By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Graça Machel, one of the world’s leading advocates for women’s and children’s rights who, for decades, has fought for...
By Lauren M. Poteat (The Washington Informer/NNPA Member) Despite living in a democratic country, more than 100 families in Zimbabwe are now being forcibly evicted from...
By Angelo C. Louw (NNPA Newswire Guest Columnist) With new infection rates and AIDS-related deaths on a decline globally, it seems we are finally gaining ground...
By Don Terry (NNPA Newswire Guest Contributor) HAVANA — On the evening of December 1, six days after Fidel Castro’s death at age 90, Rev. Jesse...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The death of Fidel Castro has been met with varying reactions, including condolences to the fallen Cuban leader’s family...
Why I Support the #FeesMustFall Movement By Angelo Louw (NNPA Newswire Guest Contributor) “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the...
[ECONOMIST.COM] INSIDE the atrium of a gleaming new building on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, trainee air stewards flit between the classrooms and aeroplane simulators that...
[THEATLANTABLACKSTAR.COM] As the death count after Hurricane Matthew approaches 900 and reports of deadly cholera outbreaks begin to surface, Haitians have sent out desperate pleas for...
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[NPR.ORG] For many teenage girls, nothing is more sensitive than the way they feel about their appearance. In South Africa, race has been added to that...
By Linda Villarosa (BAI Contributing Writer) It was entirely fitting that the 21st International AIDS Conference kicked off yesterday in Durban, South Africa, on “Mandela Day,”...
By Roger Caldwell (NNPA News Wire Guest Columnist) President Obama underestimated the threat of ISIS, by calling the organization a “JV team” during his 2012 election...
By Barrington M. Salmon (NNPA News Wire Contributor) When the southern African nation of the Republic of Botswana gained independence from Britain in 1966, it was...
By Rushawn Walters (NNPA/DTU Journalism Fellow) On Friday, Egypt’s Civil Aviation Accident Investigation Committee said that the flight data recorder from EgyptAir Flight 804 has been...
[QZ.COM] The mythology surrounding albinos in parts of Africa is strong. In Malawi, it’s believed that their bones contain gold. In Tanzania, businesses and politicians turn...
[BUSINESSINSIDER.COM] The EgyptAir plane that mysteriously disappeared in the Mediterranean on May 19 with 66 people on board made three emergency landings in the 24 hours...
[CNN.COM] An 18-year-old Pakistani schoolteacher died Wednesday from injuries after her body was set on fire for refusing a marriage proposal, police said. The perpetrators beat...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (President and CEO of the NNPA) WASHINGTON – Tony O. Elumelu has emerged on the global business stage as a transformative...
[TIME.COM] Immigration is a hot issue this election season. Unfortunately, despite the attention that news outlets and presidential candidates are giving the issue, the most devastating...
By D. Kevin McNeir (From The Washington Informer, NNPA Member) It’s been two years, April 14th to be exact, since the world witnessed the abduction of...
By Sam P.K. Collins Special to the NNPA News Wire from AllEyesOnDC.com @SamPKCollins Millions of Rwandans took to the ballot box last week to vote on...
[NEW YORK TIMES] PARIS — President François Hollande on Saturday blamed the Islamic State for the terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday, as the death toll...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s top leader on Wednesday warned Saudi Arabia of “harsh” measures if the kingdom fails to promptly repatriate the bodies of more...
In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene ponders how creative language and humor help keep people’s spirits up in her homeland. ...
Oliver Laughland, THE GUARDIAN NEW YORK (The Guardian) – Nearly 800 plaintiffs have launched a billion-dollar lawsuit against Johns Hopkins University over its alleged...
