Garry Conille (pictured), has been sworn in as Haiti’s new Prime Minister along with 16 cabinet ministers. The new government takes office five months after Michel...
Cooling Towers, Soweto, South Africa South Africa has signed a work plan with the International Energy Agency (IEA) that will see the country step closer to...
At the Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas on Tuesday night, former restaurant executive and GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain further explained his position on the...
Jamaica Prime Minister Bruce Golding (pictured), is expected to formally tender his resignation to the Governor General on Sunday and a new prime minister sworn in....
(Barbados Nation) A two-year wage freeze in the Public Service and immediate cuts in Government spending form part of a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) prescription...
The president of oil-rich Angola on Tuesday denied his country was a dictatorship but admitted there was a need for more social dialogue after a series...
-(Gleaner) The increasing possibility of more arable lands in the Caribbean falling out of production because of salination (lacking in organic content on account of rising...
Members of Kenya’s army march dais during a recent ceremony in Nairobi. A push by Kenyan ground forces toward a strategic Somali town has been slowed...
Since the inception of the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City on Sept. 17, the effort has spread across the globe. However, while people...
Police in Uganda fired tear gas at protesters demonstrating against high food prices and corruption in the capital. Police spokeswoman Judith Nabakooba says police stopped Monday’s...
President Barack Obama sought to tap public discontent with big money elites Monday as he kicked off a campaign-style bus tour to blame Republican obstructionism for...
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said Sunday that U.S. military “personnel” being sent to Uganda to help fight the rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) will...
President Obama urged the nation Sunday to celebrate the dedication of the memorial to slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. by continuing to press...
Kenyan military forces moved into southern Somalia on Sunday, an official and residents said, a day after top Kenyan defense officials said the country has the...
The International Criminal Court‘s (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said up to six people will be probed for involvement in post-election atrocities in Ivory Coast (Côte...
Thousands of Americans led by the Rev. Al Sharpton and other civic leaders rallied for easier access to jobs on Saturday as they gathered against the...
North Sudan will go ahead with plans to adopt an entirely Islamic constitution and strengthen Islamic law, President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said on Wednesday, three months...
Opposition parties in Liberia on Saturday said they were pulling out of the elections, claiming fraud, as vote-counting put incumbent President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in the...
US President Barack Obama. Photo/ FILE President Barack Obama is sending about 100 U.S. troops to Africa to help hunt down the leaders of the notoriously...
Education minister, Andrew Holness is on track to becoming the next Prime Minister of Jamaica, should he remain unopposed on October 19. Prime Minister Bruce Golding...
Zambia’s new president declared himself “allergic to corruption” and said Friday he will investigate alleged abuse of development funds by members of parliament. President Michael Sata...
Barack Obama once contemplated what it would be like to take his two daughters to the National Mall to see a monument to Martin Luther King...
(Reuters) – President Robert Mugabe’s failing health has likely forced his Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) party to press for early elections in...
Fueled by Tea Party supporters, conservatives and high-interest GOP primary voters, former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain (pictured), now leads the race for the Republican presidential...
Three top government officials in Uganda who stepped down from their jobs while facing corruption charges have told a court they are not guilty. Foreign Affairs...
It has been confirmed that Prime Minister Bruce Golding will be leaving office before the originally announced November date. Andrew Holness (pictured), will be sworn in...
Revolutionary forces captured fighters close to Mutassim Gaddafi, one of fugitive leader Muammar Gaddafi’s sons in his father’s home town, but there was no confirmation that...
Authorities say members of a radical Muslim sect attacked a bank in northeast Nigeria, killing one police officer and stealing an undisclosed sum of money. Borno...
Liberians vote in presidential election Africa’s only female president who was just awarded the Nobel Peace prize for helping stabilize this war-torn nation led in unofficial...
The Wigton Windfarm Ltd. (Wigton) will transform its resource center into a high-tech training facility for renewable energy, with the aim of developing local capacity and...
A diverse group of young emerging leaders from all across Africa and the diaspora has come together to promote a unified vision for the continent and...
President Barack Obama said Tuesday he’s prepared to break his jobs bill into pieces and try to move it that way, hours before the measure faced...
