When President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, he bluntly told the committee: “There will be times when nations – acting individually or in...
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...
Herman Cain (pictured) is on a roll, despite having made a series of stumbles that have left many openly questioning whether he’s ready for the White...
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...
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...
President Barack Obama’s domestic policy adviser, Ms. Melody Barnes (pictured), will leave the White House at the end of the year to spend more time with...
Herman Cain (pictured), is a fiscal conservative. He never misses a chance to promote his 999 plan or outline his vision for economic growth and recovery....
Its [now] about [10:53] [and am over the 8:25 euphoria of hearing the news]. Then, like now, grad school lethargy caroused my veins; my right eye,...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
Polls suggest that Herman Cain (pictured), is one of the front-runners for the GOP presidential nomination. So why is it that most political insiders privately dismiss...
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...
Andrew Holness (pictured) is on track to becoming the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) leader and next prime minister of Jamaica. This was further confirmed when he...
Herman Cain (pictured), has explained why he prefers to be called a black American as opposed to an African-American. “My roots go back through slavery in...
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...
Andrew Holness (pictured), is the presumed next prime minister of Jamaica. He will have to seek his own mandate if he is to have the moral...
Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain (pictured), has cast himself as the outsider, the pizza magnate with real-world experience who will bring fresh ideas to the nation’s...
As the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination has come into sharper focus, an unlikely figure has emerged, former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain (pictured)....
In 1782, the 70-year-old African woman, whose “master” had been killed in a war, made her case to the US Senate and House of Representatives: “The...
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...
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...
(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...
The Obama Campaign and Democratic National Committee (DNC) raised a combined nearly US$70 million for the 2012 campaign from July through September, the groups reported today...
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...
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...
Herman Cain (pictured), was expecting criticism, and he sure got it. “They are a little bit afraid that this long shot may not be a long...
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...
(Gleaner) – Opposition leader and President of the People’s national Party (NP), Portia Simpson Miller, says she is alarmed that the Government seems to have unilaterally...
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...
GOP candidate Herman Cain Herman Cain (pictured), has been an afterthought, on the receiving end of few questions from the moderators and virtually ignored by his...
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain (pictured), said on Sunday that he doesn’t believe racism holds African Americans back. “I don’t believe racism in this country today...
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 —...
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...
Herman Cain (pictured), has been long viewed as an outsider because of his unconventional economic policies, lack of political experience and incendiary views on Muslims in...
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...
Herman Cain Herman Cain holds a 20 point lead over Mitt Romney in the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, a new poll revealed yesterday....
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...
Voters overwhelmingly re-elected Memphis mayor A C Wharton (pictured), over nine rivals Thursday, giving the Democrat a hefty mandate to continue another four years after a...
U.S. President., Barack Obama President Barack Obama has been railing against Congress to pass his jobs plan and casting Republicans as obstructionists who would rather score...
President Barack Obama says he has complete confidence in Attorney General Eric Holder (pictured), amid Republican accusations that Holder was aware months earlier than he’s acknowledged...
Herman Cain (pictured), is scoring highly in polls but lack of ground organization in Iowa and New Hampshire may work against him. The former chief executive...
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...
The Press Union of Liberia on Wednesday condemned the sacking of state radio chief Ambroise Nmah, accusing President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (pictured), of replacing him with...
GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain (pictured), once the longest of long shots, is surging in polls across the country and now leads the field among N.C....
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....
President Barack Obama is naming names. First he singled out House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell. On Tuesday, House Republican leader Eric...
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...
Herman Cain (pictured), was chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City from January 1995 to August 1996 and had served on its board since...
The former vice-president of Uganda, Dr. Gilbert Bukenya (pictured), has been remanded in prison after an anti-corruption court ruled that he was involved in fraudulent practice...
President Barack Obama demanded Monday that Congress vote on his jobs legislation package this month despite signs that the full measure faces stiff resistance. “I’m ready...
Armed men dressed as soldiers fired into the air and stopped traffic in south Cameroon last week, demanding the departure of long-serving President Paul Biya (pictured)...
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...
Even though the Cain campaign is picking up steam, finishing first in the Zogby poll this week with 28%, compared to Rick Perry’s 18% and Mitt...
Newly elected Zambia President Michael Sata has appointed Guy Scott (pictured), as vice president, making him the first white man to hold that high position since...
