Reuters | Nigeria’s Dangote oil refinery started supplying petroleum products to the local market on Tuesday, a company executive and fuel marketing associations said, a major...
Trinidad & Tobago continues to grapple with the question of whether it should embrace full membership in the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), with divergent opinions...
AP | Senegal inaugurated Bassirou Diomaye Faye as its new president on Tuesday, completing the previously little-known opposition figure’s dramatic ascent from prison to the palace...
In an effort to enhance economic progress and promote regional collaboration, Jamaica, alongside the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the African Union (AU), and the University of the...
Reuters | Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi on Monday appointed the country’s first ever female prime minister, naming planning minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka to...
LeBron James is extending his reach into the realm of grooming. The 39-year-old NBA All-Star is stepping into the spotlight with the launch of The Shop,...
AP | Former South African President Jacob Zuma is not eligible to run in upcoming elections, the Independent Electoral Commission has ruled. The commission said at...
Kenya Airways, the national carrier of Kenya, unveiled promising financial results on Tuesday, signaling a notable turnaround after seven years of struggle. In 2023, the airline...
Reuters | Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win an Academy Award as best supporting actor, has died aged 87, a family statement confirmed...
Kenya has emerged as a beacon of resilience in the face of a global funding downturn for emerging businesses, boasting a remarkable 17 percent surge in...
AP | Members of a transitional presidential council who will be responsible for selecting a new prime minister issued their first official statement on Wednesday, pledging...
By Gregory Simpkins The global environment is changing at an accelerating pace. The post-World War II arrangements have broken down to be replaced by an emerging...
According to individuals familiar with the matter, Vista Equity Partners (Vista), a private equity firm, is in the process of engaging investment banks for the purpose...
AP | Ethiopia’s biggest bank says it has recouped nearly 80 percent of the cash it lost during what it says was a glitch in its...
The St. Kitts & Nevis government is moving to ban single-use plastics, implementing a three-phase structure that will affect the importation, sale, and distribution of several...
Renowned for his notable performances in acclaimed series such as The Wire and Luther, British actor Idris Elba is embarking on a new venture: the development...
Senegal’s former Prime Minister, Amadou Ba, has extended congratulations to his rival opposition candidate, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, for emerging as the likely winner of the presidential...
In Africa, a potent force for advancement is stirring. Bursting with youthful talent and abundant resources, the continent stands on the cusp of a transformative journey:...
Guyana has expressed concerns at new efforts by Venezuela to claim the Essequibo region which makes up about two-thirds of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country and...
AP | Senegalese lined up to vote Sunday in a tightly contested presidential race following months of uncertainty and unrest that has tested the West African...
Bloomberg | South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said pledges to procure goods and services from Black-owned companies worth 261 billion rand (US$13.9 billion) would spur transformation...
Black business ownership is experiencing its most rapid growth in three decades, with the proportion of Black households owning a business more than doubling from 5...
AP | Vaughan Gething was elected first minister of Wales on Wednesday, becoming the first Black leader of a government in the U.K. Gething was elected...
Lagos, Nigeria, is aiming to position itself as a key player in Africa’s gaming industry, eyeing a 30 percent share of the continent’s gaming market, which...
April Showers embodies a rare blend of kindness and passion, often likened to the mythical essence of a unicorn by a friend years ago. Reflecting on...
Jamaican Opposition leader Mark Golding has announced that a future People’s National Party (PNP) government intends to designate reggae icon Bob Marley as Jamaica’s next national...
Bloomberg | Senegalese President Macky Sall defended his decision to delay elections that plunged the West African nation into turmoil, and insisted its democracy and institutions...
The Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) says the regional tourism sector recorded increased visitor arrivals last year with an estimated 14.3 per cent international visitors coming...
By Gregory Simpkins Many of us are familiar with Africa as a concept, though not necessarily as distinguishable, individual nations nor Caribbean nations as more than...
Bloomberg | ExxonMobil Corp. says it found new oil in the waters off Guyana, the South American nation neighboring Venezuela where major oil discoveries have been...
It seems like there’s a growing discourse around Nigeria’s potential membership in BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), a coalition of emerging economies aimed...
AP | A plan to create a transitional presidential council is moving forward after a majority of Haitian parties and coalitions submitted the names of those...
Several political leaders in Haiti have rejected a proposal submitted by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to end the current unstable situation in the French-speaking country and...