Map of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Few in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Katanga copper belt are happy with local provincial governor...
The UN security council will decide imminently whether or not to renew the mandate of the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), established in 2004,...
Liberian voters camped out overnight and then braved rains Tuesday in the capital to vote in the West African nation’s presidential election, expected to serve as...
She may have won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, but even that may not be enough to persuade voters in this nation with 80 percent unemployment...
Voting in Cameroon – Courtesy Getty Images Opposition candidates on Monday alleged widespread fraud and intimidation at polling stations, a day after voters cast ballots in...
The Jamaica Labor Party‘s (JLP) powerful Area Council has endorsed Andrew Holness (pictured), for the postion of party leader and prime minister of Jamaica. Holness accepted...
This week could see a turning point for President Obama’s US$447 billion jobs bill, which gets its first big political test in the coming days —...
Heavy fighting broke out in Somalia’s capital on Monday after pro-government forces attacked militant positions following what the African Union force said were the deaths of...
Political analysts in Jamaica, are suggesting that there could be an early general election, – possibly before the 2012 London Olympics and next year’s observation of...
Voting in Cameroon’s presidential elections got off to a slow start on Sunday, with polling stations opening late or none at all. Seven of Cameroon’s 20...
Ms. Maathai was cremated in a casket made of bamboo, water hyacinth and papyrus so that no trees would be cut down – Photo: BBC Kenyans...
U.S. President Barack Obama President Barack Obama launched an onslaught against banks and Republicans on Thursday for working to block financial reform, using a populist tone...
Zambia’s new president, Michael Sata (pictured), said on Saturday he would not travel to Malawi for a regional summit because his counterpart had failed to apologise...
Andrew Holness (pictured), will be brought into discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) team. Holness, now has the backing of a majority of government members...
Nigeria’s lower house of parliament has approved a deal in which offenders convicted in Britain will serve out their jail terms in their home country. About...
The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen for their...
Barbados and other Caribbean nations have endured the loss of their highly skilled and educated labor to the United States, Canada and other developed nations in...
President Barack Obama says that many of the activities by the financial sector that precipitated the financial crisis in 2008 were not necessarily illegal and thus...
The Jamaica government has moved to dispel reports that outgoing Prime Minister Bruce Golding (pictured), could move up his timetable to quit as leader of the...
Senate Democrats are rewriting portions of President Barack Obama’s jobs bill to include a new 5 percent tax on income above US$1 million, a proposal that...
Dr. Garry Conille (pictured), the new Haitian Prime Minister, has been working behind the scenes to rebuild a broken, quake-ravaged nation. Now, as the man in...
A pilot project to fight gang violence and other activities is to be rolled out in Belize, Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago....
If voters were asked to elect the new leader of the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP), the 39 year-old Andrew Holness (pictured), would win in a landslide....
A spokesman for Senegal’s president says he will seek a third term despite unrest and calls for his resignation. Spokesman Serigne Mbacke Ndiaye said Tuesday that...
Haiti’s President Michel Martelly (pictured), says the government is boosting student enrollment this year by putting more than 700,000 youths into classrooms. The leader says that...
Archbishop Desmond Tutu – Photograph: Martin Meissner/AP South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu says the country’s governing ANC party is worse than the apartheid regime for delaying...
Royal Dutch Shell has been accused of funding armed gangs in Nigeria, this is said to have fuelled human rights abuses in the country. The oil...
The Supreme Court has turned away another challenge to President Barack Obama’s eligibility to be president. The high court on Monday refused without comment to hear...
Authorities in Kenya say they have arrested a security guard in connection with the kidnapping of a disabled Frenchwoman by militants from Somalia. The Frenchwoman was...
Nigeria has marked 51 years of independence in a low-key ceremony, prompted by security fears that followed a series of deadly blasts across Africa’s most populous...
Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar was discharged from the private St. Clair Medical Center on Friday, two days after she was admitted to the institution complaining...
Police say they detained and freed separatists in Nigeria’s southeast who carried symbols of the failed Republic of Biafra. Ebonyi state police spokesman John Elu said...
