(Reuters) – Eritrea reopened its embassy in Ethiopia on Monday in further evidence of a rapid thaw between 2 countries that a week ago ended 2...
(Reuters) – The U.S. government has reopened an investigation into the 1955 killing of black teenager Emmett Till in Mississippi, saying it had discovered new information...
AP | Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki is visiting Ethiopia on Saturday, the latest step in an unprecedented diplomatic thaw between the former archrivals that is ending...
The Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have put measures in place to fast-track the full implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy...
The fuel price rise falls under the terms agreed between the Haitian government and International Monetary Fund, which implied the cessation of public subsidies for oil...
AP | Ethiopian and Eritrean leaders formally restored relations Monday, ending 20 years of enmity, and citizens from both counties immediately began phoning each other to...
(Reuters) – Sierra Leone’s former Vice President Victor Foh and former Mines Minister Minkailu Mansaray were arrested on Thursday on corruption charges, the head of the...
AFP | Police in Zimbabwe, said Tuesday they had arrested 2 suspects over the grenade blast at an election rally that killed 2 people and narrowly...
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is set to see a change in leadership today when Justice Adrian Saunders takes over from Sir Dennis Byron. The...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General Irwin LaRocque yesterday shot down any idea of trade in recreational marijuana regionally, citing international law that would “preclude” any move...
BBC | Money looted by Nigeria’s former military ruler Sani Abacha is to be distributed to poor families, the Buhari administration says. The distribution is to...
The Trinidad & Tobago-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ruled that the mandatory death penalty in Barbados is unconstitutional. The CCJ, which is the highest...
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, his rival turned-rebel leader Riek Machar agreed on a permanent cease-fire within 72 hours and signaled they are prepared for a...
Jamaican Prime Minister has reiterated that Jamaica will continue its relationship with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Holness gave the assurance last week while opening the parliamentary...
The Trinidad & Tobago based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ruled that an amendment, that barred Presidents of the Republic of Guyana from serving more...
AP | Former First Lady of The United States Michelle Obama said Friday that her upcoming memoir “The First” is a “re-humanization effort” that shares the...
Zimbabwe’s incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s suggestion that opponents in his ruling ZANU-PF party and not the opposition were responsible for an explosion at a campaign rally...
Mauritius has been ranked in the top 20 of the world’s most peaceful countries in the 2018 Global Peace Index (GPI). In the 12th edition of...
Jamaica’s Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Audley Shaw, says that the provisions of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas must be applied fairly and rigorously...
AP | Eritrea’s president announced Wednesday he is sending a rare delegation to neighboring Ethiopia for peace talks, days after Ethiopia’s new prime minister took a...
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, who stepped down as Liberian president earlier this year, has been appointed to the advisory board of an elite African think tank which explores...
Authorities in Haiti said the decision to now ban Oxfam GB’s operations in the country were due to a violation of laws. (Reuters) – Haiti’s government...
The new government in Barbados announced earlier this week, that it is prepared to implement “tough decisions” to revitalize an ailing economy as it announced a...
AFP | Ethiopia’s new prime minister Abiy Ahmed has announced a flurry of reforms to reshape the nation but implementing them will be harder, analysts say....
AP | The corruption case against former South African president Jacob Zuma has been delayed until late next month, while Zuma took to a stage near...
AP | There are no survivors in the crash of a small plane carrying 10 people that disappeared on Tuesday and was found in pieces high...
After decades of conflict and land claims, Ethiopia said it fully accepts the terms of a peace agreement with coastal Eritrea. It has also partially opened...
(Press Release) – As the Caribbean region enters the official 2018 hurricane season, the Disaster Risk Reduction Center of the Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD) at...
Newly elected Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley says Barbados will be sticking with the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). The assurance came with Mottley saying the...
AP | Zimbabwe will hold elections on July 30, according to an announcement by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a government notice. These will be Zimbabwe’s first-ever...
Prime Minister Mia Mottley on Saturday named a 30 member Cabinet less than 48 hours after she led her Barbados Labor Party (BLP) to a landslide...
Mottley becomes the first female Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley and her Barbados Labor Party (BLP) has won the country’s 2018 General Elections unseating the...
A dam burst its banks in Kenya’s Rift Valley, killing at least 41 people and forcing hundreds from their homes, officials said Thursday. At least 20...