The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) represents a significant milestone in the journey towards harnessing Africa’s economic potential. By creating a single continental market, AfCFTA...
AP | Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge announced Monday that she would resign her post, effective March 22, saying she was leaving “with...
Reuters | Haiti’s prime minister, Ariel Henry, will step down once a transition council and temporary replacement have been appointed, he said on Monday, after leading...
By Gregory Simpkins Although half a world apart, lower-income South Africans and Americans are facing increasing challenges to their economic wellbeing due to the influx of...
AFP | Former opposition leader Succes Masra returned from exile and signed a reconciliation deal with Deby Itno before becoming premier this year. The opposition says...
The situation in Haiti remains volatile, with political violence escalating and ongoing challenges in the leadership transition. Caribbean leaders, under the chairmanship of Irfaan Ali, the...
Altro, a black-owned credit-building financial literacy platform, has recently completed a successful strategic funding round, raising US$4 million. Notable figures such as Tinashe, Quavo, Marshawn Lynch,...
Reuters | An oil leak from a barge carrying up to 35,000 barrels of fuel oil that capsized in early February off the Caribbean island of...
Reuters | Senegal heads to the polls on March 24 to choose a successor to President Macky Sall who is not seeking a third term. For...
The St. Lucia Parliament has approved the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as its final and highest court, replacing the London-based Privy Council. All 13 government...
Reuters | Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote is planning to set up an oil trading arm, to help run crude and products supply for his new...
Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali has announced that the Dominican Republic and Martinique have applied for membership in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) during the community’s summit in...
Reuters | Trinidad & Tobago has extended by almost two months a deadline to submit bids for an auction of shallow-water oil and gas blocks, the...
Press Release | The Federal Republic of Somalia has finally joined the East African Community (EAC) as the bloc’s 8th Partner State after officially depositing her...
Press Release | Africa’s economies continue to grow faster than the global average of 3 percent demonstrating resilience against several challenges including climate change, geopolitical tensions,...
AP | Filmmaker Ava DuVernay remembered working as a publicist years ago, struggling to draw major traffic to star-studded events for the African American Film Critics...
Richard and Mengistu Koilor achieved a significant milestone in Philadelphia’s brewing scene by opening Two Locals Brewery on January 31, making it the city’s first Black-owned...
AP | An offshore oil spill that prompted Trinidad & Tobago to declare a national emergency earlier last month has reached the shores of the island...
Anthaea-Grace Dennis, at the age of 12, has become the youngest graduate in the history of the University of Ottawa and is currently pursuing a master’s...
Reuters | Former Tanzanian President Ali Hassan Mwinyi, credited with ushering the East African nation into free market economics, has died at age 98, current President...
A new study suggests that increasing the number of Black-owned businesses could be a critical step in addressing the racial wealth gap in the United States....
Press Release | The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a US$150 million Trade Finance Unfunded Risk Participation Agreement facility between...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s nomination of Deputy Chief Justice Mandisa Maya for the position of Chief Justice in South Africa marks a historic milestone in...
AP | Caribbean leaders met with embattled Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry on Sunday to talk about his country’s security situation, with one top official noting...
Reuters | Senegal President Macky Sall said on Thursday that April 2 will be the end of his mandate as president of the nation. He added,...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders will begin their 46th summit in Guyana on Sunday hoping to further advance a number of issues ranging from the ongoing socio-economic...
Kenya-based start-up, Kuza Freezer, is converting plastic waste, recycling it, and using it to make solar-powered freezers. Kuza Freezer is a youth-led company based in Mombasa,...
AP | The sanctions will be lifted with immediate effect, the president of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Omar Alieu Touray said...
Guyanese President Irfaan Ali says refined sugar from Guyana could be used across the region in place of existing imports. Ali made the statement as he...
Muhga Eltigani is the 32-year-old founder of NaturAll Club, a Philadelphia-based company that makes a line of refrigerated hair care products serving Black women. Born in...
The memorandum of understanding signed between Ethiopian Investment Holdings (EIH) and Hong Kong-based West Data Group’s Center Service PLC marks a significant step towards Ethiopia’s ambition...
Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali Wednesday urged regional countries to get involved in the integration of the economic expansion of his country, saying that is a “conversation...
The collaboration between Spelman College, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Clark Atlanta University marks a significant milestone in addressing systemic barriers within the nation’s...
Business Daily | Kenya has begun twitching its online visitor registration service that policymakers wanted to use to ease travel into the country, but which saw...