A past photo of George Wright The lawyer for a captured American fugitive said his client wanted to serve the rest of his jail time in...
The Information Minister said transition is among issues to be outlined.
In the early part of the twentieth century, a large number of African Americans migrated to the northern states to escape racism and prejudice in the...
Jamaica’s Finance Minister Audley Shaw said Greece should follow the example of the Caribbean nation and restructure the national debt as a first step toward solving...
Ivory Coast has launched a South African-style truth and reconciliation commission in a bid to heal the wounds of a post-election conflict that left at least...
Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar was rushed to hospital today after complaining of feeling unwell. A brief statement issued by the Office of the Prime Minister...
Haiti’s president (pictured), is moving forward with a controversial campaign pledge to restore the country’s disbanded military with an initial force of 3,500 soldiers, according to...
Zimbabwe will soon probe foreign-owned firms to establish their level of compliance with a law requiring them to sell at least a 51 percent shareholding in...
Opposition supporters attempting to join a march were violently dispersed on Tuesday, and at least four people were killed when paramilitary police seized control of traffic...
Dr. Helena Ndume, the head of the eye department at Namibia’s largest hospital, Windhoek Central, has dedicated her life to help to restore sight in a...
A South African arms company has unveiled what it calls the first all-African military plane. Johannesburg-based Paramount Group boss Ivor Ichikowitz, showing reporters the AHRLAC on...
St. Lucia’s housing minister on Monday resigned from his Cabinet post shortly after disclosing that the U.S. State Department had revoked his diplomatic and visitor visas....
In the crowded slums of Lagos, Nigeria, untreated sewage mingles with the chaotic network of pipes that deliver water to the city. Those who can’t afford...
Prof. Wangari Maathai (pictured), the first African woman recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, died after a long struggle with cancer, the environmental organization she founded...
The Law Association and Transparency Institute say police officers need to be held to a higher level of accountability.
Nigerian officials have seized a sizable amount of explosives hidden inside a shipping container from China at one of the West African nation’s major ports, an...
Antigua and Barbuda has demanded reparations for injustices suffered by African slaves and their descendants. Mr Baldwin Spencer (pictured), the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of...
President Obama has encountered stiff resistance from Republicans who make no secret of their desire to bounce him out of the White House next year, but...
While the West is accusing China of the “re-colonization of Africa”, it is also worth checking out what Western nations and their instituitions are doing on...
President Barack Obama is giving states the flexibility to opt out of provisions of the No Child Left Behind law, a move he says is designed...
The Governor cites internal security risks as the reason for his decision.
The chairwoman of the Electoral Commission of Zambia says challenger Michael Sata (pictured), has defeated the incumbent in presidential elections. Irene Mambilima announced early Friday that...
Senegal’s ruling party said Thursday that it is canceling all political demonstrations, an announcement that comes a day before the nation’s opposition planned to hold a...
Several dozen protesters have barged into a press conference in Haiti where Amnesty International released a report on the case against former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier (pictured)....
Employing in-your-face politics, President Barack Obama sold his jobs plan Thursday from the turf of the top Republicans on Capitol Hill, combatively calling them out by...
Strapped to a gurney in Georgia’s death chamber, Troy Davis lifted his head and declared one last time that he did not kill police officer Mark...
US Supreme Court refuses to block execution of Troy Davis. The court’s decision to deny the stay came after 10 p.m., more than three hours after...
Troy Davis (pictured), the condemned inmate who convinced hundreds of thousands of people but not the justice system of his innocence, filed an eleventh-hour plea Wednesday...
The chairwoman of the Electoral Commission of Zambia has released early results of the presidential vote that show a challenger in the lead. Irene Mambilima told...
Tennis superstar Serena Williams has been appointed UNICEF‘S newest international Goodwill Ambassador. UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake announced Williams’ appointment on Tuesday, saying she is also...
Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odinga. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya Kenya’s prime minister was evacuated from his office after a grenade was discovered in another part of the building,...
Troy Davis (pictured), insists he was wrongly convicted of killing a police officer in 1989 is set to be executed on Wednesday. Georgia’s pardons board has...
