Nigerian tech company Cellulant, has been awarded a contract, by Afghanistan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock to establish market-based input distribution technology. The aim is...
Angola goes to the polls, tomorrow – August 23 – and the ruling People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) is fielding a candidate to...
Dick Gregory, the comedian and activist and who broke racial barriers in the 1960s and used his humor to spread messages of social justice and nutritional...
Buhari to address the nation, Monday Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has returned from 3 months of medical leave, where he received treatment for an unspecified ailment....
The African Regional Center of the New Development Bank (NDB) – formerly referred to as the BRICS Development Bank – has been launched today, August 17,...
Angola’s UNITA is willing to form a coalition government with other opposition parties after elections next Wednesday if the ruling MPLA party loses power for the...
Some St. Louis, Missouri hotels are losing meetings because of a travel advisory issued by the NAACP over concerns about a state law that rolls back...
Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma has called for unity as the country faces one of the worst natural disasters to hit the capital Freetown. In...
Merck & Co Inc. CEO Kenneth C. Frazier resigned from U.S. President Donald Trump’s American Manufacturing Council on Monday, saying he was taking a stand against...
Kenya’s election commission announced Friday that President Uhuru Kenyatta has won a second term as opposition candidate Raila Odinga claimed the vote was flawed. The commission...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders Tuesday held “varied and robust views” on the ongoing political situation in Venezuela during a 3-hour meeting. No official statement has been...
Outlaw becomes the first African American woman to head the Portland police department Danielle Outlaw – a woman with 19 years of experience at the Oakland,...
Kenyans began voting Tuesday in a tightly contested presidential election as incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta faces veteran opposition challenger Raila Odinga. Voters formed long lines at...
Voter in Rwandan cast their ballots in presidential and general elections Friday in a contest that pits incumbent President Paul Kagame and his Rwanda Patriotic Front...
The woman who will decide whether to allow a secret ballot that could oust South African President Jacob Zuma was quoted on Thursday saying she would...
A new exhibition is seeking to ignite a painful conversation in the United States about “racial terror” from the past by shedding light on the lynching...
Nigeria’s upper house of parliament backed a series of constitutional amendments on Wednesday that could weaken the presidency and boost the legislature. The head of the...
The Congressional Black Caucus – the political organization made up of the African American members of the United States Congress – has called for the resignation...
A South African girl has become the 3rd child to beat the AIDS virus into long-term remission — almost 9 years and counting – after receiving...
(Press Release) – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) – , the oldest and largest nonpartisan civil rights organization in the United...
Hall becomes the first female to serve as Dallas police chief Detroit Deputy Chief, Ulysha Renee Hall, has been named as the new head of the...
More than 60 African National Congress (ANC) party members in South Africa’s parliament will back a no-confidence vote against President Jacob Zuma if the ballot is...
Zambian media say 93-year-old Kenneth Kaunda, the country’s independence leader and former president, is hospitalized. State broadcaster ZNBC reported Wednesday that Kaunda was admitted Tuesday evening...
With PLP victory, David Burt, 38 set to become Bermuda’s youngest premier The Progressive Labor Party (PLP) last night soared to a landslide victory in yesterday’s...
The newly elected Minnis administration in the Bahamas has revealed that it will be moving expeditiously to address the fiscal situation in the wake of a...
Army to replace departing UN Stabilization Mission After 2 decades with no army, Haiti has announced plans to rebuild its military to handle disasters and smuggling....
South Africa’s Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba laid out an ambitious 14-point program on Thursday to wrench the economy out of recession that included the sale of...
South Africa’s agricultural department confirmed on Wednesday 2 more outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu have been detected on commercial layer farms in the provinces...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders began their 38th annual summit in Grenada on Tuesday night underscoring the importance of closer collaboration in a changing global environment and...
Haiti could stem its 7-year-long cholera epidemic by the end of 2018 as the number of reported cases has dropped sharply, government said. The health ministry...
South Africa’s parliamentary speaker has said that lawmakers will vote on a motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma on August 8. The vote on...
Indiana’s state health commissioner Dr. Jerome Adams has been nominated to be the next surgeon general of the United States. Adams, 42, has been an advocate...
Retired Jamaican army chief Major General Stewart Saunders has been appointed national security adviser for St Kitts & Nevis, according to an official statement issued in...