AFP | Mozambique’s president and thousands of mourners who flocked to the port city of Beira on Wednesday paid final respects to Afonso Dhlakama, a former...
Reuters | Nigeria’s military said on Monday it had helped to rescue more than 1,000 people held by Islamist militant group Boko Haram in the northeast...
AFP | Former First Lady of The United States Michelle Obama urged women not to expect a miracle candidate to “save” America on Saturday, indicating again...
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness, has says Jamaica’s unemployment rate has declined to a record low 9.6 percent as at the end of January 2018, down...
At least 3 Caribbean countries were rattled by an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 late on Friday night, the Trinidad & Tobago-based Seismic Research Center...
Reuters | Gabon’s Constitutional Court on Monday ordered the prime minister to resign and the lower house of parliament dissolved after legislative elections scheduled for the...
Reuters | Haitians battling cholera blamed on United Nations peacekeepers are getting little support with only 2 percent of promised funds materializing, according to campaigners accusing...
Voters in Barbados will go to the polls to elect a new government on May 24. Prime Minister Freundel Stuart revealed the date in a brief...
Grenada’s Ministry of Legal Affairs is preparing to conduct another referendum on the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) – 2 years after the electorate voted to...
AP | The man who wrestled the gun away from the Waffle House shooting suspect in Tennessee said Sunday if he were going to die, the...
AFP | Former US president Barack Obama will deliver the annual Nelson Mandela memorial lecture at a 4,000-capacity arena in Johannesburg in July, South African organizers...
AFP | A Zimbabwe parliament committee has summoned former president Robert Mugabe to give evidence on May 9 over diamond corruption costing billions of dollars, underlining...
U.S. Marine Corps, Col. Lorna M. Mahlock was earlier this week nominated for promotion to general. If nominated, Mahlock will be the first African American woman...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 on the Richter scale shook Haiti on Wednesday April 12, 2018 at 8:45 pm (EDT). According to the Technical...
AFP | An Algerian military plane crashed and caught fire on Wednesday killing 257 people, mostly army personnel and members of their families, officials said. An...
Trinidad & Tobago’s Prime Minister Keith Rowley has fired his embattled Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Darryl Smith as he announced several changes to his Cabinet...
AP | Sierra Leone’s election commission declared main opposition candidate Julius Maada Bio as the West African nation’s new president Wednesday, giving the opposition party its...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 rocked Haiti on Monday but there were no immediate reports of injuries and damages in Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country...
AFP | African leaders and celebrities have led tributes to South African anti-apartheid campaigner Winnie Mandela who has died aged 81. The former wife of South...
(Reuters) – Ethiopia’s ruling coalition – the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) – late Tuesday selected Abiy Ahmed to become the country’s new prime minister...
Newly re-elected Grenada Prime Minister, Keith Mitchell has called for a “re-opening of the dialog on the Caribbean Court of Justice” less than 2 years after...
AP | Linda Brown, who as a Kansas girl was at the center of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down racial segregation in...
AFP | Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse on Tuesday installed the leaders of his country’s army, a symbolic step in the country’s reformation of a military demobilized...
A Sierra Leone court ruled that a presidential runoff scheduled for Tuesday March 27, may proceed even as a hearing into alleged fraud during the vote’s...
Gaston Browne was on Thursday sworn in as Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda for the 2nd time, following his landslide victory in Wednesday’s general election....
Retired judge, Paula Mae Weekes became the first woman president of Trinidad & Tobago Monday after being elected by the country’s Electoral College in January. Chief...
Grenada’s Keith Mitchell was on Friday sworn in as his country’s prime minister following his and his New National Party (NNP) landslide victory in the March...
(Reuters) – South Africa’s chief prosecutor is set to announce whether he is reinstating corruption charges against former president Jacob Zuma, who was forced to resign...
(Xinhua) – Trinidad & Tobago’s Elliott Harris has been named Assistant secretary-general for economic development and chief economist in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs....
Grenada’s Prime Minister Keith Mitchell yesterday led his New National Party (NNP) to a landslide victory in the general election, making it the 3rd time he...
(Reuters) – Sierra Leone’s presidential election results were too close to call after three quarters of the votes had been counted, with the 2 frontrunners neck-and-neck,...
The Canadian Press | Viola Desmond’s trailblazing act of defiance – overlooked for decades by most Canadians – was honored Thursday in a Halifax ceremony that...
(Reuters) – Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga promised on Friday to unite the country after elections last year caused bitter divisions amongst...
