U.S. Congresswoman Donna Edwards who is leading in the polls in her quest to become the second Black woman member of the U. S. Senate has...
The head of Haiti’s revamped electoral council said Tuesday that the 9-member body is facing numerous challenges in concluding a troubled elections cycle that began last...
South Africa’s parliament has been debating an opposition motion to remove President Jacob Zuma because the country’s top court ruled that he had violated the constitution...
South Africa’s parliament will debate on Tuesday a motion to impeach President Jacob Zuma, National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete said, after a top court ruled the...
U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday commuted the sentences of 61 federal prisoners serving time for drug crimes, bringing his total commutations to 248 individuals, which...
Antigua & Barbuda is poised to join Guyana and several other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member-states in having the Caribbean Court of Justice as the final court...
U.S. President Barack Obama’s approval rating has reached its highest level in three years. According to Gallup, Obama’s approval rating is now on par with Ronald...
Newly-elected Benin president Patrice Talon plans to reduce presidential mandates to just one 5-year term, he said late on Friday, after the constitutional court confirmed his...
Senegal has voted overwhelmingly in favor of limiting presidential terms from 7 to 5 years, the country’s interior minister said Tuesday, after a weekend referendum widely...
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday denied reports that President Jacob Zuma had offered to resign after mounting claims of improper political interference...
Stepping into history, U.S. President Barack Obama opened an extraordinary visit to Cuba on Sunday, eager to push decades of acrimony deeper into the past and...
U.S. President Barack Obama will nominate federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, congressional sources said Wednesday. The pick sets up a confrontation...
Weeks after taking power as Haiti’s interim leader, Jocelerme Privert on Tuesday, March 8, announced the makeup of his 15-member government tasked with organizing elections to...
South African President Jacob Zuma has survived a no-confidence vote in parliament Tuesday after a heated attack on his “reckless” handling of the economy. Zuma’s African...
Zimbabwe’s former vice president Joice Mujuru announced plans Tuesday to run in elections scheduled for 2018 against President Robert Mugabe and his ruling ZANU-PF party. Mujuru...
Jamaica’s ruling party – the People’s National Party (PNP) – is expected to win re-election on Thursday after the indebted economy returned to growth under an...
Baltimore library chief Carla Hayden, a defender of library users’ freedom from surveillance, was nominated by U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday to be Librarian of...
Jamaicans go to the polls this Thursday, in what regional analysts predict will be very close. According to Derek Ramsamooj – a Trinidad & Tobago-based political...
Haitian lawmakers early Sunday elected Privert, 62, a senator and president of the National Assembly, was chosen on the second round of balloting after a lengthy...
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch might be the U.S. President Barack Obama’s choice to replace Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court. According to Tom Goldstein,...
As the Jamaican election campaign heats up, incumbent Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller says she is not afraid to face opposition leader Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) leader...
The race between Anicet Georges Dologuele and Faustin Archange Touadera, in the Central African Republic, is expected to be tight with both ex-prime ministers enjoying support...
Police have erected barricades outside the South African parliament ahead of embattled President Jacob Zuma’s address to the nation against a background of concerted efforts to...
Chad’s President Idriss Deby, said on Tuesday he would introduce constitutional term limits if he is re-elected – in an election slated for April this year....
South African President Jacob Zuma. PHOTO/Reuters[/caption] South African President Jacob Zuma is ready to pay back the state funds used to upgrade his private home, his...
Police say 2 men have been shot dead and 3 others have been wounded at a crowded rally of Jamaica’s main opposition party. The Jamaica Constabulary...
Haiti’s president promised on Thursday to leave power in 3 days’ time despite having no replacement after a postponed election, as opposition protests intensified and politicians...
If the results of an opinion poll conducted over the past few days are to be believed, incumbent Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller and her People’s...
U.S.President Barack Obama created a new federal task force Thursday to accelerate cancer research, putting Vice President Joe Biden in charge of the drive to streamline...
In one year, U.S. President Barack Obama will leave 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. So what will life be like for America’s first black president after 2 terms...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear President Barack Obama’s bid to resurrect his plan to shield more than 4 million illegal immigrants from...
Senegalese leader Macky Sall’s proposal to limit presidents to two consecutive terms was Monday submitted to the country’s constitutional council, putting him at odds with some...
Haiti’s parliament convened this week, the first time since January 2015. The country’s parliament was dissolved on January 14, 2015, after talks for a deal to...
The U.S. Navy has announced that it will name a new ship after civil rights leader and U.S. Rep. John Lewis. With Lewis in attendance, Secretary...
