Police officers leave for peace keeping mission. PHOTO/The New Times A contingent of 160 police officers under the Formed Protection Unit (FPU) left Rwanda, earlier this...
Jamaica’s Prime Minister-designate., Portia Simpson-Miller (Reuters) – Jamaica’s main opposition party rode a wave of discontent with a bad economy to a big win at the...
Portia Simpson-Miller Latest reports suggest that the Portia Simpson-Miller and her People’s National Party (PNP) will win the election. The PNP now has 36 declared constituencies...
Portia Simpson-Miller. PHOTO/File (Reuters) – Jamaica’s ruling party appeared headed for defeat in national elections on Thursday, as the Caribbean country’s leading opposition party capitalized on...
Voting ended in Jamaica on Thursday as Prime Minister Andrew Holness sought a popular mandate to tackle the Caribbean country’s deepening economic woes in a closely...
African Union forces in Somalia have successfully pushed the Islamic militant group Al-Shabaab out of the capital Mogadishu, a commander told CNN Thursday. The African Union...
Following on a US Senate Resolution against Antigua and Barbuda introduced on December 8, 10 United States congressmen introduced a Congressional Resolution on December 23 expressing...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness (L) and Portia Simpson-Miller, the leader of the Opposition People’s National Party. PHOTO/HAMZAOUI/AFP/Getty Images A look at the prime minister candidates for...
Sir Clifford Darling speaks at a previous engagement.Photo/Tim Aylen Sir Clifford Darling, the fourth Bahamian-born Governor-General died at the Princess Margaret Hospital early yesterday morning at...
Attackers threw homemade explosives inside an Islamic school in a predominantly Christian city where some 50 children had gathered for an Arabic class, wounding six pupils...
African American voters. PHOTO/Lynne Sladky/AP The US Department of Justice took an important step in combating the epidemic of Republican vote suppression efforts on Friday. The...
Carl Clark. PHOTO/Adithya Sambamurthy/The Bay Citizen A black Navy veteran credited with saving the lives of some of his shipmates during a World War II battle...
US President Barack Obama and his daughter Malia make their way into the chapel for Christmas service at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN Source:...
A look at recent major attacks in Nigeria attributed to the radical Muslim sect known locally as Boko Haram: December 25: The sect claims responsibility for...
Fighting between a radical Muslim sect and paramilitary forces in Nigeria has killed at least 61 people over several days of violence in the nation’s northeast...
(Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell’s Nigerian oil spill, the largest in the African nation since 1998, highlights the different world responses to oil spills. Nigerian authorities...
African American women soldiers salute while the national anthem is played at the U.S. Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan./AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus Black women are enlisting in...
Somali officials said Friday they are pleading with U.S. authorities to persuade banks to reconsider a decision to block money transfers from Minnesota’s Somali community to...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File Christmas is only a couple of days away, and this week the Obama administration delivered a last-minute Christmas present to all...
A court in Ethiopia convicted two Swedish journalists Wednesday of supporting terrorism after the pair illegally entered the country with an ethnic Somali rebel group. The...
U.S.President., Barack Obama President Barack Obama is announcing an additional US$113 million in emergency aid to the Horn of Africa, where millions of people in Ethiopia,...
Bank of America agreed to pay US$335 million to resolve allegations that its Countrywide unit engaged in a widespread pattern of discrimination against qualified African-American and...
African-American mayors from across the United States left their tight-knit communities, some with as few as 855 citizens, and traveled across the Atlantic Ocean for a...
87 pieces of Ivory seized by Kenyan officials. PHOTO/File (Reuters) – Kenya seized 727 pieces of ivory in a container destined for Asia, a customs official...
Haiti is seeing a drop in the number of cholera cases as the country settles into its dry season. Dr. Wendy Lai of Doctors Without Borders...
Environmental Damage caused by past oil spill in Nigeria. PHOTO/File An oil leak has caused a production halt at a Shell facility off Nigeria capable of...