Former Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller is to be named Honorary Distinguished Fellow of The University of the West Indies (UWI), the regional tertiary-level institution announced...
“I believe that what Africa does with agriculture and how it does it is not only important for Africa but it is important for how we...
South Africa has banned the sale of live hens throughout the country in a bid to control an outbreak of highly contagious H5N8 bird flu, but...
(Press Release) – Four graduating high school seniors were earlier this month selected by the Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS) to receive the 2017...
Botswana’s former president Sir Ketumile Masire, the southern African country’s 2nd post-independence leader and who led efforts to bring peace to neighboring Mozambique, has died aged...
South Africa’s highest court on Thursday ruled that lawmakers can cast secret ballots in a no-confidence vote in President Jacob Zuma, who is facing mounting criticism...
(Press Release) – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP_ – the oldest and largest national civil rights organization in the United States...
Trinidad & Tobago continues to clean up after being spared the full brunt of Tropical Storm Bret, the first named weather system of the 2017 Atlantic...
Officials assessing damage Tropical Storm Bret was expected to dump heavy rain over Trinidad & Tobago and the southeastern Caribbean late Monday as it moved west...
The nomination of candidates for Liberia’s presidential and general elections commenced Monday, in an exercise expected to end on July 11. Voters in Liberia go to...
(Press Release) – Jamaican authorities are worried about the treatment of their nationals seeking to live and work in sister Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states. So...
Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency is investigating the speaker of the lower chamber of parliament, according to a document seen by reporters on Monday, part of a campaign...
Kenya has seized 6 men suspected of planning a terror attack sponsored by the al-Shabaab militant group from neighboring Somalia, the head of Kenyan police said...
South Africa’s economy unexpectedly contracted in the first quarter of this year, pushing the continent’s 2nd largest economy into its first recession since 2009, according to...
Tanzania aims to better protect its city dwellers from floods and other climate-related threats through an urban resilience program launched this week. The initiative comes as...
BP Trinidad & Tobago (BPTT) has confirmed the discovery of 2 trillion cubic feet of gas in the Savannah and Macadamia exploration wells off Trinidad’s south-east...
Former president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Benjamin Jealous announced that he is running for governor of Maryland....
South African President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday he would not oppose an investigation into allegations that he and some allies in the ruling African National...
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) said on Monday its executive committee stood by embattled president Jacob Zuma after some top officials demanded his resignation,...
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has announced that it will will be parting ways with its president – as the biggest...
The results of an autopsy of former Haitian President René Préval showed the leader died in March after a heart irregularity cut off his ability to...
(Press Release) – The strength of the regional integration movement provides a solid platform upon which the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) can build its resilience within a...
Former Bahamian Prime Minister Perry Christie has resigned as leader of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP). Christie made the announcement late Monday in an address at...
The Trinidad & Tobago-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has made amendments to the court’s rules in its Original and Appellate Jurisdictions. The CCJ announced last...
(Press Release) – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) released the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Justice’s decision to promote...
Christie concedes defeat The Bahamas voted in a new leader Wednesday, with Hubert Minnis and his Free National Movement (FNM) party, beating scandal-tainted incumbent Perry Christie...
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says the number of suspected cholera cases reported in Haiti, up to April 8, 2017, has decreased when compared to...
Length of Buhari’s absence to be determined by doctors Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is on leave to undergo further medical tests. According to his office, he...
The family of a black 15-year-old shot and killed by a white suburban Dallas police officer has sued the officer and his department, accusing the department...
Former U.S. President Barack Obama has unveiled the vision for his presidential library in Chicago, a modern, US$500 million project he hopes will be a training...
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has failed to arrive for a weekly cabinet meeting on Wednesday, increasing speculation that his health may be worse than officials are...
(Black PR Wire – Press Release) April Ryan has been selected as the 2017 Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ)....
A court in Burkina Faso on Thursday last week postponed the trial of former leader Blaise Compaore and his cabinet for their alleged role in killing...
Ailing president needs more rest and health tests Nigeria’s ailing President Muhammadu Buhari, who had nearly 2 month’s medical treatment earlier this year, should take medical...
South African President Jacob Zuma quit a May Day rally on Monday after the crowd of workers that he was due to address became rowdy, with...
Caribbean governments owe the University of the West Indies (UWI) more than US$100 million and as a result the regional tertiary institution says it is “very...