The White House unveiled gun control measures on Monday that require more gun sellers to get licenses and more gun buyers to undergo background checks, moves...
A commission probing Haiti’s disputed presidential election reported Sunday that a first-round vote was plagued with problems, but indicated a final run-off can take place as...
Advancing gun control, closing the U.S. military prison in Cuba and reforming criminal justice laws are likely to top U.S. President Barack Obama’s State of the...
By Rick Newman Virtually all the Republican candidates want to repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), the most significant piece of legislation passed under U.S. President...
A late December presidential runoff – December 27 – in Haiti is expected to be held as scheduled regardless of the deep suspicion of first-round results,...
Ben Carson’s campaign says the Republican presidential candidate will travel to Africa later this month. A statement from the campaign says Carson will visit 3 African...
In a not-so-subtle rebuke of his predecessors, Tanzania’s new President John Magufuli has displayed zeal for austerity and impatience with corruption and waste since taking office...
A group of opposition presidential candidates has called for changes to the country’s electoral council and police hierarchy ahead of this month’s presidential runoff. Led by...
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has asked a federal judge to halt the implementation of a photo identification requirement for North...
A new city manager has been hired in Ferguson, Missouri, the St. Louis suburb that became a paradigm of racial profiling and police use of deadly...
The Grenada Government has called on Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states to support Sir Ronald Sanders, the Antigua & Barbuda diplomat for the post of Commonwealth...
The ruling party in Haiti has emerged as the big winner of the Caribbean country’s municipal elections, election results showed Tuesday. The Parti Haïtien Tèt Kale...
Citizens of St. Vincent & the Grenadines will elect a new government in a month. The country’s incumbent prime minister Ralph Gonsalves announced a December 9...
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, 64, received the Thurgood Marshall Lifetime Achievement Award at the National Equal Justice Award Dinner Wednesday night in New York....
Ruling party candidate Jovenel Moïse and former government executive Jude Célestin led voting in Haiti’s October 25 presidential elections and will face each other in a...
U.S. President Barack Obama earlier this week, announced new measures to smooth the integration of former criminals into society. Obama, a Democrat who has made criminal...
Election officials in Haiti are counting ballots from Sunday’s vote, a lengthy process that will take at least a week before producing preliminary results. The ballots...
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will mount an election observation mission in Haiti for the first round of the Presidential Elections and the second round of the...
There is heightened speculation in Jamaica about whether Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller and her ruling People’s National Party (PNP) will call for general elections this later...
Could the Congressional Black Caucus block their votes in such a way to get something politically out of the race for Speaker of the House? Of...
Latest numbers indicate that Ben Carson raised at least US$20 million – an amount that has not only reaffirmed his viability as a Republican presidential candidate,...
Millions of Guineans voted peacefully on Sunday in the West African country’s presidential and general election. The incumbent president, Alpha Conde, 77, is widely expected to...
With three weeks left until elections in Tanzania, East Africa’s most populous nation, campaigns are intensifying ahead of what is expected to be tightest electoral race...
Somalia’s parliamentary speaker has withdrawn an impeachment motion brought against President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud – the latest crisis to threaten the country’s stability as it struggles...
Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who served under ex-president George W. Bush, said Thursday she is done with politics and is happy with her...
The Black Lives Matter network will skip a presidential endorsement but keep up its political activism by confronting candidates about the treatment of African Americans in...
The Organization of American States said Monday that a top representative will hold high-level meetings with Haitian officials to support next month’s scheduled first round of...
The Portia Simpson-Miller administration in Jamaica says debate on the 3 bills allowing for the island-nation to adopt the Trinidad & Tobago-based Caribbean Court of Justice...
Kevin Bourne of Shift Magazine, recently had a discussion with Canadian New Democratic Party (NDP) political candidate Gregory Hines. Hines has had a varied career in...
Keith Rowley was sworn into office as prime minister of Trinidad & Tobago following his party’s victory in Monday’s general elections. Rowley, 65, led the People’s...
A leading political party in Haiti announced on Tuesday that it was pulling out of next month’s legislative elections. It was not immediately clear whether the...
Barbados and St. Vincent & the Grenadines have signed a treaty establishing a maritime boundary between the two countries, the first ever of its kind. Barbados...
China’s trade will continue to increase by more than 5 percent per year between 2015 and 2020 despite recent setbacks caused by its marked economic slowdown,...
A DW report stated that data suggests that as China’s economy slows down, the demand for African resources will dwindle, with bilateral trade dropping sharply since...
