday, taking the helm of a troubled nation after the sudden death of his predecessor.
The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation has established a fund worth more than $12 million to aid organizations fighting institutional racism, in the wake of...
U.N. Human Rights Council to hold urgent debate on police brutality, racism.
Anti-COVID-19 protocols will be revisited every 2 weeks.
Constitional court ruling ends the power vacuum created by the sudden death of President Pierre Nkurunziza early this week.
African countries must find ways to celebrate their own heroes, “not just politicians but artists, social justice activists and many others".
Brown most recently served as the commander of U.S. Pacific Air Forces.
Nkurunziza died after suffering a heart attack.
Timothy Harris and Team Unity wins general election in St Kitts & Nevis.
Toronto’s police chief surprised many by announcing plans to step down.
No more than 15 students will be permitted to be seated in a classroom at any one time and they must be seated at least 6...
Banners and slogans have focused not just on George Floyd but on a string of other controversies in different countries as well as mistreatment of minorities...
Black activists believe the police killing of George Floyd and the nationwide civil unrest that followed could be the catalyst for overhauling the criminal justice system.
Michael Jordan and his Jordan Brand pledges US$100 million over the next 10 years to organizations dedicated to ensuring racial equality.
Okonjo-Iweala has served as Nigeria's minister of finance, economy and foreign affairs, and is currently one of the AU’s special envoys to mobilize international support for...
Officials in Barbados say secondary schools will reopen from June 8 to allow students to complete their Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) School Based Assessments, and internal...
A combination of several climate factors is driving the strong likelihood for above-normal activity in the Atlantic this year.
Antigua & Barbuda Antigua & Barbuda will welcome its first international flight on June 4 since the twin-island nation shut its borders as part of efforts...
African Union Commission Head, Moussa Faki Mahamat, condems George Floyd’s death.
The 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping Monday reiterated a call for closer collaboration with Africa in fashioning a new global order as the region participated in...
Évariste Ndayishimiye, has been declared the winner of Burundi's presidential election.
Georgetown, Guyana | The Granger administration has told the United States that it remains “confident in the legitimacy, credibility and competence” of the 3-member Caribbean Community...
Decision to open economy was made based on public health recommendations.
Majoro, will see out the last 2 years of Thabane's term.
East African nation joins others in easing crippling lockdowns.
The Dominica government says it has spent an estimated EC$22 million (US$8.14 million) in direct costs so far in its response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic...
Thabane resigns over ex-wife's murder
The Government of Antigua & Barbuda has revealed that it will reopen its international airport on June 1 as the country moves to rehabilitate its economy...
Jamaica records no new positive cases of COVID-19 - the first time since early March.
Reuters | South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday he aimed to further ease restrictions imposed to curb the new Coronavirus (COVID-19), but places with...
The government in St. Kitts & Nevis has said that it will be enacting new regulations that will continue the gradual process of opening the two-island...
Caribbean has achieved Covid-19 containment.
Thabane is now a caretaker prime minister until a new prime minister is sworn in.
NAACP launches #WeAreDoneDying campaign, empowering black and brown communities to demand equitable action amid COVID-19
AFP | Mauritania has scaled back 2-month-old restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, notably allowing markets and prayer gatherings to resume. The government will...
Novel Coronavirus causes death of Niger's minister of employment and labor
Association of Caribbean States forms multi-sectoral task force to facilitate cooperative action aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19.
Namibia has so far seen 16 confirmed cases of Coronavirus, with no deaths.
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley on Wednesday said she would like to see a global leadership initiative emerging from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, reiterating that the...
Civil rights leaders urge African Americans to defy governors' efforts to reopen businesses.
Bahamas prime minister appoints economic recovery committee.
Nigeria is set to ease its Coronavirus lockdown in major cities.
Burundi votes May 20 for a successor to President Pierre Nkurunziza.
COVID-19-triggered Public Health Emergency extended to June 30 "not an indication" the 24-hour curfew currently in effect.
AP | South Africa, with the most confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Africa, will start a phased easing of its strict lockdown measures on May 1,...
Rapid measures to contain COVID-19 are working in 4 African countries that have imposed the most stringent restrictions on the continent.
Grenada relaxes some curfew measures with no new COVID-19 cases Grenada’s Health Minister Nicholas Steele says the country has contained the spread of COVID-19 in communities...
Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio announced Monday that he is going into self-isolation for 14 days as a precautionary measure after one of his aides...
AP | As a clearer picture emerges of COVID-19’s decidedly deadly toll on black Americans, leaders are demanding a reckoning of the systemic policies they say...
Abba Kyari's COVID-19 has been one of the highest-profile in Africa.
Haiti’s Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe declares early victory over COVID-19.
About 15 million tests will be required in Africa over the next 3 months.
Guyana expected to see an overall economic growth of 51.7 percent.
AFP | Ethiopia and the World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday opened a humanitarian transport hub at Addis Ababa airport to move supplies and aid workers...