AP | U.S. Senator Cory Booker will deliver the keynote at the annual Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner in downtown Detroit. The Detroit branch of the...
Sierra Leone’s voters are choosing a new president Wednesday from among 16 candidates in a race that has sparked debate over dual nationality and eligibility for...
Barbados has expressed its disappointment that only 4 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have joined the appellate jurisdiction of the Trinidad & Tobago-based Caribbean Court of Justice...
AFP | Sierra Leone holds a general election on Wednesday with uncertainty over the impact of new movements vying to break the stranglehold of 2 parties...
Port-Au-Prince, Haiti | Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders began a 2-day inter-sessional summit here yesterday amid concerns that the regional integration movement was being fractured by some...
St Vincent & the Grenadines has signed on to the new Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Multilateral Air Services Agreement (MASA). The agreement expands the scope for airlines...
AP | Nigeria’s military says it has rescued more than 1,100 people, including women and children, who had been held by Boko Haram extremists in different...
The Guyana government Tuesday announced that it had made another discover of oil in the Stabroek block as it continues “an aggressive program of oil exploration”....
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 rattled 3 Caribbean island-nations on Sunday night, but there were no immediate reports of damages or injuries. The Trinidad...
AFP | Haiti yesterday suspended the operations of British charity Oxfam pending the outcome of its investigation into allegations that its staff sexually exploited Haitians after...
Former South African ministers banished to the political wilderness under Jacob Zuma’s presidency are set to make a comeback as his successor prepares to revive the...
Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has submitted a resignation letter following protests that have disrupted life and business in one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies, the state-affiliated...
(Reuters) – Jacob Zuma resigned as president of South Africa on Wednesday, heeding orders by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) to bring an end to...
AFP | Morgan Tsvangirai, the veteran Zimbabwean opposition leader who opposed the country’s former president Robert Mugabe’s regime for many years, died on Wednesday after battling...
Haiti’s president Jovenel Moïse decried Oxfam’s handling of a prostitution scandal in the Caribbean nation, calling the situation a “serious violation of human dignity.” The British...
When Barack Obama speaks, people listen. At least they did when he was in the White House. But that kind of authority didn’t hold much sway...
AP | South African President Jacob Zuma must leave office promptly so that the country can move toward political stability and economic recovery, the ruling African...
Two earthquakes rattled Trinidad & Tobago on Sunday night as the region continues to be jolted by a series of earthquakes in recent months, the Trinidad...
AP | The Mo Ibrahim Foundation says it has awarded the US$5 million Africa Leadership prize to former Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. The Ibrahim Prize, which...
Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness tabled a copy of the Report of the Commission to Review Jamaica’s Relations within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cariforum Frameworks...
AP | South African President Jacob Zuma’s exit from power because of scandals appeared to be getting closer on Wednesday as his deputy, who is expected...
The Antigua & Barbuda Parliament has approved legislation allowing for people in the twin-island nation to be able to use up to 15 grams of cannabis...
AP | South African President Jacob Zuma will not give the state of the nation address in parliament this week because of concerns that lawmakers would...
The Granger administration is set to embark upon a nationwide civic education campaign aimed at getting citizens to understand the border dispute with Venezuela that is...
(Reuters) – South Africa’s parliament has scheduled a motion of no-confidence against President Jacob Zuma for February 22, the parliament’s speaker said on Friday, following a...
The Government of Guyana has welcomed the decision made by the Secretary General of the United Nations to refer the controversy between Guyana and Venezuela to...
(Xinhua) | African leaders attending an African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Sunday called for efforts towards the continent’s transformation. Rwandan President Paul...
Grenada’s Prime Minister Keith Mitchell Sunday night announced March 13 as the date for fresh general elections. Addressing a rally of his ruling New National Party...
(Reuters) – South African police raided the offices of the provincial government in the Free State on Friday in a case involving a friend of President...
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored people (NAACP) has sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, citing U.S. President Donald Trump’s disparaging comments about...
While remittance flows decreased worldwide for a 2nd consecutive year in 2016 – remittances to the Caribbean and Latin America, however, rose to a record high....
Zimbabwe’s new president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, said on Wednesday the country would go to elections by July and that he would respect the result if the opposition...
AP | Ex-soccer star George Weah was sworn into office Monday as Liberia’s new president, taking over leadership of this post-war, West African nation from Africa’s...