Nigeria on Monday launched a communications satellite into space to replace one that failed in 2008, the country’s satellite agency said. The satellite was launched from...
A Somali government minister says 200 troops from Djibouti have arrived in Somalia’s capital to join the African Union (AU) force that helps protect the government...
According to a new and innovative approach to estimating the future growth potential of countries, designed by professors at Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Andrew Holness It’s still too close to call, but it appears that the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) and Andrew Holness have more of...
U.S.President., Barack Obama President Barack Obama, rebuffed by Congress on a yearlong extension of a Social Security payroll tax cut, said Saturday that it would be...
Vegan rap mogul Russell Simmons (pictured), has been named People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ (PETA) Person of the Year. Simmons replaces former president Bill...
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s supreme court confirms President Joseph Kabila’s election victory. Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.
U.S. President Barack Obama AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain President Barack Obama is standing by his award of the Medal of Honor to a Marine in the...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Andrew Holness The Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) and Prime Minister Andrew Holness have surged into the lead, gaining six percentage points in the...
Democratic Republic of Congo opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi’s party called on Wednesday for mass protests to “protect” the victory he claims to have won in disputed...
U.S. Attorney General., Eric Holder. PHOTO/File Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Tuesday entered the turbulent political waters of voting rights, signaling that the Justice...
Oprah Winfrey speaks to the press in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday Dec. 13, 2011. PHOTO/AP / Dieu Nalio Chery Oprah Winfrey’s trip to Haiti included dinner with...
(Reuters) – South Sudan makes its debut for western oil companies, aid organizations and agribusiness this week at a U.S.-backed conference aimed at setting Africa’s newest...
“We’ll give you a gift card for a gun,” is the message African-American ministers in San Diego are giving this holiday season. On December 19, the...
Pushing too hard at international climate change talks might have killed the only treaty regulating carbon emissions, host South Africa said after concluding tense negotiations on...
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan started a five-day trip to Haiti on Sunday, arriving just ahead of fellow Chicagoan Oprah Winfrey as they make separate...
Eager to put the long and divisive Iraq war to rest, President Barack Obama declared Monday “those days are over” with the last American troops heading...
Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain appeared on Fox News Thursday and hinted that he would be busy with both personal and political business over the...
There have been appeals for calm in the Democratic Republic of Congo following the victory of President Joseph Kabila in disputed elections. Main opposition candidate Etienne...
United Nations (U.N.) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Somalia’s seaside capital on Friday, the first visit in years by the U.N.’s top leader to a city...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Andrew Holness (Jamaica Observer) – The Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) has written to Prime Minister Andrew Holness, regarding comments he made about...
Kenyan Soldiers in Somalia. FILE Photo Kenya’s Parliament on Wednesday endorsed the government’s decision to allow the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) to join the African Union...
President Barack Obama raised the threat of a veto Wednesday if Republicans try attaching controversial oil pipeline or other language to a bill renewing payroll tax...
Partial results issued by Congo’s electoral commission overnight make it all but certain that President Joseph Kabila will be declared the winner, setting the stage for...
Regional airline – the Leeward Islands Air Transport‘s (LIAT) pilots all called in sick yesterday, disrupting the carrier’s flights across the Caribbean. “As a result of...
The spokesman for The Democratic Republic of Congo’s election commission said that the body is working to release results of last week’s election before midnight Tuesday...
Haiti President., Michel Martelly Nobel laureate Oscar Arias has advised Haitian President Michel Martelly that it would be an “error” to restore the disbanded army, according...
The United Nations Security Council on Monday slapped additional sanctions on Eritrea for allegedly providing support to armed groups (including the al-Shabaab group) seeking to destabilize...
A new National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) report on the suppression of the black vote refers to recent right-wing political tactics as...
Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that Jamaicans will elect a new government on December 29. Nominations of candidates will take place on December 12....
Zambia has dismissed an international rights group’s call for the arrest on torture charges of former President George W. Bush, who has been touring Africa to...