Veteran politician and former prime minister, Raila Odinga will represent Kenya’s opposition alliance in the presidential election in August – his 4th time as a presidential...
Eduardo dos Santos set to set down as president of Angola Angola’s cabinet said on Monday that elections will be held on August 23 to choose...
Guyana’s Minister of State Joseph Harmon has confirmed reports that the police are now investigating an assassination plot against the country’s president David Granger. During a...
Sections of the twin-island republic were rocked by an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.7, late Saturday. According to the Seismic Research Center at the University...
Three African countries are set to test the world’s first malaria vaccine, the World Health Organization announced Monday. Ghana, Kenya and Malawi will begin piloting the...
Following a series of earthquakes felt in Antigua & Barbuda, and as far away as St. Kitts & Nevis and Guadeloupe, the University of the West...
Two of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s chief rivals said on Wednesday they were allying to deny the incumbent and his ruling ZANU PF party, another term...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 rocked St Kitts & Nevis early Monday morning. According to the Trinidad & Tobago-based Seismic Research Unit, the tremor...
Quallo becomes new police chief following former boss’ abrupt resignation George Quallo has been named Jamaica’s new Commissioner of Police. His appointment is effective, April 18....
Prime Minister Gaston Browne and his administration in Antigua & Barbuda, Wednesday formally launched “strong objections” with the State of Illinois in the United States which...
Gambians go to the polls on April 6 to vote for members of parliament in the first legislative election since Adama Barrow became president earlier this...
Country’s credit rating downgraded to ‘junk status’ South Africa’s largest trade union and ally to the ruling African National Congress (ANC) – the Congress of South...
Guyana’s President David Granger has reiterated his administration’s commitment to the development of the country’s oil and gas sector, promising that there will be an atmosphere...
Zuma faces backlash South African President Jacob Zuma faced a widening public backlash from senior members of his ruling African National Congress (ANC) party – including...
Zuma faces a rebellion within the ANC South African President Jacob Zuma faces a rebellion within his own party – the African National Congress (ANC) –...
Roger Wilkins, a historian, journalist and activist who held a key civil rights post in President Lyndon Johnson’s administration and helped The Washington Post win a...
A jury in Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) on Tuesday acquitted former first lady Simone Gbagbo of crimes against humanity during the 2010-11 post-election crisis in a...
Health insurance to be available to all Grenadians The Mitchell administration in Grenada is on track to introducing a National Health Insurance scheme by the end...
South African Anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada, who spent 26 years in jail – many of them alongside Nelson Mandela – for working to end South Africa’s...
Portia Simpson-Miller steps down as party leader Peter Phillips has become the new president of Jamaica’s opposition People’s National Party (PNP). Delegates of the 79-year-old political...
Black members of Congress are calling for the U.S. Justice Department to help police investigate a large number of missing children in Washington, D.C. The District...
Zambia has launched public hearings to obtain views from citizens regarding the country’s membership to the International Criminal Court (ICC), according to a senior government official....
The Habari Network Editorial Board Toronto/Washington/Addis Ababa: Over the next 5-year period, there’s a chance that a road will run from Boma, in central South Sudan,...
Authorities in Ghana have closed the popular tourist destination of Kintampo Falls after 20 people died in a tree fall tragedy, officials said Monday. A group...
An earthquake with a 4.9 magnitude rocked Trinidad & Tobago on Monday, there have been no immediate reports of injuries or damage. According to the Seismic...
Pope Francis on Monday begged for God’s forgiveness for “the sins and failings of the Church and its members” implicated in the 1994 Rwanda genocide that...
The Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has revealed that the peacekeeping mission in Haiti will be coming to an end – after 13...
Hoped that budget would help pull COUNTRY out of recession Nigerian lawmakers are working to pass the 2017 budget by the end of March, the president of...
South African anti-apartheid veteran Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, former wife of the late president and icon, Nelson Mandela, has been admitted to hospital for observation, a statement from...
Guyana’s former president Bharrat Jagdeo was among several high profile members of the main opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) arrested on Tuesday as police continued their...
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said on Monday the country had run out of excuses for failing to end poverty and corruption, 60 years after it became...
limited financing alternatives, low international reserves blamed for downgrade The Barbados government says it regrets the decision by the international ratings agency, Standard and Poor’s (S&P)...
If nomination approved, Mandisa Maya will become the first female president of the court. South African President Jacob Zuma on Monday nominated Mandisa Maya to become...