Election authorities in Haiti on Wednesday disqualified 2 more candidates for disruptions during legislative elections earlier this month, bringing the total of barred candidates to 16...
Former Ohio Congressman Louis Stokes, who served 15 consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives during which he investigated the assassinations of President John F....
There is buzz building up in Washington DC, that South Carolina Senator Tim Scott may be considered as a vice presidential running mate for the candidate...
R. Donahue Peebles, has replaced U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah as the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. Fattah stepped down from the position following a...
A hostile comment made by Haitian President Michel Martelly at a campaign rally has set off an uproar in his coalition government, leading a politically allied...
Calling it a moral obligation, U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled the final version of his plan to dramatically cut emissions from U.S. power plants, as he...
By Stephen Lande & Dennis Matanda Manchester Trade Limited, Inc On June 25, 2015, after what were years of advocacy, the House of Representatives and Senate...
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has passed a resolution lifting its 15-year economic boycott of South Carolina, after that state took...
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will take only half of the salary paid to former head of state Goodluck Jonathan, his office announced last Friday. “President Muhammadu...
A debate between the incumbent Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and opposition leader Keith Rowley, has been postponed. In a letter dated July 3, Lorraine O’Connor, a...
U.S. President Barack Obama will address the 106th National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Annual Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, July 14,...
Haiti’s electoral council has released a final list of presidential candidates allowed to participate in the upcoming general elections. Officials released the list of 58 names...
Ivy Taylor has been elected mayor of San Antonio, becoming the first African American elected to the post. San Antonio, the seventh-largest U.S. city and the...
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday defended his healthcare reforms as a moral imperative that is now part of the fabric of America, as the Supreme...
Former FIFA vice president Jack Warner made a televised address in Trinidad & Tobago on Wednesday night, saying he will prove a link between soccer’s governing...
The Simpson-Miller administration has secured an injunction from the Supreme Court of Jamaica to bar police officers from continuing their sick-out or any other industrial action. More...
(BlackPRWire) – The Barack Obama Foundation announced today that the future Barack Obama Presidential Center – which will include the library, museum, as well as office...
The ruling coalition People’s Partnership Government and the main Opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) Sunday launched their unofficial campaign for the next general election that must...
Haiti’s former Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe has submitted papers to run for the presidency shortly before the election office’s deadline, after repeatedly saying he had no...
David Granger was on Saturday sworn in as Guyana’s new president after his multiracial opposition coalition narrowly won a national election, heralding a new chapter in...
An elections committee in Haiti has rejected first lady Sophia Martelly’s bid to run for Senate. Electoral council spokesman Richardson Dumel said Wednesday that the committee...
Jamaica is now closer to having the Caribbean Court of Justice as its final court of appeal – one step closer to Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller’s...
South Africa’s main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), said it voted Mmusi Maimane as leader on Sunday, making him the first black person to head...
With three weeks remaining before his inauguration as Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari has started putting his cabinet together. According to officials in his All Progressives Congress...
Following a week of racially charged protests in Baltimore, U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday said obstacles facing minority men from birth put them in a...
Retired surgeon Ben Carson declared his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination Monday, resting his longshot bid on his vision of the nation as “a place...
U.S. President Barack Obama will announce a new private-sector initiative on Monday aimed at sustaining his My Brother’s Keeper program beyond his time in the White...
The U.S. Senate has scheduled a vote for Thursday morning on the nomination of Loretta Lynch to be the next attorney general, ending a month-long partisan...
After 3 years of delayed polls and simmering political unrest, Haiti’s electoral machinery is finally grinding into gear. By the end of the year, Haiti ought...
Opening a three-day trip to the Caribbean and Central America, U.S. President Barack Obama hopes to capitalize on mutual needs in the face of expanding Chinese...
Barack Obama will become the first U.S. president to set foot on Jamaican soil in more than three decades on Wednesday. Obama arrives in Kingston for...
U.S. President Barack Obama’s choice of Loretta Lynch to be the next U.S. attorney general got a boost late last week, when Republican Senator Mark Kirk...
U.S. President Barack Obama will ask Americans to think of climate change as a threat not just to the environment, but also to their health. Obama...
The Inter Religious Organization (IRO) is calling on the political parties contesting the May 11 national and regional elections in Guyana to sign a peace pact....
For all the anti-government protests and demands that he resign from office, Haitian President Michel Martelly remains quite popular, according to a new public opinion survey....
