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...
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...