Guyana’s economy could be pegged back by risks generated by the incomplete general election and the rampaging Coronavirus
AFP | When Africa’s first case of Coronavirus (COVID-19) was detected in Egypt in February, the rest of the continent prepared for the brunt of a...
VOA | A special Botswana parliamentary session called to discuss an extension of a state of emergency ended with all National Assembly members and the country’s...
Prime Minister of St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves says his Administration plans to bring home Vincentian sailors who have been stranded on cruise and...
WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had shown "exceptional leadership - from the very earliest stages of this unprecedented global health crisis."
Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams sent on 2-month leave for COVID-19 lockdown violation.
Earthquake with magnitude of 5.3 struck sections of the twin-island republic
COVID-19: unprecedented damage to economies in the developing world
Guyana’s Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence has confirmed that the fatalities resulting from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection now stand at 4. Guyana has reported 24...
Winfrey said Thursday, she was donating US$10 million to Coronavirus (COVID-19) relief efforts.
Antigua & Barbuda in lockdown A dusk to dawn curfew in Antigua & Barbuda was to replaced by a 1-week lockdown from midnight to help stem...
Ethiopia has postponed its parliamentary election scheduled for August due to the (COVID-19) outbreak
Jamaica now has 36 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 1 death.
Businesses closed, non-food shops shut and people required to stay at home as officials look to track down possible COVID-19 carriers.
Prime Minister Mottley of Barbados undergoes successful surgery
Nigeria tightens rules for offshore oil workers
The Andrew Holness administration has promised financial support to thousands of Jamaicans who lose their jobs because of the impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Jamaica...
Our people are terrified right now and we should not do anything to make their situation worse," President Cyril Ramaphosa told police earlier Thursday. "Psychologically they...
Guyana Chronicle | Caribbean Community (CARICOM) agriculture ministers have warned that while there are adequate supplies of food in the region now, Caribbean countries should galvanise...
Despite the number of confirmed cases of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) increasing to 17, Barbados is keeping its borders open but ending commercial flights.
Reuters | The financial hardship caused by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak could fall particularly hard on African Americans, undoing economic gains U.S. President Donald Trump has...
Reuters | The Nigerian president’s chief of staff has tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19), a source with direct knowledge said. The illness of Abba Kyari, who...
Nearly three weeks after voters cast their ballots in a regional and general in Guyana, incumbent President David Granger is appealing for “calm” and for the...
Manu Dibango, died Tuesday of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Prime Minister Mia Mottley in a statement to parliament, said that the stimulus package would provide critical assistance to Barbadians and businesses in light of the...
Without coordinated efforts, the COVID-19 pandemic will have major and adverse implications on African economies
Barbados announces "significant increase" in the number of persons testing positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Moïse said, Haiti's ports, airports and borders would be closed to people from midnight on Thursday, although they would remain open for goods traffic.
Foreigners across the continent have faced the increasing chance of being stranded as countries close borders and block flights.
A High Court judge has granted an injunction against the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), preventing it from carrying out a national recount of votes from the...
Reuters | The World Health Organization has warned of the risk that COVID-19 could overwhelm strained public health systems in sub-Saharan Africa. Here is a selection...
South Africa to deny visas to American, British, Chinese nationals
AP | The government and opposition have agreed to a complete recount of votes in a presidential election marred by complaints of possible fraud in Guyana,...
St. Vincent & the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves says this country will not close its borders due to the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019...
By Geoffrey York Many African countries also have another advantage: lengthy experience with Ebola-related issues, which has created a formal infrastructure to monitor the health of...
Fifteen-nation CARICOM intervens in dispute that erupted after March 2 elections
After serving for 30 years on the Georgia Supreme Court – six of those as the court’s first African American chief justice – Robert Benham is...
Kenya’s athletics authority barrs athletes from traveling to international events due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak
Ethiopian Airlines: Flight control system - the Maneuvering Charcteristics Augmentation System (MCAS), defeated the pilots’ efforts to control the plane.
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has made a fervent appeal to the Americas, including the Caribbean, to prepare to respond to imported cases, outbreaks and...
Hamdok says he is in “good shape” and that what had happened would be “an additional push to the wheel of change in Sudan”.
Loop | Ghana and Trinidad & Tobago and Ghana have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for an Air Services Agreement. According to a statement issued...
Guyana High Court rules it has jurisdiction to hear injunction
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 rocked Trinidad & Tobago on Thursday night, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The Trinidad...
AFP | Guyana’s two main political parties were claiming victory with tensions rising as the oil-rich Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member nation awaits the results of its...
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said, Thursday, he would not stand for re-election in October this year.
South Africa economy shrank by 1.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Joseph Jouthe appointed Prime Minister with the aim of lifting the country out of the crisis
If confirmed by the Senate, Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. will become the rare black officer to sit on the elite Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Press Release | Johannesburg, South Africa – Over 200 leading African political, business, and diplomatic leaders gathered in Johannesburg for the 8th African Leadership Magazine Persons...
Guyana voting in general and regional elections
Any strategic partnership will be done on Africa’s terms
Even though the situation in Haiti is complex and there are a number of views on the way forward, it cannot continue without the intervention of...