Reuters | South Africa will hold national and provincial elections on May 29, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office said on Tuesday. The elections are expected to be...
Interac Corp. has joined forces with the Federation of African Canadian Economics (FACE) for an initiative to boost visibility and support for Black-owned business across Canada...
Business Daily | The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) has picked Frank Mwiti as the new chief executive effective May 2, to replace outgoing CEO Geoffrey Odundo,...
AP | A judge in Haiti responsible for investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse has indicted his widow, Martine Moïse, ex-prime minister Claude...
The Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Timothy Antoine has expressed optimism about the growth outlook for the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) economies,...
Reuters | Niger’s military government has named new ministers of mining and energy in a government reshuffle, splitting up the previous ministry of mines, petrol and...
The collaboration between Nigerian-owned media company Kugali and Disney Animation has resulted in an innovative new animated series titled “Iwájú.” Set in futuristic Lagos, Nigeria, “Iwájú”...
Reuters | Senegal’s Constitutional Council on Thursday ruled that parliament’s unprecedented postponement of the February 25 presidential vote was not in line with the constitution, pitching...
The surge in public investment to counter the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States coincided with a burgeoning movement to support Black-owned...
Bloomberg | Africa could have its first cobalt sulphate refinery by the end of 2025, one of the few outside of China capable of making the...
AP | Haiti’s government announced Wednesday that it is working on an official agreement with Kenyan officials to secure the long-awaited deployment of a police force...
Clarice Phelps is indeed a trailblazing scientist who played a significant role in the discovery of the element Tennessine (Ts), with the atomic number 117, and...
Bloomberg | Access Holdings Plc, owner of Nigeria’s biggest bank by assets, appointed Bolaji Agbede as acting group chief executive officer after the death of Herbert...
The Black Equipment Finance Network recently awarded its inaugural scholarships to two students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), marking a significant milestone in their...
Press Release | The Pan African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) is proud to announce the entry of Banque Centrale de Tunisie (BCT) into its network...
StatusPRO, Inc., has recently announced securing US$20 million in new funding, marking one of the largest Series A investments for a Virtual Reality (VR) gaming company....
AFP | A massive oil spill from an overturned vessel off the coast of Trinidad & Tobago is “not under control,” Prime Minister Keith Rowley said...
AP | Marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum died in a car crash in Kenya late Sunday, a fellow athlete who went to the hospital and saw...
It’s notable that supporting Black businesses is seen by a significant portion of Black adults as an effective strategy for advancing equality in the U.S. This...
Bloomberg | A helicopter carrying 6 people, including the co-founder of Nigeria’s biggest bank by assets, crashed in a Southern California desert area near the Mojave...
By Jevans Nyabiage SCMP | China’s total trade with Africa grew a modest 1.5 percent in 2023 from 2022 to US$282.1 billion, but Africa’s trade deficit...
The 2023 US Supreme Court decision to strike down affirmative action has sparked renewed attention and concern regarding discrimination against Black academics at predominantly White institutions...
Bloomberg | Mozambique is seeking to become one of Africa’s biggest hydropower producers and launch a green hydrogen industry. The government plans to add 14,000 megawatts...
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry urged calm in a public address early Thursday following three days of protests that have paralyzed the country as thousands of...
AP | A freelance journalist with a project focused on Black nationalism has won the American Mosaic Journalism Prize, which honors work about underrepresented groups in...
Reuters | Zimbabwe’s cabinet on Tuesday agreed to abolish the death penalty following months of debate in parliament, choosing instead to impose lengthy prison sentences for...
Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell on Tuesday said his country will be supporting Ghana’s foreign affairs minister to become the next Secretary General of the Commonwealth...
Bloomberg | South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will announce the date for national elections by February 23, according to his spokesman. Ramaphosa will announce the date...
Reuters | Shell Plc has made a final investment decision to build a gas supply facility in Nigeria to feed a fertilizer plant owned by Africa’s...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 rocked Trinidad & Tobago on Monday night. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The Seismic Research...
The Pew Research Center survey indicates that a significant portion of Black adults view supporting Black-owned businesses as an effective strategy for advancing equality. This underscores...
The Browne administration in Antigua & Barbuda has revealed that it will undertake a re-registration of voters in order to “preserve the integrity of the voters’...
By Gregory Simpkins In the late 1800s, European nations consolidated their colonization of Africa at an 1885 conference in Berlin to ensure that each colonial power...