Outgoing Prime Minister Bruce Golding is seeking to allay fears that the pending change in the leadership of the Government could lead to chaos.At least six...
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain (pictured), says that he should not have stayed silent after the audience at a recent GOP debate booed a gay soldier....
Bruce Golding the Prime Minister of Jamaica announce his resignation one week ago – he will also be stepping down as leader if the Jamaica Labor...
President Barack Obama, the man Republicans claimed was too young, too idealistic and too inexperienced to lead, is becoming a foreign policy authority the likes of...
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...
Anwar al-Awlaki President Barack Obama declared the killing of a fiery American-born cleric in Yemen a “major blow” to al-Qaida’s most active affiliate, and vowed a...
The Information Minister said transition is among issues to be outlined.
Democratic lawmakers on Thursday called for a federal investigation into Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' failure to report hundreds of thousands of dollars on annual financial...
The Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) general secretary, Aundre Franklyn, said measures are in place to prevent the leadership race from becoming bitter. He said assurances have...
The 2012 presidential campaign is well under way for Michelle Obama, and the first lady is promising to put herself into the election effort like never...
Herman Cain (pictured), scored an impressive first place showing in the recent Presidency 5 straw poll in Florida. Mr. Cain is well-liked among the current field...
Jamaica’s prime minister Bruce Golding (pictured), says he will give a more detailed explanation of his decision to resign sometime after his mother’s funeral. Golding says...
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain acknowledges he may be the “flavor of the month,” but promises that voters will find that there’s “more to that flavor...
Jamaica’s departing prime minister met privately with his Cabinet colleagues Monday as the Caribbean country’s governing party looked for a new chief to lead them into...
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....
Michael Sata sworn in as Zambia’s President – REUTERS/Makson Wasamunu Michael Sata, Zambia’s new president, told Chinese companies on Monday that they were welcome to invest...
Herman Cain (pictured), says his victory in the Florida Republican straw poll was authentic and wasn’t a statement by voters against Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Cain...
Jamaica’s governing party announced Sunday that Prime Minister Bruce Golding (pictured), will step down as leader in the coming weeks, possibly averting a rebellion from ruling...
Texas Gov. Rick Perry worked to convince Florida Republicans Saturday that he is the strongest contender for the party’s presidential nomination despite a shaky debate performance...
President Barack Obama took his newly combative message to the liberal West Coast on Sunday, aiming to re-energize faithful Democratic voters who have grown increasingly disenchanted...
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...
A long list of thorny issues, including the ratification of several candidates and the image of Jamaica Labour Party leader Bruce Golding, are among the agenda...
Zambian opposition leader Michael Sata (pictured), has been sworn in as president Friday after an upset poll victory that ushered in a smooth handover of power...
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 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...
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...
A federal appeals panel took nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis (pictured), off a New Jersey state Senate ballot Thursday, finding he does not meet the...
Jamaica Prime Minister Bruce Golding (pictured), has criticized the Opposition’s job initiative, the Jamaica Emergency Employment Program (JEEP), which was outlined by Portia Simpson-Miller, the Leader...
The latest results from Zambia’s electoral commission show opposition leader Michael Sata leading incumbent President Rupiah Banda 43 to 36 percent, with results in from slightly...
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...
Voting has ended in a Zambian general election that E.U. observers say was conducted in a as fair and transparent manner, despite scattered incidents of violence...
Six Democratic mayors were joined by a Republican mayor in urging President Barack Obama and Congress to work together to create jobs and rebuild the nation’s...
As president, my top foreign policy priority would be to stand united with Israel. I will not allow the Arab Spring to be the fall of...
In yesterday’s Rose Garden address, President Obama unveiled his new initiative to attack America’s long-term deficit, which has increased exponentially since the implementation of the Bush...
CONTRIBUTIONS TO the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) more than doubled in the last financial year.The party's audited report for the year ending June 2011 indicated...
Zambia’s President Rupiah Banda (pictured), on Monday made a stern call for peace the day before voters go to the polls in an election that will...
Haiti’s parliament on Friday unanimously approved the nomination of senior UN diplomat Garry Conille as the Caribbean nation’s new prime minister. Haitian President Michel Martelly described...
Carl Lewis (pictured), was a sprinter. The legal saga over whether he iss eligible to run for New Jersey’s state Senate is a marathon. The 3rd...
