Robin Kelly. PHOTO/Charles Rex Arbogast/AP President Barack Obama on Tuesday endorsed Robin Kelly in the race to replace Jesse Jackson Jr., who resigned from the seat...
Raffi Williams The Republican National Committee (RNC) has hired the son of Fox News commentator Juan Williams to coordinate the party’s efforts to reach out to...
U.S. President Barack Obama delivering the State of The Union Address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington., Feb 12, 2013. PHOTO/Charles...
U.S. President Barack Obama with Vice President Joseph Biden and relatives of gun violence victims. PHOTO/Mark Wilson/Getty Images U.S. President Barack Obama urged lawmakers Thursday to...
Grenada will hold a referendum in the next two years to decide on the island-nation’s relationship with the Trinidad & Tobago-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ),...
In addressing the first sitting of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Assembly taking place in St John’s, Antigua, on Tuesday, St Kitts & Nevis...
The African Union suspended the Central African Republic on Monday and imposed sanctions after President Francois Bozize’s ouster, warning that rebel coup leaders could face trial....
US President Barack Obama shakes hands with active duty US service members after they became US citizens during a naturalization ceremony in the East Room of...
St. Kitts & Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas Embattled St. Kitts & Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas says his ruling St. Kitts-Nevis Labor Party (SKNLP) is...
New Speaker of Oklahoma Tahrohon Wayne Shannon Tahrohon Wayne Shannon, 34, is Oklahoma’s first African American Speaker of the House, its youngest ever, and the first...
Former Cayman Islands Premier., McKeeva Bush. PHOTO/File Former Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush has been formally charged with two counts of misconduct after he was arrested...
U.S. President Barack Obama meets President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmood Abbas. PHOTO/File President Barack Obama says Palestinians deserve an independent and sovereign state and...
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus have presented an alternative budget for the 2013 fiscal year that they said slashes deficits, eliminates the sequester and protects...
Civil servants in the island-nation of St. Lucia stayed away from their jobs on Monday disrupting several government services and ignoring appeals from Prime Minister Dr....
Trinidad & Tobago President, Anthony Carmona Retired Judge, Anthony Carmona is the new President of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago. President Carmona was yesterday afternoon...
Dr. Benjamin Carson, director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, delivers remarks to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland,...
Former Zambia President Rupiah Banda. PHOTO/File (Reuters) – Zambia’s parliament stripped former President Rupiah Banda of immunity from prosecution on Friday, clearing the way for investigators...
U.S. President Barack Obama – and rising gasoline prices U.S. President Barack Obama is pushing Congress to authorize more federally funded research into clean energy technologies...
Kevyn Orr. PHOTO/Jones Day/AP Kevyn Orr, a bankruptcy expert, has been selected by Michigan’s Governor Rick Snyder to take over Detroit as emergency financial manager. Orr,...
Jean-Claude Duvalier Alleged victims of the government of former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier have resumed their testimony in court. Dr. Nicole Magloire told Haiti’s court of...
Immediate past Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll. PHOTO/Devon Ravine/AP Jennifer Carroll announced her resignation as the Lt. Gov. of Florida on Wednesday, a day after she...
U.S. President Barack Obama greets Republican leaders, Speaker John Boehner (c) and Eric Cantor (r). PHOTO/ Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images President Barack Obama is conceding “we’re probably...
Former South African President Nelson Mandela. PHOTO/PETER DEJONG /AP (Reuters) – Former South African president Nelson Mandela was admitted to hospital on Saturday for a “routine...
Former Haitian President Rene Preval Former Haitian President Rene Preval testified behind closed doors Thursday as authorities try to revive the investigation into the long-unsolved killing...
U.S. Senator Tim Scott. PHOTO/Sandra Ecklund/WCIV South Carolina’s newest lawmaker in Washington, Sen. Tim Scott (Republican), is opening up new offices in his home state. Scott...
U.S. President Barack Obama President Barack Obama says an expanded anti-violence bill is a ‘‘victory’’ for advocates and survivors of domestic violence. Obama is speaking at...