Former Jamaican prime minister, Andrew Holness, has retained his job as the leader of the opposition Jamaica Labor Party (JLP). This follows his victory over his...
Members of Jamaica’s opposition party – the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP), are meeting Monday to decide on the fate of their leader – former prime minister,...
The number of uninsured U.S. residents fell by more than 11 million since U.S. President Barack Obama signed the health care overhaul 5 years ago, according...
A motion of no confidence against Trinidad & Tobago opposition leader Keith Rowley will be debated on Wednesday. According to the twin-island republic’s Housing Ministerl, the...
Jamaica’s prime minister has revealed that U.S. President Barack Obama will visit the Caribbean country next month. Portia Simpson-Miller told lawmakers Tuesday that Obama will pay...
Haiti’s President Michel Martelly has called on the population to participate in the upcoming elections, through an executive order dated March 13, endorsing the electoral timetable...
U.S. President Barack Obama’s choice of Loretta Lynch to be the next top U.S. attorney general is ensnared in infighting over abortion and immigration policy and,...
Nearly 11.7 million people have either signed up or re-enrolled for insurance coverage under the U.S. healthcare reform law, more than the 9.1 million predicted by...
America’s racial history “still casts its long shadow upon us,” U.S. President Barack Obama said Saturday as he stood in solidarity and remembrance with civil rights...
Haiti’s President Michel Martelly has issued an executive order that sets the legal framework for the holding on the long-delayed elections to renew elected members of...
Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will not be running for the U.S. senate in 2016. The current Democratic Party’s senator from California, Barbara Boxer...
The Democratic Republic of Congo will hold presidential and legislative elections on November 27, 2016. Incumbent President Joseph Kabila, will not run for office – as...
Americans’ views of U.S. President Barack Obama have improved slightly in the past two months, and opinions are more positive about the direction of the country...
Carl E. Heastie was earlier this week elected speaker of the New York Assembly. Heastie, 47, made history by becoming the state’s first African American speaker....
U.S. President Barack Obama issued a proclamation on January 30, declaring February as National African American History Month. The proclamation reads: “For generations, the story of...
Somalia’s new prime minister nominated a 20-member cabinet, his second attempt at forming a government almost two months after his predecessor was ousted in a no-confidence...
The leader of Trinidad & Tobago’s opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) party, Keith Rowley has urged the Kamla Persad-Bissessar administration to announce the date that the...
Almost a week after Barack Obama’s 6th State of the Union address to a seated bicameral United States Congress; after much hoopla has been made of...
World re-known neurosurgeon, Ben Carson, has revealed that he will announce before May 1 whether he will seek the presidency of the United States. Carson, who...
Guyana’s president Donald Ramotar, has announced May 11 as the date for general and regional elections, less than 5 years after his ruling People’s Progressive Party...
Jamaica’s parliament will decide on April 28, whether or not the country should replace the Judicial Committee of the UK-based Privy Council with the Trinidad &...
U.S. President Barack Obama declared Tuesday night that the “shadow of crisis” has passed America and urged Congress to build on economic gains by raising taxes...
Zambia will hold a presidential election on Tuesday to replace Michael Sata, who died in October. Eleven candidates are vying for the top post in the...
St. Kitts & Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas has announced that he has requested the Governor General Sir Edmund Lawrence to dissolve the twin-island nation’s parliament....
Haiti President Michel Martelly said he will use his authority to call elections in coming months after legislators failed to enact an election law, according to...
A Marine three-star general will take control of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) later this month, marking the first time an African American or a...
Haiti’s President Michel Martelly and national lawmakers struck a last-minute deal late Sunday to hold new elections by late this year, defusing a political crisis that...
U.S. President Barack Obama wants Congress to pass legislation requiring companies to inform customers within 30 days if their data has been hacked, a move that...
Loretta Lynch is expected to face Senate confirmation hearings in the coming weeks to become the next attorney general of the United States, replacing Eric Holder...
Haiti’s leader and opposition lawmakers are locked in negotiations, trying to forge a last-minute deal to resolve a standoff stalling elections in the country. President Michel...
A lack of a quorum has forced the Haitian parliament to call off a debate on key points of the political agreement to resolve the political...
The outgoing Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman Gaston Browne has urged member countries to recommit themselves to strengthening the regional integration movement in 2015, as the Caribbean...
Haiti’s president Michel Martelly reached a deal with lawmakers to extend parliament’s mandate and hold legislative elections by April 2015 to avoid a political vacuum next...
A commission recently appointed by Haitian President Michel Martelly is calling for his prime minister to resign so a new consensus government can be formed, according...