Tiger Woods was among the winners after the BMW Championship, even though he didn’t play. Woods slipped to No. 49 in the world ranking Sunday, meaning...
President Barack Obama, setting up another clash with Republicans, will propose Monday US$1.5 trillion in new taxes aimed primarily at the wealthy as part of a...
As the debate over jobs turns into the latest political tug-of-war, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri walks a careful but candid line. As chairman of the...
President Kagame received President Nicolas Sarkozy of France on his first visit to Rwanda. Three years ago a commission of inquiry set up by Rwanda’s President...
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain (pictured), is quick to discuss his economic plan. But he isn’t saying just who helped him create it. Cain calls it...
Portia Simpson Miller. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa People’s National Party (PNP), President, Portia Simpson Miller, today outlined several initiatives her party will undertake if it wins the...
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...
Latest polls place Zambian opposition Patriotic Front (PF) president Michael Sata as a probable winner of the presidency with 54% of the vote after the next...
President Barack Obama signs the American Invents Act, Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Pablo...
Pitching his jobs plan and his re-election, President Barack Obama attended two intimate $35,800-per-couple fundraisers Thursday, assuring donors that he will push Congress to pass his...
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...
NEW YORK (AP) - The surprising results portend a perilous national environment for Obama as he prepares to seek re-election next year...
Herman Cain (pictured), the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO and current candidate for president of the United States, may not get the Republican nomination. But he remains...
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 70 percent of Obama's confirmed judicial nominees during his first two years were "non-traditional," or nominees who were not white males...
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...
The Integrity Commission has referred a matter involving the former finance minister to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
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...
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.'...
ATLANTA (AP) - President Barack Obama's jobs pitch is already playing well with blacks, who had grown plenty irked with him over what they perceived as...
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...
NEW YORK (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama says she hopes to still be playing tennis when she's 90...
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...
theGRIO REPORT - The biggest problem the president is facing is not whether people will switch sides. It's whether people will turnout for him again...
A pro-democracy campaigner trumped the ruling party candidate on Wednesday in a critical by-election that signals increasing opposition to President Bingu wa Mutharika‘s seven-year rule of...
theGRIO REPORT - In this election cycle, the Republicans' efforts to court the black vote is nowhere to be seen...
Less than two years after retiring, Lisa Leslie (pictured), is rejoining the Los Angeles Sparks — as a part-owner. The Sparks announced Friday night the nine-time...
Cameroon's longtime president, Paul Biya, has officially declared his candidacy for the October 9 presidential polls despite calls for him to step down after nearly 30...
NBC NEWS - After the bruising debt-ceiling fight -- as well as Standard & Poor's subsequent downgrade of the nation's credit rating -- Obama's job approval...
DETROIT (AP) - Obama said that with widespread suffering, "the time for Washington games is over" and lawmakers must move quickly to create jobs...
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...
OPINION - There is no reason to believe what Obama did in 2008 can't be replicated at the state-level for a man like Johnny DuPree, who...
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...
Obama is still a favorite. That being said, he is dangerously close to the tipping point between a clear favorite and a struggling contender. Obama’s has...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House is characterizing the flap over the timing of the president's address to Congress next week as a 'side show'...
Hague court to decide on whether to confirm cases against six individuals over deadly post-election violence in 2008.
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.
If there’s anything close to a political certainty in 2012, it’s that Barack Obama will get more than 90 percent of the African-American vote. But that...
After more than half a century, Jamaica's parliamentarians will deliberate the nation's business from a location other than George William Gordon House, where they have sat...
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...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - The U.N. has urged African leaders to "encourage new leadership" in Libya...
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Bruce Golding is to make a statement on the matter shortly.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Facing high unemployment and a jittery Wall Street, Obama has had to confront questions over his handling of the economy more than a...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Johnny DuPree, 57, won a Democratic primary runoff and advances to the Nov. 8 general election to face Republican Lt. Gov. Phil...
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...
OPINION - If President Obama cannot afford open displays of anger, let Maxine Waters do the job. If the Tea Party can fight, so can we...
theGRIO REPORT - 'Winnie,' a film about Winnie Mandela will soon make it debut at the Toronto Film Festival, but Mandela does not support the film....
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...
The president of Malawi has dissolved his Cabinet of more than 40 ministers and deputies without giving any reason.
theGRIO REPORT - On Thursday, the Congressional Black Caucus takes its "For the People" Jobs Initiative to Atlanta, Georgia hosting a job fair and town hall.