Ugandan police say they have arrested a man who wrote a book criticizing the longtime president and the ruling party. Police spokeswoman Judith Nabakooba said Tuesday...
Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett (right) welcomes China Vice-Premier Hui Liangyu (left) to Jamaica on his arrival – Photo by Barrington Flemming China’s vice premier and...
Uruguayan peacekeepers A military judge ordered five Uruguayan sailors accused of sexually abusing a young Haitian man jailed until a tribunal decides whether to dishonorably discharge...
Nigerian authorities are still hunting for the alleged mastermind of last month’s deadly U.N. headquarters bombing. They said Sunday that a 25 million naira ($160,000) reward...
President Barack Obama is keeping up his appeal for public support of his US$447 billion proposal to boost jobs and consumer spending by urging Americans to...
A relative of the slain leader of a radical Muslim sect in Nigeria was shot dead Saturday, only two days after taking part in peace talks...
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) will open a branch campus in Rwanda next year, making it the first American university to do so in central Africa. The...
Several novice African American farmers are harvesting their first crops, including okra, black eyed peas and cucumbers, on a demonstration farm in Fresno, California. The 15-acre...
A former Nigerian president has urged relatives of a slain radical Muslim sect leader to halt the group’s increasingly bloody attacks against the government, meeting attendees...
The Labour Minister is working hard to get the legislation enacted soon.
A court in Togo has sentenced one of the president’s relatives to 20 years for his role in a 2009 coup plot in the West African...
President Barack Obama is backing away from some deficit reduction proposals he considered during failed summer negotiations with House Speaker John Boehner even as he prepares...
The number of African-Americans living under the poverty line, which is $11,139 for an individual in 2010, rose to 10.7 million, up 1.6 percent. In all,...
LUANDA, Angola — State media say an Angolan air force plane crashed as it took off from a central base, killing 30 people including three generals....
CLUTCH - Breaking weeks of silence, Jackson addressed the rumors speaking to the press after a meeting in the Senate Hart Building...
NAIROBI, Kenya — Experts say the government was repeatedly warned about the dangers of people living on top of a petroleum pipeline after an explosion claimed...
The conference is expected to attract 300 Caribbean and international renewable energy stakeholders.
KAMPALA, Uganda — A Ugandan judge has convicted two suspects over bombings last year that killed 76 people in the East African nation. Judge Owiny Dollo...
Eleven new areas and the maritime boundary are now included.
ABUJA, Nigeria — Eight suspected members of a radical Muslim sect were charged Tuesday with taking part in bombings and attacks around Nigeria’s capital that killed...
The two-day China Caribbean Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum opened here on today with China announcing that it would pump millions of dollars in assistance to...
African leaders gave immediate former French president Jacques Chirac (pictured) and his prime minister Dominique de Villepin briefcases full of cash, notably to finance election campaigns,...
WASHINGTON (AP) - At the same time, the Democratic National Committee is backing up the effort with a new ad campaign in politically key states from...
Sept. 14, marks four months in office for Haitian President Michel Martelly (pictured). It is now more than 120 days since he was elected, and yet...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The black man who leads the youth wing of South Africa's governing party has no right to sing a song some whites find...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Executive Architect Ed Jackson Jr. told The Associated Press on Sunday that the memorial will now be dedicated Oct. 16. A formal announcement...
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - 'God is our refuge and strength,' Obama intoned, 'a very present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear.'...
The death toll stands at 158 in Saturday's ferry accident off the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar, government officials said.
Authorities in Trinidad and Tobago have extended a state of emergency by three months, citing continued security concerns since the measure was first imposed last month...
The United States is sending the first team of diplomats into the Libyan capital since its embassy was shuttered earlier this year, a U.S. State Department...
Activist retired Bishop Desmond Tutu (pictured), said South Africa’s government will “shoot themselves in the foot” if they deny a visa to the Dalai Lama to...
President Barack Obama is doubling down on a payroll tax cut for workers and small businesses, hoping it will do more to revive the job market...
