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...
Lungu facing challenge to repair economy in his second and final term. Zambian President Edgar Lungu, has been inaugurated earlier today after his narrow re-election last...
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has taken out a home loan to repay state money spent on non-security upgrades to his private residence, his office said...
Dallas police Chief David Brown is retiring, bringing an end to a tenure marked by police unions that at one time demanded his resignation and by...
Members of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) chanted slogans outside its headquarters earlier this week demanding that President Jacob Zuma step down in a...
South African anti-apartheid hero Desmond Tutu will have surgery on Wednesday to relieve an infection that has confined him to hospital since last month, his family...
Antigua & Barbuda will vote in a referendum by March 2017 on whether to retain the London-based Privy Council as its final court, even as a...
Nigeria – Africa’s biggest economy is officially in recession. Nigeria released data on Wednesday showing its gross domestic product declined by 2.06 percent in the second...
Kenya is on its way to breaking the devastating cycle of drought, poverty and hunger over the next decade, a leading scientist said as he was...
NAACP marks 53 years since the March on Washington The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) issued the following statement in observance of...
Ping seeking to ‘break’ Bongo dynasty Gabon’s most prominent opposition candidate said Sunday that early results show he will win this central African country’s presidential election,...
South African anti-apartheid campaigner, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has admitted himself to a Cape Town hospital for treatment of a recurring infection, according to his family...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 rattled 3 Caribbean islands on Friday, but there were no immediate reports of damages or injuries. The Trinidad &...
Nigeria’s military says it believes an air strike has fatally wounded Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau and other commanders of the homegrown al-Qaeda-linked movement. Boko Haram...
Once project is completed, the bridge will provide easier access and increased trade. The Harris administration in St. Kitts & Nevis is in the process of...
The U.N. continues to claim diplomatic immunity – but admits role in introducing cholera to Haiti. The United Nations (U.N.) has admitted – for the first...
Ali Bongo widely expected to be re-elected president. Gabon’s main opposition parties have chosen former Foreign Affairs minister Jean Ping as their candidate in the forthcoming...
Lungu narrowly avoids an election run-off with a slim majority. Zambia’s president has been re-elected in a closely contested vote, the country’s election panel said Monday....
Goodluck Jonathan seen to have the credibility and gravitas to head AU election observer mission to Zambia The African Union (AU) late last week appointed former...
Former NBA star and current owner of the Charlotte Hornets, Michael Jordan gives the African American museum a US$5 million boost. Michael Jordan has made another...
By Dennis Matanda, Ryan Elcock & Emmanuel Musaazi | The Habari Network In Part 1 of this series, we started on an alarmist note; we introduced...
A multinational task force battling the al-Qaeda-linked-Boko Haram said on Thursday it had recaptured the only town in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state that was still held...
Security forces have arrested a regional leader of al-Qaeda-linked Islamist group Ansar Dine in central Mali on Tuesday, after it claimed an attack in the region...
Jordan: I can no longer stay silent on on the shootings of African Americans and the targeting of police officers. Basketball icon and entrepreneur Michael Jordan,...
Outgoing Chairperson Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigns amid Wikileaks email scandal Donna Brazile has assumed the role of Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair following the resignation of...
Incumbent John Dramani Mahama will face Nana Akufo-Addo in the coming presidential elections. Ghana will hold its presidential election on December 7, after parliament voted against...
The initial state of emergency was imposed by the Keita administration after al-Qaeda-linked terrorists attacked the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako in November last year. Mali...
By Stephen Lande & Dennis Matanda Washington, DC | July 18, 2016 In preparing this paper, Stephen Lande and Dennis Matanda leverage their extensive first-hand experience...
It is hoped that Rowley’s visit to Jamaica will resolve the differences between the two biggest economies in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Trinidad & Tobago Prime...
Morocco has opted to return to the African Union. The African Union – which replaced the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in 2001 – includes all...
The Bahamas has issued a travel advisory for any of its citizens visiting the United States, recommending that young men in particular take care in cities...
South Africa’s anti-corruption watchdog said on Thursday it will receive additional funds to investigate whether President Jacob Zuma allowed the wealthy Gupta family to make government...
A Minnesota officer fatally shot a man in a car with a woman and a child, an official said, and authorities are looking into whether the...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) late last month released an online tool that enables anyone in the world to see at a glance how the institution’s...
Patrick Manning, a geologist who led the resource-rich Caribbean nation of Trinidad & Tobago as prime minister through a boom in its petrochemical sector until his...
A “significant” amount of oil and gas has been discovered in a second oil well located offshore Guyana. According to a statement by the Exxon Mobil...
Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness has dismissed any speculation that Jamaica is preparing to pull out of the regional economic bloc – the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)....
Nigeria’s army on Sunday said it had freed more than 5,000 people held by the al-Qaeda-linked group Boko Haram during an operation over the weekend in...
The Grenada Parliament yesterday approved legislation for the island-nation to replace the London-based privy Council with the Trinidad & Tobago-based Caribbean Court of Justice as its...
The initiative will greatly improve and increase intra-African trade. Africa’s leaders are working on a plan to turn the continent into one of “seamless borders” with...
The leadership of the Haitian parliament initiated consultations with the government as legislators failed to vote on whether or not to extend the term of Interim...
Chad’s former ruler Hissène Habré has appealed against his conviction for crimes against humanity and war crimes, a spokesman for the Special African Chamber that conducted...
The main Opposition United Workers Party (UWP) led by Allen Chastanet has won Monday’s general election denying Prime Minister Kenny Anthony an opportunity of leading his...
The Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Irwin LaRocque late last week stressed that the regional grouping is unwavering in its determination to preserve Guyana’s...
Muhammad Ali, the record-setting world heavyweight champion whose personality transcended sports, has died at the age of 74. Ali’s death was confirmed in a statement issued by...
Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) President Alassane Ouattara has taken a step toward drawing up a new constitution and scrapping a nationality clause which was one of...
A special court in Senegal sentenced former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré to life in prison on Monday for war crimes, crimes against humanity and a litany...
Police in Kenya said on Wednesday they had arrested 2 people linked to Islamic State who were planning to launch an attack, seizing bomb-making materials. The...
Federal laws will no longer include outdated and offensive terms used to describe minority groups. U.S. President Barack Obama signed a bill striking the several terms,...
South African President Jacob Zuma is appealing against a court ruling that corruption charges against him should be reinstated, his office said. “The President believes that...
A leading anti-slavery campaigner in Mauritania said on Wednesday he would again run for president, one day after a Supreme Court decision freed him from 18...
By Stephen Lande and Dennis Matanda Washington, DC | May 18, 2016 United States Trade Representative Ambassador Froman should be lauded for his recent suggestion at...
Gambia has agreed to scrap the contested tariff charged on Senegalese commercial trucks thereby ending their border dispute. Gambia’s Foreign Affairs minister Neneh Macdouall-Gaye, announced the...
A former member of the main opposition Barbados Labor Party (BLP) early Friday sided with the government to defeat a motion of no confidence in the...
Kenya has indicated that it will close the Dadaab refugee camp – the world’s largest refugee camp – and is drawing up a timetable to send...
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari said Wednesday that he did not want an apology from British Prime Minister David Cameron for calling his country “fantastically corrupt”, but...
Haiti will officially become a member of the African Union (AU) at the next summit of the regional organization in June. In 2012, Haiti indicated its...
U.S. President Barack Obama has commuted the prison terms of 58 non-violent drug offenders, nearly a third of whom were serving life sentences, the White House...
Jamaica’s National Security Minister Robert Montague has disclosed that the new Holness administration is exploring the possibility of bringing back the death penalty. According to Montague,...
A South African court has ruled that a decision to drop 738 corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma should be reviewed, adding to the leader’s legal...
The Holness administration is looking to assert Jamaica’s role in the Caribbean Community and Single Market (CARICOM). Prime Minister Holness will appoint a commission to review...
South Sudan’s opposition leader Riek Machar was sworn in as first vice president on Tuesday, hours after he returned to the capital of Juba for the...
Former Kenyan first lady Lucy Kibaki, prominent for charities, has died. President Uhuru Kenyatta announced Tuesday that Kibaki, 76, who was affectionately referred to as “Mama...
South Sudan has officially become the sixth member of the East African Community when it signs treaties to join the regional bloc. The signing will set...
Legislators in Jamaica will debate a constitutional amendment that would replace Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II as head of state and make the island-nation a republic. The...
Marcel Alain de Souza of Benin has been named the new President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). de Souza...
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake has hit parts of the Caribbean including Grenada and Trinidad & Tobago. There have been no initial reports of damage or casualties....
A leaked report has revealed that the United Nations (UN) found serious sanitation flaws in its Haiti peacekeeping mission just a month after the deadly cholera...
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma survived an impeachment vote Tuesday after a stormy session of parliament over a court ruling that he had violated the country’s...
Delrish Moss, a Miami police officer with 2 decades of experience dealing with the media and community leaders will take over as police chief in Ferguson,...