The head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) says he met with U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions over concerns that recent...
No quick fixes Somalia’s new President, Mohamed Abdullahi “Farmajo”, has been inaugurated in the capital Mogadishu, promising to restore dignity to the troubled Horn of Africa...
A provincial court in South African on Wednesday ruled the government’s plan to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) was “unconstitutional”. The ICC has been...
Former Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaore is likely to face trial in March for his part in the violent crackdown on the 2014 popular uprising that...
Moïse to name successor after consulting with parliament leadership Haiti’s interim Prime Minister Enex Jean-Charles has submitted his letter of resignation to President, Jovenel Moïse allowing...
A West African military operation that pressured Gambia’s long-time leader, Yahya Jammeh, to step down and leave the country has had its mandate extended by 3...
Somalia’s former Prime Minister Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo was yesterday elected President. The 55-year-old father of 4, was elected after a 6-month voting process. As president, Farmajo...
Jovenel Moïse was sworn in Tuesday as Haiti’s president for the next 5 years after a bruising 2-year election cycle, inheriting a struggling economy and a...
Haiti’s President-elect Jovenel Moïse is set to be be inaugurated Tuesday. The 48-year-old entrepreneur who has never held political office was the hand-picked candidate of former...
Simpson-Miller stepping down after serving as PNP president for 11 years The leader of the Jamaica’s main opposition People’s National Party (PNP), former Prime Minister Portia...
Angola’s long serving president, José Eduardo dos Santos has announcing an end to term in office, saying Friday he will not run again in this year’s...
ICC has focused too narrowly on Africa African leaders on Tuesday adopted a strategy calling for a collective withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC). The...
Chad’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has been named the new African Union (AU) Commission chairperson, beating 4 others to succeed South Africa’s Nkosazana...
African Union leaders are meeting in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Monday for a 2 day summit in a bid to vote for a new...
Gambia’s president Adama Barrow returned home on Thursday, solidifying his position as the country’s first new commander in chief. Gambians have waited eagerly for Barrow’s return....
“We will rout our adversaries and put them to flight” Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart says his Democratic Labor Party (DLP) will win the next general...
By Prince Paa-Kwesi Heto Editor’s Note: This article was posted precisely 4 hours and 17 minutes after Donald Trump was sworn in as 45th President of the...
Embattled former Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh has agreed to cede power to the country’s newly inaugurated leader, a Senegalese government official confirmed late Friday. Final arrangements...
Haiti’s President-elect Jovenel Moïse has confirmed that he had invited former coup leader and army general Henry Namphy to his inauguration on February 7. Namphy had...
Adama Barrow was sworn into office Thursday at the Gambian Embassy in neighboring country of Senegal. “This is a day no Gambian will ever forget in a lifetime,”...
The Outgoing U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, in her farewell speech as head of the Justice Department, praised the work of the Obama administration to advance...
Nigerian and other West African countries are preparing a joint force to intervene militarily in Gambia if President Yahya Jammeh does not hand over power, a...
West African army chiefs met in Abuja, Nigeria at the weekend in preparation for a possible military intervention in The Gambia. President Yahya Jammeh’s tenure ends...
By Stephen Lande Washington, DC | When Stephen Hayes called to say that the Board had finally found a replacement for him as chief executive at...
Nigeria should consider giving asylum to The Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh as a way of ending the political crisis in his country, lawmakers said on Thursday....
The future should be ours, declares Obama in emotional farewell address U.S. President Barack Obama bid farewell to the nation Tuesday in an emotional speech that...
Ghana’s newly elected President Nana Akufo-Addo was inaugurated into office Saturday in a ceremony attended by a number of African leaders, including the country’s past presidents....
The Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has congratulated Haiti’s President-elect Jovenel Moïse, who was this week declared winner of the country’s...
Jovenel Moïse has been confirmed winner of Haiti’s presidential elections with 55.6 percent of the first round vote held on November 20, according to official results...
In May 2017, star architect David Adjaye will receive the Knight Bachelor award from Queen Elizabeth II, and will henceforth be referred to as Sir David...
The Office of the National Electoral Litigation (Electoral Court) in Haiti on Monday ruled that while there had been irregularities in the tabulation of votes cast...
Guyana is set to assume the chairmanship of the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping with President David Granger saying that 2017 holds great promise for the...
U.S. President Barack Obama will deliver a farewell address on January 10 to reflect on his time in office and say thank you to his supporters,...