The Cain Train has come to a stop. Herman Cain suspended his faltering bid for the Republican presidential nomination on Saturday, throwing his staunchly conservative supporters...
Botswana has retained its position as the least corrupt nation in Africa, according to the 2011 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released in Berlin, Germany, by the...
CMC – Transparency International’s 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) on Thursday ranked Barbados as the least corrupt country in the region. A report released by the...
North Sudan’s defense minister faces International Criminal Court (ICC) charges for crimes against humanity and war crimes in the country’s war-torn region of Darfur, the court...
Luis Moreno-Ocampo (l) Fatou Bensouda (r) International Criminal Court (ICC) countries agreed to nominate Fatou Bensouda of Gambia, as chief prosecutor for the main war crimes...
He’s plotting an aggressive campaign schedule across several states, but Herman Cain (pictured), has begun to outline a possible exit strategy from the race for the...
The chairman of Jamaica’s ruling party has resigned from the Cabinet over allegations that his ministry has mismanaged a US$400 million road program financed by China....
Angola’s parliament Tuesday approved a law forcing oil companies to use local banks for all their transactions, the country’s official news agency Angola Press said. Angola...
A Jamaican anti-corruption agency opened a probe Tuesday into a troubled government office that is already undergoing an independent review of its alleged mismanagement of a...
Herman Cain Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain’s Iowa campaign chairman said Tuesday the candidate was reassessing his bid for his party’s nomination a day after an...
Dr. Kenny Anthony., incoming Prime Minister of St. Lucia The St. Lucia Labour Party (SLP) came storming back into government in yesterday’s general election, five years...
Nigeria’s Senate voted Tuesday to criminalize gay marriage, instituting prison terms of more than a decade for violations in a nation where gays and lesbians already...
U.S. President.,Barack Obama President Barack Obama said Monday the United States stands ready to do its part to help Europe with its deepening debt crisis, even...
Sudan President., Omar al-Bashir PHOTO/REUTERS A court in Nairobi has issued a warrant requiring that President Kibaki’s government arrest and hand over Sudan leader Omar al...
U.S. President., Barack Obama President Barack Obama is hosting European Union (E.U.) leaders for a summit Monday that is likely to focus on the European debt...
Uganda, Tanzania raise the red flag against Khartoum’s practice of Sharia law, treatment of women. Khartoum’s application to join the East African Community (EAC) was on...
Witnesses and authorities say at least four people died in an apparent attack on a northeast Nigeria city that saw churches and businesses burned to the...
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu (pictured), passionately believed his homeland in eastern Nigeria deserved to be its own country, a new nation free of the borders imposed by...
After a campaign marred by violence between government and opposition supporters, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s chief rivals in national elections were expected to hold final...
(Reuters) – East African heads of state admitted South Sudan as a member the regional bloc Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on Friday, some four months...
Haitian migrants found in overcrowded boats near The Bahamas have been returned home following two separation operations by the US Coast Guard. The Coast Guard Cutter...
Ethiopia said Friday it may contribute troops to the African Union force in Somalia fighting al-Qaida-affiliated insurgents. East African leaders meeting in the Ethiopian capital of...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Andrew Holness In the battle-scarred slum of Tivoli Gardens, Latoya Brown lavishes thanks on two powerful men who have taken care of her:...
Royal Dutch Shell PLC (Shell) says a fire broke out on one of its pipelines running through Nigeria’s oil-rich southern delta that already had been shut...
Almost two years after an earthquake devastated Haiti, less than half of the US$4.6 billion in pledged aid has been disbursed and political squabbling is threatening...
The old pessimistic paradigm of Africa’s development is outdated, but some valid elements cannot be dismissed if economic growth is to be pursued on the continent,...
Councilman Herb Wesson Jr. (pictured), has been named as the new president of the Los Angeles City Council as the current president announced that he would...
President Barack Obama is nominating Marilyn Tavenner to succeed Donald M. Berwick as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Tavenner, who is the...