Over the past decade, Africa has grown fast and continuously — its economy expanded at an annual rate of more than 5 percent. That is almost...
Economists say the most important part of the jobs plan President Barack Obama will unveil Thursday night is the renewal of two measures already in place,...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate has confirmed Bernice Donald as a judge on the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
MBABANE, Swaziland — Security forces and protesters clashed in two towns Wednesday during a week of planned protests demanding an end to Swaziland’s absolute monarchy. About...
The Nigeria Central Bank governor, Mr. Lamido Sanusi (pictured), has indicated that Nigeria will start holding Chinese yuan as part of its foreign exchange reserves from...
Tropical depression fourteen close to tropical storm strength according to latest National Hurricane Centre report.
Tropical depression could be forming 725 miles west-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands.
President Michel Martelly (pictured),has picked physician Garry Conille to be his prime minister, a leading Haitian legislator said, as Martelly seeks to end an impasse with...
What should a person expect from a news rag such as this? Well … I come not to make speeches, salutations; pledges or promises – but...
JOHANNESBURG — A South African legislator says he won’t wear the national Springboks jersey during the Rugby World Cup because the garments were made in China...
About 250 vehicles enter country, as Libyan fighters hold talks with tribal leaders to peacefully enter Bani Walid.
President Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF party dismissed Monday a "confidential" cable released by WikiLeaks that claims the Zimbabwean leader has cancer.
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — Judges refused on Monday to dismiss a terrorist case against a Nigerian activist charged with conspiring to attack oil pipelines in his homeland...
The mid-year report says the economy grew 5.9 percent in the first half of 2011.
President Barack Obama reviewed damage inflicted by Hurricane Irene in northern New Jersey on Sunday, promising residents, “We’ll be there to help.” Obama visited the towns...
JUBA, South Sudan — South Sudan’s information minister says the new nation is planning to move its capital from the bustling but crowded city of Juba...
Ahead of the new school year, which begins tomorrow, the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) is seeking the intervention of Prime Minister Bruce Golding to solve the...
LAGOS, Nigeria — After a Nigerian attempted to blow up a U.S. jetliner and a homegrown terror group bombed and killed at will, Nigeria has passed...
Barbados’ new Chief Justice Marston Gibson (pictured), wants to observe first, before making any pronouncements on how he plans to approach his new job. Shortly after...
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria detained and released several radical Muslims suspected of being terrorists in 2007 — including a man who officials now say helped organize...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - Virtually all of the detainees say they are innocent migrant workers, and in most cases there is no evidence that they are...
Hague court to decide on whether to confirm cases against six individuals over deadly post-election violence in 2008.
Hurricane Katia expected to become a major hurricane by the weekend according to the latest National Hurricane Centre (NHC) report.
Speaking in an interview with Reuters, Rice rejected Cheney's contention that she misled President George W. Bush about nuclear diplomacy with North Korea...
Hague court dismisses plea to halt investigation against six for suspected role in deadly 2007 post-poll violence.
Government will also reduce the curfew hours to give relief to businesses across the island.
Khamis Gadhafi, a son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, was killed in a battle Sunday night with opposition forces, a senior rebel commander told CNN on...
WASHINGTON (AP) - He says his administration's improved emergency readiness was evident over the weekend in reaction to Hurricane Irene...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The president noted that the effects of Irene are still being felt in much of the country, especially New England and states like...
Sir Dennis Byron will take the oath in a few days.
A Nigerian militant group has claimed responsibility after a car loaded with explosives rammed into the United Nations' building in the capital, killing about 20, a...
wo people were killed when Hurricane Irene passed off the north coast of Haiti, drenching the island with heavy rains that flooded houses, cut roads, unleashed...
CHILMARK, Mass. (AP) - "I cannot stress this highly enough, if you are in the projected path of this hurricane you have to take precautions now,"...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - The U.N. has urged African leaders to "encourage new leadership" in Libya...
ABUJA, Nigeria — Rescue official: At least 7 dead in car bomb attack on UN building in Nigeria’s capital. Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — African leaders pledged nearly $380 million to help famine-hit families in the Horn of Africa during a donor conference held Thursday. The...