Jean-Claude Duvalier An attorney for Jean-Claude Duvalier said Monday that his client was hospitalized for an unspecified illness just after the former ruler testified last week...
U.S. President Barack Obama greets Republican leaders, Speaker John Boehner (c) and Eric Cantor (r). PHOTO/ Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images After weeks of stalemate with Republican leadership...
Grenada Prime Minister Keith Mitchell Grenada’s newly elected Prime Minister Keith Mitchell put his cabinet on alert after taking office – telling them that the government...
African American leaders and Vice President Joe Biden commemorating a famous civil rights march on Sunday said efforts to diminish the impact of African Americans’ votes...
U.S. President Barack Obama The latest nationwide poll of likely voters by Zogby Analytics shows a majority – 51 percent, approving of President Barack Obama‘s job...
Robin Kelly claims victory in the Democratic primary election for the Illinois second district. PHOTO/Charles Rex Arbogast/AP The newly elected Democratic nominee to replace disgraced former...
Jean-Claude Duvalier Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier has for the first time appeared in court for a hearing on whether he should be charged with human...
Opposition leader Arnhim Eustace (l) and St. Vincent Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves (r) The leader of the opposition in St. Vincent, Arnhim Eustace has revealed...
Rosa Parks is famous for her 1955 refusal to give up her seat on a city bus in Alabama to a white man, but there’s plenty...
Mia Mottley Mia Mottley has been elected leader of the opposition Barbados Labor Party. Ms. Mottley replaces Owen Arthur under whose leadership, the Barbados Labor Party...
Jamaican Prime Minister.,Portia Simpson-Miller Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller says Jamaica is committed to replacing Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as head of state and would not be deterred...
Kenya’s Presidential candidates after the second and final debate. Kenya’s presidential candidates have faced off for a second and final debate ahead of elections on March...
U.S. President Barack Obama delivering the State of The Union Address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington., Feb 12, 2013. PHOTO/Charles...
Esteban Lazo Esteban Lazo was elected on Sunday as the new President of Cuba’s national Assembly, the National Assembly of the People’s Power. Lazo, 69, was...
American voters. PHOTO/John Gress/Getty Images U.S. President Barack Obama argued Friday for keeping a key provision of federal voting rights law in place, saying it will...
Mia Love, the mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah, addresses the Republican National Convention, August 28 2012. PHOTO/J. Scott Applewhite Republican mayor of Sarasota Springs, Utah and...
Former Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago., Patrick Manning. PHOTO/Reuters Former Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning has been hospitalized after collapsing from an apparent...
U.S. President Barack Obama President Barack Obama’s approval ratings are at their highest since 2009, and and Americans prefer his economic message to that of his...
Jesse Jackson Jr. PHOTO/Getty Images Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., entered a guilty plea Wednesday in federal court to criminal charges that he engaged in...
Haiti Prime Minister., Laurent Lamothe (PRNewswire) – A US Federal Judge ruled on February 6, 2013 against the Haiti Observateur, a New York based Website noting...
Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. addresses the audience at the Democratic National Convention 2008 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, on August 25, 2008....
Opposition Leader Owen Arthur (l) and incumbent Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart. PHOTO/File The two main political parties here are in a statistical dead heat ahead...
Sandi and husband, former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr/PHOTO/ABC7 Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife agreed Friday to plead guilty to federal charges...
President-Elect Anthony Carmona Anthony Carmona was this afternoon elected the next President of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago. The declaration was made House Speaker Wade...
U.S. President Barack Obama with former Sen. Chuck Hagel. PHOTO/Salah Malkawi/Getty Images Senate Democrats and the White House struggled to break an impasse Thursday over Chuck...
The ruling National Democratic Congress of incumbent Prime Minister Tillman Thomas, yesterday launched its manifesto for the February 19 general elections, outlining new initiatives in various...
Zimbabwe justice ministry says the head of the nation’s election commission has resigned for health reasons weeks away from a referendum on a new constitution followed...
U.S. President Barack Obama delivering the State of The Union Address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington., Feb 12, 2013. PHOTO/Charles...