Imagine the savannas of South Africa’s flagship Kruger National Park so choked with brush, viewing what game is left is nearly impossible. The Cape of Good...
Paul Martin being led away after his court appearance in Trelawny Jamaica. PHOTO/Jamaica Observer Paul Martin, the Canadian school teacher accused of slashing his wife’s throat...
Powerful politicians helped form a radical Muslim sect responsible for hundreds of killings this year in Nigeria, authorities allege, but now may have lost control of...
Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness (pictured), has urged members of the Jamaican diaspora to invest in more tangible and long term ways in their homeland rather...
Resurrecting tourism in a country best known for poverty, political instability and a devastating earthquake might seem an overly optimistic ambition. But bringing back Haiti’s once-thriving...
(Barbados Nation) – Barbados was given a new warning yesterday to get its economic house in order or be faced with a downgrade by Standard & Poor’s....
Haitian lawmakers have a new building where they can pass laws and study the budget. The previous building was severely damaged (pictured), in the 2010 earthquake....
Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham opened the first Caribbean HIV Conference this weekend to discuss the multi-faceted issues facing the region’s battle to combat the disease....
President Barack Obama’s close attention to the Asia-Pacific region signaled both a turn toward a part of the world experiencing solid growth and one away from...
(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Andrew Holness (pictured), has assumed temporary control of the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP) in the wake of a highly critical special...
Moammar Gadhafi’s son Saif al-Islam (pictured), the only wanted member of the ousted ruling family to remain at large, was captured as he traveled with aides...
Toronto District School Board trustees on Wednesday approved the city’s second Africentric school, this time for high school students. Cheers erupted in the packed public gallery...
Haiti’s president said Friday that his government is putting off a controversial plan to restore the country’s disbanded military until a commission can be formed to...
As hundreds of Kenyan soldiers hunt al-Qaida-linked militants in Somalia, university students are growing angry that their government can afford a military operation but not raises...
Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness (pictured), said his government’s strategy is to emphasize public- private ventures to drive the US$13 billion economy’s expansion and “not to...
A man accused of firing two shots at the White House last week has been charged with attempting to assassinate President Barack Obama or his staff....
Nigerian airport officials have fined British Airways (BA) US$135 million and Virgin Atlantic (VAA) US$100 million amid a dispute over ticket prices, the country’s civil aviation...
Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness (pictured), has revealed that said part of the transformation of the economy has to be done through transforming the education system....
President Barack Obama arrives in Australia. PHOTO/(ABC) President Barack Obama and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday unveiled plans to deepen the U.S. military presence...
The government of Ghana intends to pull country out of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a final bid to end moves by the agency to...
The first woman known to have filed a sexual harassment claim against GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain (pictured), while he ran a trade group shows no...
Haiti’s president says a plane carrying 19 officials of his government has made an emergency landing in Cuba. President Michel Martelly says the plane landed safely...
President Barack Obama turns from economic to security concerns in the Asia-Pacific region as he travels to Australia, finally making a long-delayed visit to the longtime...
African agriculture is held back by Western scientific illiterates whose well-paid jobs involve frightening people about biotechnology. African agriculture must play a major role in any...
Former journalist and newly appointed Haitian Culture Minister Choiseul Henriquez has died while in Canada. He was 51. The office of President Michel Martelly said in...
Despite prodding from President Barack Obama, members of Congress’ supercommittee concede no deal is in sight to meet their goal of US$1.2 trillion or more in...
Kenya’s prime minister is seeking Israel’s support in stopping reprisal terror attacks by an al-Qaida-linked militant group Kenyan troops are pursuing in Somalia. A government statement...
Jamaica’s former prime minister Bruce Golding (pictured), will not seek another term in Parliament representing the patchwork of impoverished neighborhoods in West Kingston. Officials in the...
An adviser in Haiti’s government says a helicopter carrying Prime Minister Garry Conille and two other Cabinet members has made an emergency landing in the hills...
Brian Wynter: Governor of the Bank of Jamaica. PHOTO/The Gleaner The ongoing speculation about the date of the next general election could add to the uncertainties...