AP | Namibia’s president and founding prime minister Hage Geingob died Sunday at age 82 while receiving treatment for cancer, and the southern African nation quickly...
Reuters | Actor Carl Weathers, a former professional American football player who shot to stardom by playing the brash and charismatic boxer Apollo Creed in the...
Bloomberg | More than half of African nations will use the rules of a continental free-trade pact this year as the region moves closer to fully...
Xinhua | Ghana is about to implement a policy to grant visa-free entry to all Africans visiting the country by the end of 2024, President Nana...
Transparency International says only Guyana and the Dominican Republic in the Americas have improved their Corruption Perception Index (CPI) scores over the past decade, while the...
Bloomberg | Media mogul Byron Allen has extended yet another multibillion-dollar takeover offer – this time, making a US$14.3 billion bid to buy all of the...
AP | A Haitian judge investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse issued an arrest warrant for his wife late last year for failing...
The African tech startup ecosystem experienced a notable decline in total investment in 2023, with a 27.8 percent decrease to reach US$2.4 billion. This decline was...
Former Montserrat premier, Reuben Meade, insisting that he is not “the magician who alone can fix everything”, Thursday announced his return to active politics and will...
By Gregory Simpkins There has been significant discussion over the past year about replacing the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve currency. The dollar has held...
AFP | A Kenyan court on Friday ruled against the government’s plan to deploy police to Haiti to lead a UN-backed multinational mission aimed at restoring...
It is noteworthy that Aliko Dangote, the founder and CEO of the Dangote Group, has experienced a substantial increase in his net worth according to Bloomberg’s...
The Rowley administration in Trinidad & Tobago has welcomed a ruling by the United States Appeals Court in favor of Mexico’s attempts to file a lawsuit...
Business Wire | The Steinbridge Group announced a collaboration with the Student Freedom Initiative (SFI) on its recently-announced US$100 million capital commitment to develop impact-focused real...
The Children in Freedom School in Nakuru, Kenya, takes pride in its Afrocentric approach to education, emphasizing the greatness inherent in every African child. This approach...
Emma Grede‘s background and journey to success indeed reflect a story of resilience and determination. Growing up in East London and raised by a single mother,...
AP | Liberia’s new president, Joseph Boakai, was sworn into office Monday after his narrow win in a November election. Boakai, who at age 79 is...
By Gregory Simpkins The seismic shift in the world order is causing many economic and political changes. The determination to replace the U.S. dollar as the...
AP | A billionaire couple is giving US$100 million to Atlanta’s Spelman College, which the women’s school says is the largest-ever single donation to a historically...
Bloomberg | Zambia plans to build a new rail connection to link a Lake Tanganyika harbor to an existing line that runs to neighboring Tanzania, boosting...
Hailed as “a visionary agent of change”, Lesley Lokko becomes the first woman of African descent to win the top award of the Royal Institute of...
Reuters | In a world grappling with climate change and the search for sustainable energy solutions, Enock Gnaga hopes his company Benin Biogas’s complete waste-to-energy cycle...
Former South African president Jacob Zuma cannot be the president of the country after this year’s general elections because of his criminal record. This was clarified...
Caribbean National Weekly | A magnitude 4.3 earthquake rocked the region just off the coast of Anguilla, according to the University of the West Indies Seismic...
Reuters | Tanzania said on Tuesday it had reinstated approval for Kenyan national carrier Kenya Airways to operate flights between the Kenyan capital Nairobi and Tanzania’s...
AP | Experts are analyzing a new set of small mud volcanoes discovered in recent days in the eastern Caribbean island of Trinidad that have prompted...
AFP | Liberia’s outgoing president George Weah has said he has no plans to run for the top job again after his defeat in recent elections,...
Reuters | Tanzania has withdrawn approval for Kenyan national carrier Kenya Airways to operate flights between the Kenyan capital Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s commercial...
AP | Communities across the United States planned to celebrate the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday with events ranging from prayer services to parades,...
By Gregory Simpkins It is said that necessity is the mother of invention but that desperate times call for desperate measures. Well Ethiopia has a desperate...
Reuters | Nigeria’s Dangote oil refinery has begun producing diesel and aviation fuel, the company said on Saturday, after years of construction delays at the 650,000...
Bloomberg | Adebayo “Bayo” Ogunlesi had already racked up enough accolades to rival any of his elite friends. There’s the undergraduate degree with first-class honors from...