The clock is ticking on South African President Jacob Zuma’s scandal-ridden administration as his deputy, Cyril Ramaphosa – the newly elected African National Congress (ANC) party...
At least 2 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries that had been included in a new list of global tax havens by the European Union could be removed...
(Press Release) – Pasadena | On Monday, January 15, 2018, the holiday marking the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the NAACP and the Africa-America...
About 90 Pan-African organizations and leaders in the Caribbean have declared U.S. President Donald Trump ‘persona non-grata’ for reported racist remarks he made last week about...
AFP | Africans reacted angrily Friday after Donald Trump reportedly referred to their nations as “shithole countries“, with many lashing the US president for racism and...
George Maxwell Richards, a former president of the Trinidad & Tobago has died. He was 86 Prime Minister Keith Rowley, in offering condolence, said Trinidad &...
AP | Exxon Mobil Corp. has reporting another significant oil discovery in the waters off Guyana. The company says its Ranger-1 well hit a major oil...
AP | Maya Rockeymoore Cummings has suspended her campaign for Maryland governor, citing “personal considerations.” Cummings, the wife of U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, has a political...
Trinidad & Tobago was rattled by an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 on Wednesday, the 2nd tremor to affect the oil-rich twin-island republic within a...
Incoming chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse, says the regional grouping is moving towards creating the world’s first climate-resilient region this year....
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated the Government and people of Haiti on the nation’s 214th anniversary of political independence from France. In a message to...
Prominent jurist Justice Sandra Mason will become Barbados’s 8th Governor General when she is sworn into office on January 8 next year. She replaces Elliot Belgrave,...
AFP | George Weah emerged from Liberia’s slums to become a superstar soccer player in the 1990s, and leveraged his status as a revered figure among...
The Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Grenada’s Prime Minister Keith Mitchell, says there is no doubt that 2017 has been “a most eventful year for...
(Reuters) – South Africa’s top court will rule on Friday on a bid to compel parliament to initiate impeachment proceedings against President Jacob Zuma over a...
Liberia’s National Elections Commission was expected to begin releasing provisional results Wednesday from the West African nation’s presidential runoff as a football star and the vice...
AP | Liberia’s Supreme Court has denied a request from the governing Unity Party to halt the December 26 presidential runoff, ruling that the National Elections...
(Reuters) – Some Somali lawmakers said on Wednesday they plan to impeach the president in a mounting political crisis that could put endanger the fledgling government....
AP | South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has elected Cyril Ramaphosa as its new president, making the nation’s deputy president likely to become the...
St. Lucia Times | The Caribbean Community, CARICOM, has expressed strong objection to the European Union (EU) labelling of some CARICOM states as non-cooperative tax jurisdictions....
Kenyan scholar Calestous Juma, who was in June this year named as one of the most reputable people in the world, died late last week. He...
(Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) expects to announce Jacob Zuma’s successor as party leader on Sunday, a spokesman said, concluding a bruising...
A new report accuses France of supplying weapons and protection to the perpetrators of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, where over 800,000 people were killed –...
By Peter Donaldson Savagery in Libya “Inconceivable”, “egregious”, and “unfathomable”, are just a few words that come to mind when presented with the realities of modern...
By Ian Wood Whether you are building a new digital company, expanding an existing operation or setting up an offshore entity, Barbados is where digital works....
The government of St. Lucia says it will soon introduce new tax reform measures after the island-nation was included among 17 countries worldwide on a new...
(Reuters) – South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said on Monday it had extended the deadline for President Jacob Zuma to submit arguments on why he...
AFP | Liberia’s Supreme Court, Thursday ordered the electoral commission to proceed with a presidential runoff delayed for a month by fraud complaints, but said the...
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Republic of Cuba are set to meet today for the 6th CARICOM-Cuba Summit in Antigua &...
South Africa’s government is proceeding with its plans to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC). The country’s Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha, announced...
Ghanaian President Akufo-Addo’s quest to see Africa move beyond aid was once again on full display, after his latest speech in the presence of French president...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General Irwin LaRocque has held talks with Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse, who becomes the next chairman of the 15-member regional integration movement...
AFP | Zimbabwe’s new president earlier this week gave a 3-month ultimatum for the return of funds siphoned out of the country by individuals and corporations,...
Trinidad & Tobago’s opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is to receive the Women of Distinction Award at an event in the Bahamas on Saturday, according to a...