In the Republican race for the presidential nomination, Newt Gingrich’s support continues to slowly grow, and he is now tied with Mitt Romney for second place,...
The United Kingdom will not force African Governments to enact pro-gay laws, says Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham. Answering questions from journalists in Lusaka on his...
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is joining with minority and labor groups for a series of protests around the country meant...
Sidney Nsubuga Enoch (L) the man suspected to have murdered Ugandan gay rights activist David Kato. PHOTO/Daily Monitor/Johnson Mayamba A Ugandan court has sentenced a man...
Africa’s first and only female president, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (pictured), handily won re-election with 90.2 per cent of the vote, but her victory has been rendered hollow...
In a shift in White House tactics on the cusp of an election year, President Barack Obama isn’t shying away these days from saying that many...
Amnesty International has called on Shell to pay US$1 billion to start cleaning up two oil spills in Nigeria’s Niger Delta which it says caused huge...
The latest RJR/TVJ Boxill poll has revealed that the ruling Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) and the opposition People’s National Party (PNP) are almost tied in a...
In a strong slap at a young but powerful politician, South Africa’s governing party fired its controversial youth leader Thursday and suspended him from the African...
Herman Cain (pictured), prepared to meet with voters for the first time since sex harassment claims engulfed his upstart presidential bid, embarking on a tour of...
Police say turmoil has hit a town in north central Nigeria again just days after riots broke out in the area, which is beset by religious...
Less than a year ago, Esi Edugyan (pictured), was unsure if Half-Blood Blues would ever see the light of day. On Tuesday her sophomore novel was...
The Habari Network is pleased to bring you a three part series on race and race relations. This will be written from an activist perspective; but...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Andrew Holness The number of years an individual serves as a Cabinet minister could be capped if Prime Minister Andrew Holness has his...
A man receives a monthly supply of food aid donated to residents of a squatter camp for poor white South Africans. (REUTERS/Finbarr O’Reilly) When stories are...
A conservative-leaning panel of US appellate judges on Tuesday upheld President Barack Obama’s health care law as constitutional, helping set up a Supreme Court fight. A...
(Trinidad Guardian) – The Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, has lifted the curfew on land and sea with immediate effect,...
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness (pictured) has backed calls to ammend the constitution to allow Jamaicans who hold dual citizenships to compete for office. Holness indicated...
Africa’s first elected female president headed toward easy re-election Tuesday with her sole opponent boycotting Liberia’s runoff, and ignoring entreaties from the United States and the...
A newly released NBC News/Wall Street Journal/theGrio.com poll finds that 49 percent of African-Americans feel the country is headed in the right direction, versus 38 percent...
The mile-long stretch of bars and restaurants known as St. James has long been a magnet for all-night revelry, a blur of dancing bodies and blaring...
Nigeria faces a shapeless, shifting threat from a radical Muslim sect that has killed more than 100 people in recent days. While the country boasts one...
US President Barack Obama pressed Congress on Monday to ditch blocking tactics and take bold action to boost hiring, using the emotive plight of unemployed war...
St. Lucia Prime Minister Stephenson King St. Lucia Prime Minister Stephenson King has announced a general election date of November 28 – the same day of...
Liberia President., Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. AP Photo/FRANCOIS MORI Liberia’s president urged voters to go to the polls this week and to ignore a boycott by the opposition....
(Jamaica Gleaner) Four years after the dual-citizenship drama threatened to collapse the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) government, former Director of Elections Danville Walker says he wants...
Eritrea has rejected Kenyan allegations that it may be arming al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia, as a diplomatic row between the two countries intensifies. Moses Wetangula, Kenya’s...
The imam’s insistent, lecturing voice comes right to the point over the scratchy audio recording: holy war is the only way to bring change for Muslims...
Hiring slowed in October as employers faced more uncertainty over future economic growth. The Labor Department says the economy added 80,000 jobs last month, the fewest...