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has warned about the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses in the Region of the Americas, including the Caribbean....
Former Surinamese President Desi Bouterse, whose conviction for involvement in the killing of 15 people more than four decades ago was upheld in December, has been...
AP | The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) announced a donation of US$100 million from the Lilly Endowment, the single largest unrestricted gift to the organization...
Jamaica Observer | The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE), in paving the way for more cross-border listings locally, has signed its latest memorandum of understanding (MOU) with...
AFP | DR Congo’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday confirmed President Felix Tshisekedi’s landslide victory in a December election for a second term in the mineral-rich massive...
AP | A judge in Haiti has issued arrest warrants for more than 30 high-ranking officials accused of government corruption, including numerous former presidents and prime...
Bloomberg | Africa faces economic headwinds this year, but some of the continent’s brightest sparks are shading it in a more hopeful light. Six of the...
Press Release | During Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s bi-annual Board of Directors meeting on September 23rd, Racquel Oden, head of wealth and personal banking for HSBC...
The court-appointed administrator for the cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT, Cleveland Seaforth, says the airline will wind up its operations in its current form on January 24...
By Gregory Simpkins I have been blessed to be a part of some important developments involving African issues: the creation and extension of the African Growth...
The Guyana government Friday said it would participate in a regional ferry service that would link the country with Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago. “Yesterday, Trinidad...
ANGOP | The first gold refinery in Angola, which is being built in the Viana Industrial Park in the country’s capital Luanda, will be completed later...
Bloomberg | The National Basketball Association (NBA) has named a top investment lawyer to oversee the sport and its business on the African continent. Clare Akamanzi,...
Mayor Paul Young was sworn in to office Monday morning, along with 13 members of City Council. As the new mayor, Young said he is “on...
Reuters | Landlocked Ethiopia signed an initial agreement with Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland on Monday to use its Red Sea port of Berbera, Prime Minister...
AP | Basdeo Panday, a former prime minister of Trinidad & Tobago who was the first person of Indian descent to hold that position, has died....
AFP | Succes Masra, president of The Transformers party, was a long-time opponent of the Deby dynasty but returned to Chad in November after reaching an...
Haiti is marking the 220th anniversary of its political independence from France on Monday with the international community expressing support for the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM)...
AP | Trailblazing longtime U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, a nurse from Texas who helped bring hundreds of millions of federal dollars to the Dallas area...
By Gregory Simpkins Since I was a young boy, Africa has fascinated me. Some of my early friends were from Liberia, and I grew up feeling...
AP | Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi won reelection with more than 70 percent of the vote, the country’s election commission said Sunday. The...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General, Carla Barnett, said Wednesday the regional integration movement this year made progress on programmes and policies “to positively impact the lives...
Bloomberg | Nigeria-based Riverside LNG said it’s in talks to supply gas to South Africa, in what would be the first such deal between the two...
Former Jamaican prime minister, Bruce Golding, will head a 10-member Commonwealth Expert Team (CET) to observe Bangladesh’s general elections on January 7 next year. “It is...
Bloomberg | Former Credit Suisse chief Tidjane Thiam has won his bid to lead Ivory Coast’s opposition in presidential elections scheduled for 2025. Results of a...
By Gregory Simpkins In December 2022, the Biden Administration convened a summit with African governmental leaders, as well as African and American businesspeople and civil society...
AP | There were jitters, of course. Considering all that happened, how could there not be? When Simone Biles walked onto the floor at a suburban...
Press Release | Central Africa holds some of Africa’s leading frontier markets for hydrocarbon exploration, featuring underexplored acreage, coupled with substantial proven oil and gas reserves....
Caribbean National Weekly | Outgoing Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman, Roosevelt Skerrit, has emphasized the significance of unity as the key to making a substantial impact on...
Bloomberg | Angola announced it’s leaving OPEC following 16 years of membership amid a dispute over oil production quotas, while the cartel tries to buoy global...
Reuters | Former Haitian Senator John Joel Joseph was on Tuesday sentenced in a Miami court to life in prison over his role in the July...
The Prime Minister of St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, has said that Guyana, with its smaller population and military, should “sleep better” now that...
Bloomberg | Nigeria is introducing incentives to attract oil and gas investment as Africa’s biggest economy works to ramp up crude output. The measures include substituting...
Press Release | Professor Ijeoma Uchegbu, a Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience known for her ground-breaking work in nanoparticle drug delivery, will become the 7th President of...