Electoral officials in Haiti have delayed the publication of the final, certified results of last month’s disputed presidential election. Electoral officials announced late Wednesday night that...
U.S. President Barack Obama has imposed sanctions on Russian officials and intelligence services in retaliation for Russia’s interference in the U.S. presidential election by hacking American...
Regional Powers may intervene West Africa’s regional bloc – the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) – has put standby forces on alert in case...
South Africa’s embattled president, Jacob Zuma vowed Wednesday that he will not resign. Zuma, who has faced repeated calls to step down from office amid questions...
The Haitian Electoral Court early this week ordered a review of the preliminary results of the November 20 presidential elections, handing a lifeline to 3 political...
U.S. President Barack Obama has pardoned 78 people and shortened the sentence of 153 others convicted of federal crimes, the greatest number of individual clemencies in...
Ethiopia’s infrastructure boom continues as massive hydro dam is launched. Ethiopia has officially opened the Gibe 3 hydro-electric dam – which is among the biggest in...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said on Saturday it would take all necessary actions to uphold the result of a December 1 election...
“Most challenging economic situation” in Nigeria’s history Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari proposed Wednesday a multi-billion dollar jump in spending designed to lift the nation out of...
(Press Release) – The Youth and College division of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is hosting a gathering of youth activists...
ECOWAS may “contemplate more draconian decisions” if no agreement with Jammeh Four African heads of state have landed in The Gambia on Tuesday with a mission...
Mahama concedes defeat with phone call to opponent Ghana’s longtime opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo won the presidency late Friday on his 3rd run for the office,...
Mahama to respect election results no matter the outcome Ghana’s president says he will respect the election results as local media predict his challenger, opposition leader...
Canada’s Finance Minister says Viola Desmond will appear on Canada’s new CAD$10 banknote. Viola Desmond, often described as Canada’s Rosa Parks for her 1946 decision to...
Voters in Ghana continue to wait for the a nail-biting presidential election, with no clear favorite emerging from the early provisional results. The high-stakes race between...
No immediate reports of injuries or damages. An powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 rocked Trinidad & Tobago on Tuesday evening sending people into the...
Gambia’s transition period is 60 days Gambia’s defeated President Yahya Jammeh remains in the country and will hand over power to president-elect Adama Barrow in January...
Simpson-Miller had served as Jamaica’s Prime Minister on two occasions Less than a year after she led the People’s National Party (PNP) into defeat in the...
Jammeh concedes defeat – to address the nation Gambia’s opposition candidate Adama Barrow has defeated longtime president Yahya Jammeh in the West African country’s presidential vote,...
The out-going United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has apologized for the organization not doing enough to contain the spread of a cholera outbreak in Haiti, but...
Haitian President-elect Jovenel Moïse, said Tuesday that he is looking forward to the challenge of building consensus with lawmakers and helping fix a political culture perpetually...
South African President Jacob Zuma survived an attempt to oust him from office after a “robust” and “difficult” debate within the ruling African National Congress (ANC)...
Zuma under renewed pressure to step down At least 3 South African ministers have called for President Jacob Zuma to resign, local media reported Monday, in...
Changes rejected in referendum include CCJ Grenadians Thursday voted overwhelmingly to reject 7 pieces of legislation that would have reformed the constitution the island-nation received when...
Voters in Grenada are taking place in a referendum to amend the country’s constitution. The Mitchell administration has proposed 7 bills to be voted upon which...
Voters in Haiti continue to await the results of Sunday’s presidential and legislative general as electoral officials work to tabulate the paper ballots cast. Despite an...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 rocked southern Trinidad & Tobago on Sunday night, the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Center (SRC) of the University of the...
Haiti’s presidential election finally went off relatively smoothly Sunday after nearly a year of being led by a provisional government. Polls closed late in the afternoon,...
Lungu’s decision demonstrates a ‘commitment to austerity measures’ Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu has taken a 50 percent pay cut as part of his administration’s austerity measures....
Kenya said on Wednesday it had to agreed delay the closure of a teeming Somali refugee camp that it sees as a security risk – to...
U.S. journalist Gwen Ifill, who co-anchored “The PBS NewsHour,” wrote a best-seller about U.S. President Barack Obama and moderated 2 vice presidential election debates, died on...
Haiti was rattled on Saturday by an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 but there were no reports of deaths of injuries. The US Geological Survey...