Police in Guyana have confirmed that they are investigating a threat to the life of President David Granger. This will be the second time this year,...
Botswana’s President, Ian Khama is getting set to step down as president at the end of March 2018, when his term officially ends. In an address...
AP | Exuberant Zimbabweans greeted the swearing-in Friday of new President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who takes office after an extraordinary series of events that ousted the world’s...
AFP | Zimbabwe’s incoming president Emmerson Mnangagwa was preparing Thursday for his new role as president after a triumphant return home following the departure of the...
Reuters | Africa should move beyond aid handouts that have failed to bring growth and prosperity and move to an era of mutual respect with Western...
Robert Mugabe says in a letter that he is resigning immediately and voluntarily as president of Zimbabwe, in order to have a “smooth transfer of power”...
Zimbabwe’s parliament has began an impeachment process against President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday that looks set to him being stripped of office. The speaker of parliament,...
Reuters | Haiti’s president on Saturday heralded the re-establishment of the country’s military after 22 years, a divisive issue in the country which has a history...
AFP | Zimbabwe’s embattled President Robert Mugabe faced the prospect of impeachment on Monday after going on national television to assert his control despite the military...
A new US$25 million fund is being set up through the National Trust for Historic Preservation to help ensure that historical sites important to African American...
JIS | Jamaica’s Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, says Jamaica has the potential to produce up to 50 percent of the country’s energy needs from renewable sources....
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has sent a letter to the Trump administration urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to fully extend Haiti’s Temporary Protected...
AP | Zimbabwe’s army said Wednesday it has President Robert Mugabe and his wife under house arrest and was securing government offices and patrolling the capital’s...
Representatives from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), attending the 23rd meeting of the Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP23) are focusing...
Nigeria’s business ranking improves by 24 ranks The Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) has commended Nigeria’s federal government on its Economic Growth Recovery Plan...
AFP | The African Union mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has said it will withdraw 1,000 troops fighting jihadists in the country this year, as part of...
Reuters | Africa’s mobile internet connections are set to double in the next 5 years, a study showed on Monday, thanks to affordable smartphones and the...
A powerful 5.7 earthquake was felt in sections of Trinidad & Tobago and as far north as St. Vincent & the Grenadines on Sunday. According to...
Grenada’s Prime Minister Keith Mitchell, who has led his ruling New National Party (NNP) to a clean sweep of all the seats in the Parliament on...
Reuters | South Africa’s embattled President Jacob Zuma told lawmakers on Thursday that he had received no payments from private companies or individuals during his tenure....
Haiti’s Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant has refused to confirm or deny whether Haiti’s new army will be officially commissioned on November 18, promising however that...
Kenya’s incumbent president Uhuru Kenyatta was declared on Monday the winner of the presidential election — for the second time this year. Kenyatta received nearly 7.5...
AP| Burundi has become the first country to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC). An ICC spokesman has confirmed that the withdrawal will take effect...
AP | The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has warned African Americans that if they fly on American Airlines they could be...
The Grenada government has confirmed the discovery of natural gas within the island-nation’s territorial waters, but said it is still awaiting the results of tests to...
Former soccer star George Weah and Vice-President Joseph Boakai are headed for a run-off in Liberia’s presidential election. According to Liberia’s electoral commission, Weah was leading...
Barbados’s 6th and longest-serving Governor General, Sir Clifford Husbands, has died. He was 91. Husbands, served as the head of state from 1996 – succeeding Dame...
South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal on Friday ruled that hundreds corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma could be reinstated. The court upheld a High Court...
AP | Liberia’s provisional election results are expected Thursday, the election commission said Wednesday, as the West African nation waits to see who will succeed the...
Jordan aiming to bring affordable health care to underserved communities. Charlotte Hornets owner and former NBA super star Michael Jordan is donating US$7 million to launch...
Opposition parties in Haiti, Tuesday announced the start of 4 days of demonstrations in support of their calls for President Jovenel Moïse to step down from...
AP | A United Nations (U.N.) peacekeeping mission in Haiti is coming to an end as the last of the blue-helmeted soldiers from around the world...
Kenya’s top prosecutor ordered a criminal investigation on Tuesday of 6 employees of the wireless telecommunications operator Safaricom for allegedly conspiring with election board officials to...