PORTIA SIMPSON MILLER says the People's National Party (PNP) has resisted the temptation of offering election-oriented policies in a bid to return to state power.Speaking during...
WASHINGTON (AP) - On a related front, Obama will also present a specific plan to cut the suffocating long-term national debt and to pay for the...
DECORAH, Iowa (AP) - 'I make no apologies for being reasonable,' Obama declared.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama sets off Monday on a bus tour that aims to produce give-and-take with Americans...
KINSHASA, Congo — The race to lead sub-Saharan Africa’s largest country kicks off this week with presidential candidates registering for the November election, a vote that...
OPINION - Progressives would be wise to ignore their political soothsayers and recognize that everyone has a hustle...
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...
President Barack Obama sharpened his attacks on Congress, blaming them for gridlock in Washington that has held up work to bolster the economy, as he sought...
The answer is that the Urban League is utterly dependent on the generosity of corporate donors, and Bill Gates is potentially among the biggest...
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...
NEWS ONE - According to a new BlackPlanet/NewsOne poll, 88 percent of African-Americans said President Barack Obama should be reelected while 12 percent said he shouldn't...
OPINION - The CBC is in the unique position to provide this kind of direction, and I believe they have the vision and capacity to make...
Twelve members of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo's inner circle have been indicted for crimes relating to the post-electoral crisis that left over 3,000 dead.
LUSAKA, Zambia — A Zambian judge has dismissed a petition from the main opposition party trying to block President Rupiah Banda from running for re-election next...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - He insisted sanctions by Western nations have stalled training and modernization programs in the military...
Black lawmakers are embarking on a month-long campaign Monday to address the staggering unemployment rate among African Americans, an issue that has become a growing source...
Obama has seen some hits to his national approval rating over the last few weeks as residue from the bruising debt debate, although Congress is even...
WASHINGTON (AP) - An American official says the helicopter appears to have been shot down Saturday in eastern Afghanistan in the deadliest single combat incident of...
Media around the world have been reporting on a recent African Development Bank study claiming that Africa has a new middle class of 313 million, a...
OPINION - The optimism of 'Yes We Can' and 'Change We Can Believe In' has turned into the pessimism of 'if not now when' and 'if...
Niger security forces arrested ten soldiers for trying to overthrow the government last month, President Mahamadou Issoufou (pictured), said late on Tuesday, in his first public...
The Senate gives the thumb down to yet another nominee that President Michel Martelly put forward for prime minister.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans have accused the president of emphasizing campaign money over governing, criticizing plans for the lavish birthday party...
DESPITE SOME adverse findings, the commissions set up by the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the People's National Party (PNP) to investigate and clear candidates for...
Like all of the other Republicans competing in the Ames straw poll, Herman Cain is heading to Iowa for several days of intense campaigning ahead of...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate on Tuesday passed legislation that heads off an unprecedented U.S. financial default and begins the process of curbing the country's spiraling...
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Sierra Leone’s main opposition party has named retired Brig. Gen. Julius Maada Bio as its candidate for presidential elections next year. The...
WASHINGTON (AP) - He spoke at the White House as a bill by Republican House Speaker John Boehner to lift the debt ceiling and slash spending...
OPINION - Stalled immigration reform -- like several other high-profile Obama campaign promises has become a proxy for frustrated political ambitions...
LUSAKA, Zambia — Zambia’s president says the southern African country will hold national elections in September and that he will run for his first full five-year...
ACCUSING THE People's National Party (PNP) of carrying out a campaign to derail Chinese investments amounting to more than US$1 billion in Jamaica, the Bruce Golding-led...
News reporting is fixated on the D.C. beltway scheming, beaming pictures of government officials zipping in and out of meetings with occasional public comment. Meanwhile, the...
After establishing himself as the Republican presidential candidate most overtly critical of Muslims in America, Herman Cain taking steps to reach out to the community...
President Michel Martelly's housing and education plans get backing from the regional grouping.
LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria’s president is proposing limiting the president and governors to one term. A spokesman for President Goodluck Jonathan says the term would be...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation will run out of ability to borrow money and pay its existing bills after Aug. 2 if a deal is not...
Thirty-six recruits will enter the city's police academy today. Marlin Avant is the only one who is black...