Kenya’s foreign minister summoned Eritrea’s ambassador on Friday and “raised concern” over the possibility that planes from Eritrea are supplying weapons to Somali militants whom Kenyan...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Andrew Holness. Photo: Jamaica Gleaner Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness has hinted of the possibility of an early general election saying that the...
Haitian President Michel Martelly (pictured), returned to Haiti on Thursday after doctors in Miami performed surgery on his left shoulder. The 50-year-old leader said the operation...
Once marred by conflict, Mozambique is slowly emerging as a popular tourist destination as people are drawn in by the tropical weather, beautiful beaches and rich...
Private security sources tell The Associated Press that pirates have seized an oil tanker off the coast of Nigeria’s oil-rich southern delta and kidnapped the foreign...
(Barbados Nation) – Barbados will not be dictated to by Britain or any other when it comes to homosexuality laws, says Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite. He...
President Barack Obama topped Forbes’ list of the world’s most powerful people in 2011, as the U.S. leader’s clout rose after the deaths of al Qaeda...
Herman Cain A new poll puts Herman Cain (pictured above), ahead of Mitt Romney by seven percentage points in the GOP presidential race, reflecting a margin...
In August 2011, when Muammar Gaddafi’s fate as leader of Libya was all but assured, Reuters ran an article with illuminating analysis about potential and pitfalls...
Haiti’s struggle to rebuild homes for hundreds of thousands of quake victims may be giving the impoverished nation something it has never had: loans to help...
Liberia’s main opposition party says it will take part in next week’s presidential runoff vote after threatening a boycott. The party, whose ticket includes soccer star...
The sexual harassment allegations engulfing the candidacy of Republican Herman Cain dominated American politics Tuesday as prominent conservative voices rallied to his side, saying he was...
Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye was arrested Monday, the latest in a series of police clampdowns blocking his protest against rising food prices, police said. “He...
Nigeria’s military says it has seized a vessel carrying stolen diesel along a river that flows through the nation’s oil-rich southern delta. Military spokesman Timothy Antigha...
The Jamaica Manufacturer’s Association (JMA) and the opposition People’s National Party (PNP) are in the process of setting up discussions regarding the viability of the PNP’s...
Herman Cain appears on “Face the Nation” October 30, 2011 in Washington. REUTERS/Chris Usher-CBS NEWS/Handout Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain kept his Washington campaign schedule Monday...
U.S. regulators have fined Caribbean Airlines for allegedly wrongly limiting compensation that passengers received after their baggage was delayed, lost or damaged. The U.S. Transportation Department...
(Reuters) – A federal court in the state of Oklahoma has dismissed a lawsuit against Rwandan President Paul Kagame (pictured), brought by the widows of two...
Republican primary voters have selected Herman Cain (pictured), as their likely nominee, surging him ahead of Mitt Romney by 4 points. Cain takes 24% to Romney’s...
African American Farmer A federal judge has given final approval to a US$1.2 billion government settlement with black farmers who claim they were unfairly denied loans...
Jamaica’s People’s National Party (PNP), summoned its National Campaign Committee to an emergency meeting at the PNP headquarters, Thursday. It is highly likely that the new...
(Reuters) – Haiti is wooing Asian manufacturers, and its own diaspora, to inject investments and funds into the economy and create jobs to drive a recovery...
By the time U.S. military forces left Somalia in 1994 after entering the lawless nation more than a year earlier to stop a famine, 44 Army...
Lindiwe Mazibuko Picture: Gallo Images/Foto24/Nasief Manie South Africa’s main opposition party has for the first time elected a black woman to lead it in parliament. Thursday’s...
With Hispanic voters upset at Republican presidential candidates over immigration, President Barack Obama played to a Latino audience on a trip to the West this week...
The Haitian military was disbanded over human rights abuses in 1995 by President Jean-Bertrand Aristide after years of political turmoil, making Haiti one of a handful...
Zimbabwe’s foreign minister is calling for reform of the United Nations Security Council following the “extrajudicial” killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi. NATO’s role in Libya...