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma easily survived a no-confidence vote in parliament Thursday as members of his ruling African National Congress (ANC) party ignored calls from...
South Africa’s parliament is debating a motion to remove President Jacob Zuma because of a series of scandals, including possible government corruption linked to the president...
New Constitution – a promise of peace Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire) President Alassane Ouattara on Tuesday signed into law a new constitution that was overwhelmingly approved...
No-confidence motion “has no chance of succeeding” A motion of no confidence in South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma “has no chance of succeeding” when parliament votes...
ICC bias against Africans Two parties in the Republic of Congo’s ruling coalition petitioned the government late on Thursday to withdraw from the International Criminal Court...
South Africa’s biggest opposition party – the Democratic Alliance (DA) – said Thursday that it is pushing for a parliamentary vote to remove President Jacob Zuma...
Report must be released A potentially explosive report into corruption allegations against President Jacob Zuma must be released Wednesday, a South African court ruled, after his...
South African prosecutors have withdrawn fraud charges against Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, marking a significant victory in his tug of war with President Jacob Zuma over...
Mass pullout anticipated from the ICC anticipated, as Gambia withdraws A 3rd African country, Gambia, says it will leave the International Criminal Court (ICC) as fears...
The United Nations (U.N.) has revealed that it is looking to raise US$200 million from member states to compensate the families of people who have died...
The majority of people in Antigua & Barbuda supports the country replacing the London-based Privy Council with the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as its final...
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, has commuted all death sentences in the east African country to life jail terms on Monday, removing 2,747 convicts from death row...
Instrument of Withdrawal letter to be submitted to U.N. Secretary General South Africa will withdraw from the Hague-based International Criminal Court, media reports in Johannesburg said...
An earthquake with a recorded 5.5 magnitude rocked several Caribbean islands on Tuesday evening but there were no immediate reports of injuries or death, the Trinidad...
Under terms of deal, Kabila to hand over office to new president on May 9, 2018 Participants in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s “national dialogue” agreed...
Elections were postponed in the wake of Hurricane Matthew’s destruction The long delayed presidential and legislative elections in Haiti will be held on November 20 following...
Will Grenada ditch Privy Council in favor of regional CCJ? Grenada will vote in a referendum for a new constitution on October 27 this year with...
The University of Ghana will remove a statue of Mahatma Gandhi from its main campus because of his past racist comments. A group of faculty and...
South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on Wednesday told President Jacob Zuma’s lawyers to argue their case against the reinstatement of corruption charges against him...
Current electoral system excludes many voters Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said Tuesday his administration wants to reform an electoral system that has excluded many, and...
A fleet of shiny new trains on Wednesday began plying a new route from the Ethiopian capital to Djibouti, in a major boost to both economies....
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency readies regional response teams The Barbados-based Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), says it placed a number of regional response teams...
Buhari had pledged to sell off the jets as part of his campaign promise to reduce on waste Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is selling 2 presidential...
Matthew batters Haiti Hurricane Matthew made landfall in southwestern Haiti early Tuesday, crashing ashore as a powerful Category 4 storm. According to the U.S. National Hurricane...
An extremely dangerous Hurricane Matthew moved slowly over the Caribbean on Sunday night, following a track that authorities warned could trigger devastating floods in parts of...
Michel steps down after change in law – term limits to presidency reduced from 3 to 2 5-year terms. Seychelles President James Michel announced Tuesday he...
Police killings of black people in the United States are reminiscent of lynchings and the government must do far more to protect them, a United Nations...
U.S. President Barack Obama hailed Saturday the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, a long-awaited testament to black suffering...
“Trade not Aid” for Africa narrative gains traction While there may still be conflicts, poverty and disease in Africa, U.S. President Barack Obama says the broader...
Obama uses his last appearance before the U.N. to define how his leadership has put the world on a better trajectory. U.S. President Barack Obama conceded...
United Nations (U.N.) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday expressed regret for sexual abuse by U.N. peacekeepers in Central African Republic and an outbreak of cholera in...
Former Prime Minister retains party presidency after a landslide victory. Jamaica’s main opposition party – the People’s National Party (PNP) – on Saturday returned Portia Simpson-Miller...
Ghana’s President John Mahama outlined on Tuesday the ruling party’s plans for the next 4 years in a bid to establish policy credibility ahead of what...