KINSHASA, Congo — A judge in eastern Congo says he has sentenced a United Nations driver to three years in prison for attempting to traffic cassiterite,...
In the name of business a blind eye was often turned to his predatory behavior. For all practical purposes, the rule of Muammar Gaddafi has ended....
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The Guyana Government says societies can’t be held ransom by criminals.
For the last few months, some African states have dominated international news: Côte d’Ivoire, Sudan, Tunisia, Egypt and now Libya. Tunisia which has been governed with...
MIAMI (AP) - The mounting frustration over jobs is beginning to have political repercussions in the black community...
NAIROBI, Kenya — Odette Kayirere’s life was turned upside down when a militia captured and killed her husband during Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. One year later, Kayirere...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The site was set to open without fanfare around 11 a.m. to kick off a week of celebrations ahead of Sunday's official dedication...
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Hundreds of students in Burkina Faso crowded into a courtroom to watch a trial over a student’s death that sparked months of...
The new code, which should be in place by next year, will be vigorously enforced, says the State Minister with responsibility for Local Government.
The Prime Minister announces the limited state of emergency in hotspots to fight crime.
Sammy Maina says the ten years he spent in the US would have been more profitable at home in Africa (Courtesy: BBC) The American dream is...
theGRIO REPORT - Parents and students who decide to leave traditional schools behind find common benefits, and support in each other...
KINSHASA, Congo — An official in Congo’s east says authorities have stopped a U.N.-registered vehicle carrying more than 2,600 pounds (1,200 kilograms) of minerals near the...
The president next month plans to unveil a job creation package, looking to address the top concern on Americans’ minds. Though details remain scarce, some of...
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali rapper K’naan has brought his waving flag back home to help his countrymen as they struggle with a devastating famine. The Somali-Canadian...
The president of Malawi has dissolved his Cabinet of more than 40 ministers and deputies without giving any reason.
Caribbean nationals, including Jamaicans who are illegal immigrants living in the United States (US), are to benefit from a new immigration policy by the Obama administration...
Laurent Gbagbo and his wife charged with crimes ranging from armed robbery to looting.
On August 8 Jamaica made history by participating in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Amateur Radio in International Space Station (ARISS) programme.A total of...
President Obama on Thursday for the first time told Syrian President Bashar al-Assad he must step down. “We have consistently said that President Assad must lead...
Irwin LaRocque pledges to fuel hope in regional integration as he takes up the post of new CARICOM Secretary General.
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria has launched two observation satellites into orbit, eight years after launching its first satellite. President Goodluck Jonathan said Wednesday on the state-run...
Recent high-profile events, like hostage rescue operations carried out by France and the attempted hijacking of the MAERSK Alabama and the dramatic rescue of her Captain...
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CONAKRY, Guinea — Ten political prisoners have left a prison in Guinea’s capital a day after the president pardoned them and less than a month after...
KANO, Nigeria — Gunmen attacked two separate police stations across northern Nigeria, killing four police officers and two civilians in one attack while bombing a station...
A U.S. appeals court on Monday reinstated a suit against the City of New Haven by an African-American firefighter who claimed the city’s firefighter promotion exams...
Dominican Irwin LaRocque takes up the job as the seventh Secretary General of the regional grouping.
But government seeks to assure that law and order will be maintained with soldiers drafted to keep people safe.
NAIROBI, Kenya — An international aid group says it has launched an initiative to get Africans and their governments to donate to famine relief efforts in...
Scores of educational facilities in Portland, St Thomas, St James, and St Ann are failing to meet public-health standards for the safety of their students and...
Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart (pictured), will be officially appointed President of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) at it’s Annual General Conference next Saturday. General Secretary, George...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Authorities in Nigeria say a radical Muslim sect operating in the northeast has shot dead another prominent cleric from the region, the latest...
Uganda‘s Security Minister Wilson Muruli Mukasa has accused the opposition of using social media in a “grand plan” to topple the government. His comments came as...
KANO, Nigeria — Drug maker Pfizer Inc. says it has begun paying victims and their families affected by its fatal 1996 meningitis study in northern Nigeria....