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit (pictured), won a third consecutive term in office yesterday after his ruling Dominica Labor Party (DLP) won its fourth consecutive 5-year term...
U.S. President Barack Obama asked federal agencies Monday for concrete recommendations to ensure that the United States is not building a “militarized culture” within police departments,...
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus are speaking on the House floor today about the grand jury’s decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the...
Hage Geingob, 69, is on track to becoming the next president of Namibia. His ruling South West Africa People’s Organization party, (SWAPO) has won a massive...
Grenada’s Prime Minister Keith Mitchell is expected to make changes to his Cabinet with the announcement of new ministerial portfolios. A statement from the Government Information...
U.S. President Barack Obama voiced support on Monday for “free and open Internet” rules to protect against putting online services that do not pay extra fees...
U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday nominated Brooklyn federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch to be the next U.S. attorney general who, if confirmed by the Senate, would...
Oscar Pistorius at his sentencing. PHOTO/Herman Verwey/Getty Images South Africa’s state prosecutors will appeal the culpable homicide conviction and 5-year jail sentence handed down last week...
Mozambican President Armando Guebuza PHOTO/Aly Ramji /Mediapix Mozambique’s president Armando Guebuza early last week rejected a luxury Mercedes-Benz given to him by a business association, insisting...
A new agriculture minister has been appointed in Jamaica about a month after his predecessor, Roger Clarke, died after suffering chest pains at an airport. Prime...
Former Haitian leader, Jean-Claude Duvalier. PHOTO/File Haiti’s former dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, who governed the Caribbean nation with an iron fist from 1971 until his...
Former Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide A large crowd of supporters of former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide marched through the capital on the anniversary of a...
An emotional Eric Holder (r) standing with U.S. President Barack Obama (l) during the announcement of his (Holder’s) resignation. PHOTO/Associated Press The departure of U.S. Attorney...
Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe said Tuesday that his country will hold long-overdue legislative and local elections no later than early next year if several opposition...
Hundreds of al-Qaeda-linked Boko Haram militants have surrendered in Nigeria and neighboring Cameroon following the military’s recent victories with air and ground attacks, military authorities said...
Haitian President Michel Martelly. PHOTO/File Haitian President Michel Martelly on Monday launched new consultations to resolve the political deadlock that has delayed legislative elections, according to...
Brazilan Presidential Candidate Marina Silva Marina Silva, a front-running presidential candidate who grew up in the Amazon jungle and could become the first black person to...
Carl Williams. PHOTO/Jamaica Observer Carl Williams is to be installed as Jamaica’s 28th Police Commissioner replacing Owen Ellington who retired in June. The 50-year-old Williams takes...
Montserrat Premier-Elect, Donaldson Romeo. PHOTO/File Montserrat Premier Reuben Meade has conceded defeat following the general elections in the country, congratulating the leader of the People’s Democratic...
Incumbent Montserrat Premier Reuben Meade. PHOTO/File Voters Montserrat will go to the polls in two days – on September 11 to elect a new government. Nine...
Haitian President Michel Martelly. PHOTO/File The Haitian senate entered another wave of debates this week as the legislative body faces dissolution due to President Michel Martelly’s...
African American voters. PHOTO/File The U.S. Justice Department has gone to federal court in South Texas to seek the dismantling of the state’s voter ID law,...
Heavily armed police in military gear advance towards an unarmed protester in Ferguson, Missouri. PHOTO/Jeff Roberson/AP U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered a review of the...
Former Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago., Patrick Manning. PHOTO/Reuters Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has described as “unfortunate” the decision of former prime...
U.S. Rep. John Lewis. PHOTO/Creative Commons U.S. Rep. John Lewis has suggested that U.S. President Barack Obama declare martial law Ferguson, Missouri, in the wake of...
Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. PHOTO/File The parliament of Trinidad & Tobago parliament early Tuesday morning passed legislation allowing for a two term limit...
Former education minister, Rodney Williams, is to be sworn in as Antigua & Barbuda’s new Governor-General, acting Prime Minister Steadroy Benjamin has said. Williams will replace...
The prospect of an early general election in Guyana has increased significantly after the majority opposition grouping, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), signaled its intention...
St. Vincent & the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves says his administration remains opposed to an economic citizenship program even as St. Lucia became the latest...
Anil Roberts Trinidad & Tobago’s sports minister resigned on Thursday after a government probe found fraud in one of his ministry’s programs, becoming the 12th member...