U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Pope Benedict XVI, Friday, July 10, 2009, at the Vatican. PHOTO/Haraz N. Ghanbari/AP President Barack Obama is sending his thanks...
Kenya is in the process of holding its first presidential debate between all eight candidates leading up to the March 4 general elections. Incumbent president, Mwai...
Allegations of Russians’ involvement in Grenada’s current general election campaign have now reached the level of the Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF). Officials of the National...
U.S. President Barack Obama, flanked by Vice President Joe Biden (L) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), delivers his State of the Union address before a...
Jean-Claude Duvalier A Haitian judge on Thursday postponed a court hearing on possible human rights abuse charges against Jean-Claude Duvalier because the former dictator known as...
Opposition Leader Owen Arthur (l) and incumbent Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart. PHOTO/File Sixty seven candidates, including seven independents, have been nominated to contest the February...
William “Mo” Cowan. PHOTO/AP William “Mo” Cowan of Massachusetts is the Senate’s newest member. The 43-year-old Democrat took his seat Thursday after a swearing-in ceremony led...
Kenya Presidential front runners, Raila Odinga (l) and Uhuru Kenyatta (r). PHOTO/File Kenya is gearing up for its first presidential debate to be aired live on...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill raising the government’s borrowing limit, averting a default and delaying the next...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File President Barack Obama says 2013 can be a year of solid economic growth, but only if Washington gets out of the...
Opposition Leader Owen Arthur (l) and Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart. PHOTO/File The main opposition Barbados Labor Party (BLP) has launched its campaign for the February...
Outgoing Deputy Prime Minister St. Kitts & Nevis., Sam Condor St. Kitts & Nevis Deputy Prime Minister Sam Condor on Thursday announced his resignation from the...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File Just as President Barack Obama is pushing new initiatives on gun control and immigration, the gloomy old problem of a sluggish...
William “Mo” Cowan. PHOTO/AP Gov. Deval Patrick has named his former chief-of-staff William “Mo” Cowan to serve as interim U.S. senator for Massachusetts until a special...
theGRIO REPORT - Ohio, one of the biggest battleground states during this past presidential election, may be getting an update on the state's voting regulations...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File Seeking swift action on immigration, President Barack Obama on Tuesday will try to rally public support behind his proposals for giving...
U.S. President Barack Obama meets with law enforcement officials, Jan.28. PHOTO/Carolyn Kaster, AP President Barack Obama kept up pressure on Congress Monday to pass tough new...
More than 60,000 Grenadians have registered to vote in next month’s general election. The population of Grenada was 105,000 as at December 2011. According to Supervisor...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File Most Americans respond positively to the stricter gun control measures President Barack Obama proposed last week in the wake of the...
High level representatives of the African Union and African regional economic blocs have been invited to attend the the fifth Brazil, Russia, India, China and South...
Haiti President Michel Martelly. PHOTO/File Haiti President Michel Martelly has re-shuffled his cabinet. This will be the third cabinet change in Mr. Martelly’s presidency and the...
Former Liberia President.,Charles Taylor.PHOTO/File Prosecutors urged judges Tuesday to reject former Liberian President Charles Taylor’s appeal against his war crimes conviction and 50-year prison sentence, saying...
The main opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) has won a landslide victory in the Tobago House of Assembly (THA), with preliminary results showing that the party...
U.S. President Barack Obama recites the oath of office, as first lady Michelle Obama looks on. PHOTO/Alex Wong/Getty Images President Barack Obama devoted one word –...
Voters have started casting their ballots for a new Tobago House of Assembly (THA) following a four week intensive campaign that included Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar...
(AFP) – The emergency summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) regional bloc has called on member states and Chad, which has pledged...
African American voters. PHOTO/John Gress/Getty Images After back-to-back presidential losses, Republicans in key U.S. states want to change the rules to make it easier for them...
VIDEO - Michael Tubbs, a 22 year-old Stanford graduate, is the youngest ever city councilman to be elected in his hometown of Stockton, C.A...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File President Barack Obama could reveal the details of how the country will address gun violence as early as Wednesday, while New...