Jamaica’s new prime minister appointed his government on Tuesday, leaving nearly all ministries unchanged while making relatively minor shifts that he said would accelerate administrative and...
The United Nations (U.N.) says the number of famine refugees flowing into Kenya slowed to a trickle after Kenyan troops moved into Somalia. The U.N. said...
According to a new Quinnipiac University poll released early Wednesday, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, now trails former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain (pictured), for the...
President Barack Obama will announce a plan to allow people holding two kinds of student loans to reduce their interest rates by consolidating their debts into...
Somalia’s president on Monday criticized Kenya’s military offensive into his nation to root out Islamist rebels, raising questions about how bilateral the military action is. Kenya...
Jamaica’s new prime minister has left two prominent ministries unchanged and says he will announce the rest of his Cabinet later in the week. Andrew Holness...
Barack Obama, faced with 14 million unemployed workers and a jobless rate that won’t budge, is tackling the U.S. economic crisis by focusing on where it...
Trinidad and Tobago will launch the country’s first Drug Treatment Court in 2012, to include technical assistance, training and cooperation from the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control...
Witnesses: Second explosion has gone off in Kenya’s capital (Nairobi); AP reporter sees at least 1 dead. Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.
The mandate is ending for a Haiti reconstruction panel that was set up to coordinate donor aid after last year’s earthquake. The Interim Haiti Recovery Commission’s...
Upto fourteen people were rushed to hospital after what police say is a grenade was lobbed into a bar in Nairobi around 1am on Monday. Kenyan...
South Africa’s president says he has suspended the national police chief and fired two Cabinet ministers implicated in graft. In an announcement Monday aired live on...
What is one to make of Herman Cain? What does he represent? Or even more importantly, who does he speak for? Should we move beyond his...
Foreign military forces have joined the offensive against the
Andrew Holness (pictured), has been sworn in as Jamaica’s ninth prime minister. The 39-year-old Holness has taken the oath of allegiance to his country before about...
The spotlight will today be focused on the lawns of King's House, the governor general's official residence and the scenic setting where Andrew Holness is set...
Environmental damage in Nigeria A village in Nigeria’s oil-rich southern delta has sued Royal Dutch Shell PLC in a U.S. federal court for US$1 billion over...
The outgoing Prime Minister of Jamaica, Bruce Golding (pictured), will address the nation tonight at 8.00pm local time on both radio and television stations. It is...
The Jamaican Prime Minister designate Andrew Holness (pictured), has pledged to reduce on the red-tape impeding the development and growth of business, while simultaneously addressing the...
President Barack Obama on Friday declared an end to the Iraq war, one of the longest and most divisive conflicts in U.S. history, announcing that all...
Members of a Haitian amputee soccer team were in Washington this week to conduct clinics for wounded American troops from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center....
Dr. Adan Hassan Hillow, center-left, and Dr. Ali Omar Salim, center-right, appear in courtroom. (Photo: The Standard) Kenyan police have arrested a Muslim cleric on a...
Black Pupils in class Black schoolboys are underachieving in exams due to a cultural misconception that academic success is a sign of homosexuality, teaching leaders claim....
Herman Cain is now under assault by a key group that boosted his fortunes: the conservative media. Yesterday, Cain’s muddled comments on abortion surfaced. Later in...
The death of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi expands the growing string of security victories on President Barack Obama’s watch and reinforces his own style of dealing...
IT IS still not clear if Jamaica will be represented at the next Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Perth, Western Australia. The meeting will be...
The full impact of Kenya’s war on Somali terrorist group al-Shabaab started to emerge on Wednesday after the Kenyan treasury warned of possible spending cuts in...
President Barack Obama teamed up with his popular and personable wife Wednesday on the final leg of a three-day bus trip, seeking to use her broad...
One more staff member has died nearly two months after a car bombing hit the U.N.’s headquarters in Nigeria, bringing the death toll to 24, a...