Former Prime Minister Owen Arthur. PHOTO/File Former Prime Minister Owen Arthur has announced his resignation as a member of the Barbados Labor Party (BLP) which he...
U.S. President Barack Obama answers questions at a Young African Leaders Initiative Town Hall at the University of Johannesburg Soweto campus in Johannesburg, South Africa, June...
U.S. President Barack Obama delivers an address during the launch of the “My Brother’s Keeper initiative”., February 27, 2014. PHOTO/White House U.S. President Barack Obama on...
African American voters The Obama administration plans to join lawsuits in Ohio and Wisconsin over Republican-backed changes to state voting laws that plaintiffs say violate the...
African American voters A federal judge will be asked on Monday to block key provisions of North Carolina’s overhauled voter law, including fewer early voting days...
Senegalese Prime Minister Mohammed Dionne. PHOTO/File Senegal has announced the appointment of Mohammed Dionne as prime minister, following the resignation last week of Aminata Toure after...
U.S. Senator Cory Booker. PHOTO/Eduardo Munoz/Reuters Democratic Senator Cory Booker has the early lead in New Jersey’s U.S. Senate race, but a poll shows uncertainty among...
The U.S. Navy has its first female four-star admiral. She is Michelle Janine Howard, promoted on Tuesday to the service’s highest rank. The ceremony was held...
As the Stuart administration in Barbados struggles to reduce costs through financial structural adjustment programs, an Opposition Member of Parliament has revealed that another 100 public...
Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. PHOTO/File Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is projecting a rapidly expanding economy that will see a massive...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday that the United States should join the rest of the industrialized world and offer paid...
Bill Rawls Jr. PHOTO/Bill Rawls Bill Rawls Jr. has been elected mayor of Brownsville, Tennessee. He becomes the first African American elected to the position. Rawls...
Nigeria’s main opposition elected a veteran politician from the Christian south as its inaugural chairman on Saturday, as it looks to win voters on both sides...
A World Bank official has warned Zimbabwe against using its minerals as collateral to secure loans, with the debt ridden country currently struggling to meet financial...
Apparel and footwear, but especially footwear, are among the U.S. industries that have benefited most from the African Growth and Opportunity Act. Now that AGOA is about to...
U.S. Senator Tim Scott. PHOTO/Sandra Ecklund/WCIV U.S. Sen. Tim Scott easily won the Republican primary in South Carolina putting him on track to become that state’s...
The Barbados dollar, the third highest in the English-speaking Caribbean, could soon be devalued, according to former prime minister, Owen Arthur, who wants government to tell...
The upcoming U.S.-Africa Summit is a knee-jerk reaction to the growing Chinese influence in Africa, according to Ugandan newspaper NewVision. The biggest U.S. investments in Africa and the...
Mia Love, the former mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah, addresses the Republican National Convention, August 28 2012. PHOTO/J. Scott Applewhite Mia Love, a Republican who could...
The immediate past governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank, Lamido Sanusi, has been named the new emir of the powerful Kano emirate, to succeed late Ado Bayero....
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File U.S. President Barack Obama is preparing new executive initiatives to help Americans struggling to pay off their student debt, and throwing...
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma was today admitted to hospital for tests following a bout of exhaustion, his office said. “Doctors are satisfied with his condition,” his...
EAST African citizens will from 2016 work in any of the member countries without paying for a work permit, EAC secretary general Richard Sezibera has said....
Ghana which is ranked second as the World’s leading producer of cocoa, may lose its position, as the cocoa trees are being cut down to use...
For most of the past forty years, the opposite was argued, namely that Barbados had lessons for Jamaica due to its combination of fiscal prudence, faster...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged the new Malawi government to implement policies that support economic recovery and also lower inflation. Opposition leader, Peter Mutharika,...
The new governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, announced his agenda for his five year tenure today. From the press conference held, it...
A surprise key lending rate cut by the Bank of Uganda on Wednesday and indication by the regulator that its willing to slide rates even...
Skilled migrants are important as a short term intervention for the ailing South African economy. In the long term South Africa should focus on skilling its...
The rand held steady against the dollar on Thursday as investors expected the European Central Bank to ease monetary policy. To try to boost the European...
Gunmen believed to be Boko Haram militants have killed hundreds of civilians in new attacks in northeastern Nigeria. Witnesses say the gunmen attacked at least three...
The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Research Services (CADRES) is predicting that the main opposition Antigua Labor Party (ALP) is on track to win the June 12 general...
The East African Community (EAC) comprising Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya has increased import duty on rice in a move to discourage cheap imports of...