The Central Bank of Barbados has announced that it had launched a mobile currency application (app) as part of its efforts to combat counterfeiting. The Central...
Trinidad & Tobago’s Prime Minister Keith Rowley says his administration will not be approaching the International Monetary Fund (IMF) despite a pending deficit due to billions...
AFP | Opposition groups in the West African state of Togo over the weekend called for fresh protests this week to maintain pressure in their campaign...
The Bahamas becomes the latest Caribbean country to open its doors to citizens of Dominica in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Minnis...
Nearly 150 years after he was killed on the streets of his adopted hometown, Octavius Valentine Catto was honored by a crowd of hundreds gathered in...
A senior lecturer at the St Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) in Trinidad & Tobago, says one of the “biggest lessons”...
South Africa’s biggest union group held marches nationwide on Wednesday to protest what it alleges is chronic corruption fueled by President Jacob Zuma and a prominent...
Angola begins post dos Santos era as Lourenço becomes president José Eduardo dos Santos’s long reign over Angola finally came to an end Tuesday when João...
Venezuela’s claim to Guyana’s territory “has not diminished or diverted” Guyana has reiterated the danger that it says it is still facing on its borders as...
(Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) should discipline President Jacob Zuma for bringing the party into disrepute, housing minister and presidential hopeful Lindiwe...
Road to recovery The Government of the Turks & Caicos says the country is on the road to recovery nearly 2 weeks after it was hit...
Thousands took to the streets of Haiti’s capital Wednesday to demand President Jovenel Moïse step down following the publication of a national budget viewed as unfavorable...
(Press Release) – Baltimore | The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the original civil rights organization in the United States, yesterday filed...
AP | Hurricane Maria intensified into a dangerous Category 5 storm and pounded the island-nation of Dominica as it surged into the eastern Caribbean on Monday...
(Black PR Wire) Washington, D.C. – The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) continues to express concern and extends offers of support as Hurricanes Irma and...
(AFP) – Tropical Storm Maria became a hurricane Sunday as it headed toward the storm-staggered eastern Caribbean with 120 km/h (75 mph) winds, the US National...
(Reuters) – Protesters took to the streets in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, angered by government tax hikes that come at a time when foreign aid is declining....
The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has announced support for its borrowing member countries (BMCs) affected by Hurricane Irma as well as the Caribbean Disaster Emergency...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders met in special emergency session during the weekend to discuss the impact of Hurricanes Irma and Jose on the region, have expressed...
Recovery will take months, if not years – Browne (AP) Nearly every building on the island of Barbuda was damaged when the eye of the storm...
By Luanda Mpungose In the age of Western powers reorganizing their priorities in the global arena, along with their diminishing relative economic and political weight, the...
(AP) – Hurricane Irma roared into the Caribbean with record force early Wednesday, its 295 km/h (185 mph) winds shaking homes and flooding buildings on a...
The government of Antigua & Barbuda has hinted at the possibility of imposing a curfew during the passage of Hurricane Irma expected to impact the twin-island...
Two of Africa’s leading economies say they have emerged from recession. Nigeria and South Africa on Tuesday released figures showing economic growth in the second quarter...
Trinidad & Tobago’s Prime Minister Keith Rowley has urged the citizens of twin-island nation to be “focused and fearless” as the country seeks to implement progressive...
South Africa’s parliament will next week debate a proposal for early national elections tabled by the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), the party said on Thursday. The...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 occurred south east of St. Vincent on Tuesday, the Trinidad & Tobago-based Seismic Research Center of the St. Augustine...
Kenyans producing, selling or even using plastic bags will risk fines of up to US$40,000 from Monday, as the world’s toughest law aimed at reducing plastic...
Angola’s ruling party (MPLA) has won the national election but lost ground to the opposition, the electoral commission said Friday, as the oil-rich nation faces a...
The Seismic Research Center at the University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine campus, says an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 was recorded to...
Angolans on Thursday awaited results from an election to chose a successor to long serving president José Eduardo dos Santos, who is set to step down....
(Press Release) – HOPE CEO William Bynum, who for more than 30 years has fought against entrenched poverty and pursued economic equity and justice in the...
The Jamaica government revealed late last week that it is moving to clear all criminal charges against Marcus Garvey, whose 130th birthday was celebrated earlier last...
The first meeting of Nigeria’s cabinet since the return of President Muhammadu Buhari from three months of medical leave has been canceled, his spokesman said on...