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama is forging ahead on a wide-ranging plan to overhaul the U.S. immigration system early this year, including a path to citizenship...
Best Western Hotel Construction in Haiti. PHOTO/File St. Lucia Prime Minister, Dr. Kenny Anthony believes the recovery efforts in Haiti after the devastating earthquake in 2010...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai listens as U.S. President Obama speaks during a news conference at the White House on Friday. PHOTO/Whitehouse.org Uneasy allies, President Barack Obama...
U.S. President Obama with first lady Michelle Obama, during the inauguration ceremony held on January 20, 2009. PHOTO/Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Barack Obama is putting a...
Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas will address the nation on Wednesday night amid heightened speculation that Grenadians would be going to...
Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. PHOTO/File Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday that the Tobago Bill will be debated next Wednesday...
New Oklahoma House Speaker T.W. Shannon. PHOTO/Sue Ogrocki/AP Republican state representative, T.W. Shannon, 34, has become the first African American Speaker of the Oklahoma House of...
Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit The Integrity Commission in Dominica meets today to continue deliberations into the alleged breach of Rule (E) of the Code of...
U.S. President Barack Obama with former Sen. Chuck Hagel. PHOTO/Salah Malkawi/Getty Images (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will nominate former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel to be...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File Congress made the obvious official on Friday. President Barack Obama has been re-elected. In a joint session, Congress formally certified that...
Haiti today celebrated 209 years of independence. The proclamation by Jean-Jacques Dessalines declared the country independent from France on January 1, 1804, making Haiti the first...
In her message to mark the start of 2013, Simpson Miller sought to assure Jamaicans that her administration will adhere to sound macro-economic policies.
U.S.President Barack Obama U.S. Senate leaders groped for a last-minute compromise Saturday to avoid middle-class tax increases and possibly prevent deep spending cuts at the dawn...
African American voters. PHOTO/John Gress/Getty Images African Americans voted at a higher rate this year than other minority groups and for the first time in history...
U.S. President Barack Obama (r) shakes hands with Speaker of the House John Boehner (l) during a meeting with bipartisan group of congressional leaders in the...
Lisa Jackson The Obama administration’s chief environmental watchdog, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson, is stepping down after a nearly four-year tenure marked by high-profile...
Newly sworn in Premier of Bermuda Craig Cannonier. PHOTO/Royal Gazette Bermuda has sworn in the cabinet of the new One Bermuda Alliance government following last week’s...
US President Barack Obama (l) congratulates Senator John Kerry after nominating him as Secretary of State. PHOTO/Mandel Ngan/AFP US President Barack Obama on Friday nominated Senator...
Newark Mayor Cory Booker. PHOTO/File Newark Mayor Cory Booker, New Jersey’s highest-profile Democrat, has ruled out a bid for governor next year and is eyeing a...
U.S. President Barack Obama (r) shakes hands with Speaker of the House John Boehner (l) during a meeting with bipartisan group of congressional leaders in the...
Former South African President Nelson Mandela. PHOTO/PETER DEJONG /AP Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela is spending a twelfth day in a South African hospital after being diagnosed...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/Reuters President Barack Obama is launching an administration-wide effort to curb gun violence, underscoring the growing political consensus over tightening gun restrictions...
Cayman Islands Premier., McKeeva Bush. PHOTO/File Legislators in the Cayman Islands will be meeting in a special session that might remove embattled premier McKeeva Bush from...
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at an interfaith vigil for the shooting victims from Sandy Hook Elementary School on Sunday Dec. 16 2012 at Newtown High...
South African President Jacob Zuma. PHOTO/File AP – South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to keep President Jacob Zuma as the head...
Rep. Tim Scott. PHOTO/Sandra Ecklund/WCIV South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has named Rep. Tim Scott to replace Sen. Jim DeMint, who announced this month that he...
Bermuda Premier Paula Cox (l) and Opposition leader Craig Cannonier. PHOTO/File Bermuda elects a new government this week on Monday. The lastest opinion poll suggest that...