A new council has been sworn in to oversee Haiti’s electoral process and organize a twice-postponed runoff vote while a short-term caretaker government is in power....
South African President Jacob Zuma “failed to uphold” the constitution when he did not pay back some of the state funds used to upgrade his private...
Three people were killed and several wounded when an oil pipeline belonging to oil major, ENI exploded during repair works in Nigeria’s southern Delta region, an...
Authorities in Mali have arrested two men believed to be linked to an al-Qaeda attack on a beach resort town in neighboring Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire)...
Enex Jean-Charles – a longtime presidential adviser and administrative law professor has won approval from Haitian lawmakers to take full control of the country as prime...
It shows a third or more of stops and frisks in the first half of 2015 were made without reasonable suspicion. A new report finds evidence...
Haiti’s interim president named a new prime minister after the last one was essentially rejected by parliament in the latest chapter of the country’s political instability....
South African president Jacob Zuma’s leadership of the country appears even more shaky as the Public Protector – the nation’s top anti-corruption watchdog, will approach the...
Elections began in 5 African countries and territories, including Niger, Congo, Benin, Cape Verde and Zanzibar, while Senegal organized a referendum on presidential term limits Sunday....
An exodus of African countries from the International Criminal Court (ICC) is on the horizon following Namibia’s resolution to pull out of the court citing selective...
In a major victory for the Black Lives Matter movement, the prosecutors behind two high-profile police shooting death investigations – Laquan McDonald in Illinois and Tamir...
Haiti’s Interim President Jocelerme Privert has named a new Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) as the country moves towards staging presidential elections. In a television broadcast on...
Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) has become the latest target of a terrorist attack in West Africa claimed by Islamist extremists – linked to al-Qaeda. Armed men...
Angola’s long serving president, José Eduardo dos Santos, said on Friday he intends to step down in 2018 but gave no reason for his decision. Angola,...
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch has asked to not be considered for the Supreme Court vacancy, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday. According to the Department’s...
Benin’s presidential election looks likely to be a second-round runoff between Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou and businessman Patrice Talon, the country’s electoral commission indicated on Tuesday....
Barbados and St. Lucia are proceeding with the negotiation and conclusion of an agreement aimed at establishing an agreement on maritime boundaries between the 2 Caribbean...
Benin began counting votes after an election on Sunday to choose a successor to President Thomas Boni Yayi, who is stepping down after 2 terms, leaving...
Jamaica Labor Party leader Andrew Michael Holness became his island-nation’s newest prime minister on Thursday, promising to build partnerships to help Jamaica become the “center of...
Jamaica Labor Party leader Andrew Holness will be sworn in as his Caribbean nation’s newest prime minister on Thursday. The swearing-in ceremony will take place at...
Tens of thousands of Nigerian fishermen and farmers are suing multinational oil giant Shell in 2 new lawsuits filed Wednesday in a London High Court, alleging...
Guyana has stepping in to host the Caribbean Community and Common Market’s (CARICOM) annual summit next in July because Dominica is still reeling from the impact...
Haiti’s interim leader Jocelerme Privert named Fritz-Alphonse Jean – a former Central Bank governor as interim prime minister to help pull the country out of a...
It is highly likely that the incoming prime minister Andrew Holness and his Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) will continue with the current economic program with the...
Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller’s People’s National Party had been predicted to win. Andrew Holness and his opposition Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) narrowly won parliamentary elections Thursday....
Incumbent Jamaican prime minister Portia Simpson-Miller, her ruling People’s National Party (PNP) and opposition leader Andrew Holness and his Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) have wrapped up...
U.S. President Barack Obama is expected Tuesday to make a final push to close the controversial U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, hoping to honor a...
Central African Republic presidential candidate Anicet George Dologuele has said he will accept the results of the presidential election runoff of February 14. At a press...
U.S. President Barack Obama will pay a historic visit to Cuba on March 21 and 22, senior Obama administration officials said Wednesday, becoming the first president...
Officials are counting ballots in the Central African Republic capital, Bangui. The country went ahead with a presidential run-off election Sunday that many hope will solidify...
The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday announced a civil rights lawsuit against Ferguson, Missouri, over unconstitutional policing. U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced the federal...
A Texas legal panel voted on Monday to disbar a former prosecutor for sending an innocent man – an African American man – to death row...
U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law Monday a measure aimed at expanding electricity to millions of households in sub-Saharan Africa, a measure supporters say will...
Michel Martelly made his farewell speech to Haiti as he departed office Sunday with no successor yet chosen because a runoff election was delayed for a...