Reuters | COVID-19 vaccine maker BioNTech aims to start production at its mRNA vaccine factory site in Rwanda in 2025, company officials said on Monday, the...
Press Release | Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall’s famous words, “If we are ever to become a fully integrated society, one in which the color of...
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has told the diplomatic community in the country that the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nation in 2024 will seek to “overcome...
Reuters | Tanzania’s economy is expected to grow by about 5.5 percent in 2024, up from about 5 percent in 2023, but it faces risks from...
When Byron Allen was just 14, he started doing stand-up comedy. Four years later, in 1979, he became the youngest comedian to appear on “The Tonight...
By Gregory Simpkins December 10th is commemorated as Human Rights Day in honor of the proclamation of the Universal Declaration Of Human Rights by the United...
AFP | The presidents of Guyana and Venezuela pledged after direct talks on Thursday not to resort to force to settle a long-simmering – and recently...
AFP | A Senegalese judge on Thursday ordered that jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko be reinstated on the electoral roll, clearing the way for him to...
Reuters | The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved over US$696 million in financing for a rail project to link Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic...
AP | Andre Braugher, the Emmy-winning actor who would master gritty drama for seven seasons on “Homicide: Life on The Street” and modern comedy for eight...
Guyana’s President, Irfaan Ali, and his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro, are scheduled to meet in St. Vincent & the Grenadines on Thursday amidst heightened tension over...
AFP | American Noah Lyles and Faith Kipyegon of Kenya were named track athletes of the year, World Athletics announced in Monaco on Monday. Lyles was...
The St. Lucia government has revealed it will be paying out an estimated EC$20 million (US$7.4 million) in outstanding tax refunds dating back to 2015. A...
By Gregory Simpkins We live in a time of great upheaval worldwide, and according to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), there has never...
Reuters | The Dangote oil refinery in Nigeria on Friday received its first cargo of 1 million barrels of crude oil from Shell International Trading and...
AFP | The foreign ministers of Venezuela and Guyana spoke by telephone Wednesday as tensions escalated over a disputed, oil-rich region and Brazil reinforced troops on...
Reuters | Up to US$1 billion will be available to boost African vaccine manufacturing as part of a new scheme set up by Gavi, the Vaccine...
AP | Guyana’s president told The Associated Press on Wednesday that his country is taking every necessary step to protect itself from Venezuela, which has ordered...
Shirley Chisholm was a groundbreaking Black politician who championed and advocated for many, including the Black community. The first Black woman elected to Congress, her elementary...
Reuters | Joseph Vincent, a former informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), on Tuesday became the fourth person to plead guilty in a U.S....
APO Group | Entrepreneurs hailing from Nigeria, Kenya and Egypt were in the top three following the final pitching session in the Grand Finale; ABH (www.AfricaBusinessHeroes.org)...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the Guyanese economy continues to experience record growth, supported by the government’s modernization plans and unparalleled oil and gas sector...
AP | Democratic Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney announced Monday that he will run for Virginia governor in 2025. In a campaign video announcement, Stoney said he...
By Gregory Simpkins The African ‘coup train’ keeps on rolling with the latest coup attempt in Sierra Leone. This time, however, the coup was thwarted before...
The former director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dominican-born Dr Carissa F. Etienne, died Friday of an apparent heart failure. She was 71 years...
Bloomberg | Media executive Byron Allen is weighing a bid for several television stations from broadcaster E.W. Scripps Co. and is seeking funding from the private...
AFP | After he won last month the nomination as Ghana’s ruling party presidential candidate in the 2024 election, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia quickly made clear...
The St. Kitts & Nevis government has launched a plastic ban campaign to raise public awareness and support for its agenda towards banning, phasing out and...
Bloomberg | Angola rejected a new output quota handed to it by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and said it planned to breach...
CNBC Africa | The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has revealed plans to list the US$20 billion Dangote Petroleum Refinery on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX),...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 rattled parts of Barbados on Tuesday, however, there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The Trinidad &...
AP | The Kenyan High Court on Tuesday struck out key clauses of a contentious finance law that has been blamed for significantly raising taxes and...
AFP | Conflict-weary Somalia was admitted on Friday into the East African Community (EAC) as the eighth member of the bloc as it seeks to expand...
A New York-based minority investment firm has sweetened its offer for Carver Bancorp. Dream Chasers Capital announced last Monday in a press release that it would...