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations., Susan Rice. PHOTO/File Susan Rice has withdrawn her name from consideration to be the next secretary of state after the...
Newark Mayor Cory Booker and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. PHOTO/ABC News Newark mayor Cory Booker sat down with The Daily Show on Wednesday night and...
Cayman Islands Premier., McKeeva Bush. PHOTO/File The Premier of the Cayman Islands says he has done nothing wrong and will not be stepping down. Premier McKeeva...
U.S. President Barack Obama (r) shakes hands with Speaker of the House John Boehner (l) during a meeting with bipartisan group of congressional leaders in the...
Cayman Islands Premier., McKeeva Bush. PHOTO/File Premier Mckeeva Bush was released on overnight police bail on Tuesday night more than 12 hours after he was arrested...
Screen grab of Sandi and husband, former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr/abc7 AP – The wife of Jesse Jackson Jr. said Tuesday that she’s not interested...
St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas has announced a postponement of the national budget after two members of Cabinet failed to attend meetings...
Cayman Islands Premier., McKeeva Bush. PHOTO/File Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush, 57, has been arrested and is in police custody in connection with a number of...
U.S. President Barack Obama (r) shakes hands with Speaker of the House John Boehner (l) during a meeting with bipartisan group of congressional leaders in the...
Newark Mayor Cory Booker. PHOTO/File Democratic Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, New Jersey, a prominent figure in his party, said Sunday that he’ll decide within two...
Charniele Herring. PHOTO/James Cullum (AP) – A House of Delegate member from northern Virginia has been selected as the new chairwoman of the state Democratic Party...
Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi. PHOTO/File Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has backed down in a dire political crisis marked by weeks of street protests, after the powerful...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File A month after the bitterly fought election, President Barack Obama has his highest approval ratings since the killing of Osama bin...
Rep. Tim Scott. PHOTO/Sandra Ecklund/WCIV The surprising resignation of Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, one of President Obama’s sharpest critics even among Republicans, creates an...
Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis., Denzil Douglas Members of the federal opposition on Wednesday, December 5 filed in the national parliament a motion of...
Immediate past Antigua opposition leader and former Prime Minister Lester Bird Less than two weeks after he was defeated for the top post in the main...
Speaker John Boehner and U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images President Barack Obama and Republicans crept closer to negotiations on avoiding a recession-threatening package of...
Ghana President John Mahama (l) and Challenger Nana Akufo-Addo. PHOTO/File The presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana set for Friday are expected to be close. Under...
U.S. President Barack Obama (r) shakes hands with Speaker of the House John Boehner (l) during a meeting with bipartisan group of congressional leaders in the...
South African President Jacob Zuma (l) and his deputy Kgalema Motlanthe. PHOTO/File South Africa’s deputy president says he is “agonizing” over whether he would accept leading...
J.C. Watts. PHOTO/File Former GOP Rep. J.C. Watts says he is being “encouraged” by supporters to run for chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), a...
(AP) – The year was 1966 and a 7-year-old boy named John Dramani Mahama was standing by the door of his boarding school, wondering why his...
Barbados is celebrating its 46th anniversary of political independence from Britain on Friday with Prime Minister Freundel Stuart telling nationals that the achievements of the island...
Aliko Dangote’s private jet. PHOTO/Alex. N Private jet manufacturers are increasingly targeting Africa’s growing economies as the resource-rich continent is quietly emerging as an important hub...
U.S. President Barack Obama (r) with the Speaker of the house John Boehner. PHOTO/File Amid increasing anxiety that the White House and top Republicans are wasting...
Outgoing Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Jamaica., Prof Errol Miller Professor Errol Miller is stepping down as the chairman of the Electoral Commission of Jamaica....
President Obama intends to hold a series of events aimed at building support for his approach to avoid across-the-board tax increases. PHOTO/AP President Barack Obama is...
Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have started withdrawing from two towns captured from government troops, following a deal brokered by Uganda, their military leader...
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations., Susan Rice. PHOTO/File U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice is meeting with key lawmakers in what could be her final pitch for...