Guyana to earn US$300 million from its share of oil sales this year.
AP | Malawi is expected to go to the polls for a fresh presidential election on May 19 after a court overturned last year’s vote, citing...
NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson dies
AP |South Sudan opened a new chapter in its fragile emergence from civil war Saturday as rival leaders formed a coalition government that many observers prayed...
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) says it is working on a treatment protocol for the Caribbean as part of ongoing efforts to guard against the...
Reuters | An 18th century church crown stolen from Ethiopia decades ago has been returned from the Netherlands after it was found in a suitcase more...
The outgoing chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Allen Chastanet, yesterday said the region needs to do more to deal with the socio-economic and political situation...
Telecompaper | The Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) has hinted at the possibility of accommodating a 5th operator on the country’s telecommunications market in...
Canadian PM to meet with CARICOM leaders
Press Release | Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire – In several news reports, World Bank President David Malpass was recently quoted as saying some Multilateral Development Banks, including...
AP | Thirty years ago yesterday, Nelson Mandela was released from 27 years of imprisonment by South Africa’s apartheid regime and instantly galvanized the country, and...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.4 on the Richter scale was recorded to the west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Saturday. The Bureau of Mines and...
The issue of risk in Africa is often exaggerated, despite the risk of loss being lower than in Latin America, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Saturday,...
African Union slams US plan on Palestine-Israel dispute
Lesotho court charges Prime Minister’s wife with murder
Trinidad rattled by second earthquake in the same week.
Kenya: Former President Daniel Arap Moi dies
Malawi court cancels presidential election result, orders new vote
Reuters | Ministers from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan said on Friday a final agreement will be signed by the end of February on the giant Blue...
As the Caribbean struggles to respond to de-risking and other challenges in its financial sector, at least one Caribbean prime minister believes the solutions can be...
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) yesterday reported that an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 occurred near Jamaica, less than 24 hours after the island-nation...
AP | A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck in the Caribbean Sea between Jamaica and eastern Cuba on Tuesday, shaking a vast area from Mexico to...
The director of the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa Etienne, is urging countries in the Americas, including those in the Caribbean, to be prepared to detect...
NBA legend Kobe Bryant has died in a helicopter crash aged just 41.
Press Release | Colonialism Reparation encourages the members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to have more momentum in the request for reparations for the genocide of...
Nigeria arraigns ex-Justice Minister over $1.3 billion oil deal
Umaro Cissoko Embalo confirmed as winner of the presidential ballot in Guinea-Bissau
People affected by the cholera epidemic that swept through Haiti 10 years ago have asked the State and the international community to ensure that rights and...
Jovenel Moïse tries to govern Haiti without parliament
US Navy to name aircraft carrier for Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller
Will the biggest African Airport be in Ethiopia?
Haiti to achieve one year free of cholera
Reuters | Ethiopia proposes to hold its national vote on August 16, the electoral board said on Wednesday, the first poll under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed...
Haiti commemorates deadly 2010 quake in anger and bitterness
Ethiopian PM asks Ramaphosa to intervene in dispute over Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping says it continues to be “deeply concerned” at the ongoing political, economic, humanitarian and social situation in Haiti. CARICOM Chairman and...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 rocked several Caribbean countries earlier this week as countries in the region were being urged to continue monitoring the...
Ethiopia economy expects faster growth this fiscal year.
Major milestone for Kenyans living in Canada as the Kenyan Flag was raised for the first time by a Canadian Government in honor of Kenyan Canadians...
East Africa's largest retail chain, Nakumatt collapses
Bloomberg | Aliko Dangote, became US$4.3 billion richer in 2019 as his fortune continued to grow on the back of investments in cement, flour and sugar....
AP | The first black woman named to lead Philadelphia’s troubled police department pledged to be a “conduit” between the community and police and to address...
Bloomberg | Ghana is targeting its diaspora to raise US$3 billion in funding for economic development, said Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta. The West African nation will...
AP | Burundi’s president has again indicated he will not run for another term next year in the politically volatile East African nation. President Pierre Nkurunziza...
Xinhua | The African Union (AU) Commission on Monday announced that African leaders will convene the annual AU assembly summit on silencing the guns in February,...
Sudan has opened an investigation into crimes committed during Omar al-Bashir’s era, in the region of Darfur, the state prosecutor said. “We have launched an investigation...
The government of Trinidad & Tobago brought 2 marijuana reform bills before parliament late last month, one to decriminalize low-level possession and another to legalize cannabis...
AP | Ethiopia’s first-ever satellite has been launched into space by China. The earth observatory satellite is designed to help the East African nation gather data...
Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s) on Wednesday raised Jamaica’s sovereign credit rating to ‘B2’ from ‘B3’ and assigned a stable outlook, citing as two key drivers behind...
The African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group yesterday ended a 2-day summit in Nairobi, Kenya agreeing to rename the 45-year-old organization as the Organization of African,...
All Africans wishing to travel to Nigeria will now be able to get a visa on arrival from January, dropping the requirement that they apply in...