Pro-Obamacare demostrators lobbying outside the U.S. Supreme Court. PHOTO/Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press A new report says states can receive more than US$9 in federal money for every...
New opposition leader of Antigua & Barbuda., Gaston Browne. PHOTO/File For the first time in its 66 year history, the Antigua Labor Party will not be...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File As President Obama prepares for his second term, preparations have begun for the traditional shuffling of the Cabinet. Top priority for...
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N Susan Rice Republican opposition to U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice as the next secretary of state began to crack Sunday as Sen....
The Haiti government issued a warning Friday telling a band of former soldiers who have been in hiding for six months that it will not tolerate...
Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma celebrates his electoral victory. PHOTO/AFP (Reuters) – Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma won re-election in November 17 polls with...
President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File President Obama’s coalition came through for him big time on Election Day, and now members of the coalition want him to return...
Rep. Marcia Fudge., new Chairperson of the Congressional Black Caucus Congresswoman Marcia Fudge of Ohio has been elected to lead the Congressional Black Caucus. Ms. Fudge,...
Expelled members of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) are forming a new political party ahead of general elections that political observers here say could be...
(Reuters) – The Obama administration on Tuesday formally proposed new rules requiring insurers to cover people with preexisting conditions and set minimum health benefits to millions...
University of Maryland law professor Sherrilyn Ifill (pictured), will assume the helm of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in January 2013, the organization announced November 19....
News Release Ottawa, November 20, 2012 – Senator Don Meredith has issued the following statement in celebration of National Child Day: “Today individuals and organizations across...
Jamaica Labor Party leader Andrew Holness. PHOTO/File Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) Leader Andrew Holness, yesterday declared that the 2016 election campaign would begin immediately to replace...
U.S. President Barack Obama (r) shakes hands with Speaker of the House John Boehner (l) during a meeting with bipartisan group of congressional leaders in the...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have joined other developing countries in calling for a “lasting and comprehensive reform” of the United nations Security Council. Jamaica’s Permanent Representative...
Newark mayor., Corey Booker. PHOTO/File Cory Booker says he’ll decide quickly on whether to make a bid next year for New Jersey governor. But Newark’s Democratic...
President Obama won a second term last week, but it wasn’t a great week for other African-American candidates. Despite Obama’s big win, there remain no black...
President Barack Obama was expected to make his first public comments Wednesday on the growing scandal around two of the country’s most well-known generals, while lawmakers...
Former Jamaica Prime Minister., P.J. Patterson. PHOTO/File Former Jamaican Prime minister P. J. Patterson is to receive the “Order of the Companions of O R Tambo”,...
Speaker John Boehner and U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images (Reuters) – A senior Republican senator voiced confidence on Sunday that U.S. lawmakers would forge...
Bermuda Premier., Paula Cox Bermuda Premier Paula Cox has called a general election in Bermuda for December 17 and asked Governor George Fergusson to dissolve parliament...
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about the economy and the deficit, Friday, November 9, 2012. PHOTO/Carolyn Kaster/AP President Barack Obama says raising taxes on wealthiest Americans...
Re-elected U.S.President Barack Obama with Speaker John Boehner. PHOTO/AP Taking little time to celebrate, President Barack Obama is setting out to leverage his re-election into legislative...
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. addresses the audience at the Democratic National Convention 2008 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, on August 25, 2008. PHOTO/Richards/AFP/Getty...
At 10:03 p.m. on Tuesday night, we might actually start the process of closing our books. While people may be a little more effusive, we are...
U.S. President Barack Obama (l) and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. PHOTO/File The polls have begun closing in the US presidential election, with the first results...
African American voters. PHOTO/John Gress/Getty Images (Reuters) – After a long and bitter White House campaign, Americans began casting their votes on Tuesday with polls showing...
Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar. PHOTO/File Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar has revealed that her administration intends serving out its...
U.S. President Barack Obama (l) and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. PHOTO/File With just one day remaining in the 2012 race for president, the polling picture...
U.S. President Barack Obama (l) and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. PHOTO/File President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney engaged in a frenzied cross-country blitz...
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. addresses the audience at the Democratic National Convention 2008 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, on August 25, 2008. PHOTO/Richards/AFP/Getty...
U.S. President Barack Obama (r) accompanied by N.J Gov. Chris Christie (l) hugs storm victim Donna Vanzant as he tours damage done by Hurricane Sandy in...
News Release Ottawa – Last Saturday, Senator Don Meredith was awarded the Nelson Mandela Humanitarian Award at the 2012 Planet Africa Awards. Organized by the Planet...
U.S. President Barack Obama (l) and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. PHOTO/File President Barack Obama put campaign battleground travel on hold to tour the ravaged New...
U.S. President Barack Obama with officials of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). PHOTO/Nicholas Kramm/AFP/Getty Images The politics of Hurricane Sandy are obviously difficult to game...
South African President Jacob Zuma. PHOTO/File As the labor unrest in the mining sector in South Africa eases, a politically battered but defiant President Jacob Zuma...
Justin Podur issues a powerful challenge and wake-up call to the international NGO and development community. (PR Newswire) – Haiti is again living under a dictatorship,...
U.S. President Barack Obama (l) and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. PHOTO/File President Barack Obama is poised to eke out a victory in the race for...
(Barbados Nation) – The Barbados Labor Party (BLP) today rallied its troops to “answer the call” by Barbadians for leadership, good governance and programmes to put...
Saratoga Springs Mayor Mia Love speaks at the Republican state convention, Saturday, April 21, 2012 in Sandy, Utah. PHOTO/Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune/AP Photo In her...
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell meets with President Barack Obama, in the Oval Office. PHOTO/AP Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a longtime Republican, is...
U.S. President Barack Obama (l) and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney Election 2012, 13 days until the election day, President Barack Obama leads Mitt Romney in...
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. addresses the audience at the Democratic National Convention 2008 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, on August 25, 2008. PHOTO/Richards/AFP/Getty...
Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. PHOTO/Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press News Release Ottawa, October 22, 2012 – Senator Don Meredith has...
U.S. President Barack Obama (l) and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. PHOTO/File (Reuters) – In today’s highly polarized political environment it is somewhat surprising to find...
U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. PHOTO/File (Reuters) – President Barack Obama still appears to have the upper hand in the state-by-state...
U.S. President Barack Obama (l) and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney With one debate left, President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney are retreating from the...
Lincoln Alexander, former Ontario lieutenant governor, Canada’s first black MP and cabinet minister has died at the age of 90. The man known to all as...
U.S. President Barack Obama (l) and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. PHOTO/File With fewer than three weeks until Election Day, new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls...
The Communist Party of China prepares to unveil its new leader at the 18th Party Conference while Americans vote for who will win the next four-year...
Bernette Johnson. PHOTO/Louisiana Supreme Court The Louisiana Supreme Court has ruled that Bernette Johnson will be the court’s next chief justice, resolving a legal dispute that...
African American voters. PHOTO/John Gress/Getty Images Tough new election laws aimed at forcing voters in many states to show photo identification at polling places have been...
Haiti will become the latest member of the African Union sometime in January 2013. Haiti and Africa share a sense of history, and African countries stepped...
U.S. President Barack Obama (r) speaks as Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (l) and moderator Candy Crowley (c) listen during a town hall style debate at...
U.S. President Barack Obama (l) and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. PHOTO/File (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama gained ground on Republican rival Mitt Romney in...
(Caribbean Journal) – Renardo Curry of the Bahamas’ ruling Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) has won the by-election for the seat of former Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert...
Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie. PHOTO/File Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie is seeking to add to his party’s big parliamentary majority by winning even in his...
Several hundred protesters angry over rising costs of living called on Sunday for Haitian President Michel Martelly to resign at a march in the country’s capital....
U.S. President Barack Obama (l) and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney With the White House race barreling toward the finish, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger...
(Reuters) – Former Ghanaian first lady Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings announced on Saturday she has split from the ruling party that her husband founded to run for president...
U.S. President Barack Obama (l) and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney As President Obama and Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney gear up for the season’s second...