(Bloomberg Business) – The U.S. travel industry has spent more than a half-century gazing over a narrow stretch of sea at Cuba, the once and future...
CAIRO (The Washington Post) — When King Salman became Saudi Arabia’s ruler this year, few people expected much change. He was 79 and reputedly in ill health....
(BBC) – South Africa has introduced new rules, requiring any child crossing its borders to be in possession of – or to have earlier submitted during a...
Creative Arts Seen as Way to Tap into Act’s Potential By Barrington M. Salmon Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer Supporters of the Africa...
HARUNA UMAR, Associated Press MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Boko Haram once again attacked the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Tuesday, waking...
Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News “Ten years for nothing.” “Dead for nothing.” These statements were the most common hashtags used on...
(Los Angeles Times) – Early one weekend morning, just after the nightclubs had closed, three young white men ambled into the harsh fluorescent light of...
Mahmoud Mourad and Yara Bayoumi, REUTERS CAIRO (Reuters) — In his battle against militant Islam, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is relying not just on...
Julia Payne, REUTERS ABUJA, Nigeria (Reuters) — New Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari promised on Friday to eradicate the “mindless, godless” militants of Boko Haram...
MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerians celebrated their newly reinforced democracy Friday, dancing, singing praises and releasing white doves as Muhammadu Buhari, the...
(The Hill) – On May 29, Nigeria will experience, for the first time in its history, a peaceful transfer of power between two political parties....
CARA ANNA, Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N.’s mishandling of child sexual abuse claims against French soldiers has human rights staffers fearing for their...
(BBC) – FIFA president Sepp Blatter has told an emergency meeting of football’s governing body he will not quit, amid growing political pressure over a corruption scandal....
(BBC) – Nigeria’s army has sacked at least 200 soldiers for cowardice and failure to fight against Boko Haram militants, several soldiers have told the BBC....
JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press PARIS (AP) — In the shadow of the famed Sacre Coeur basilica, hundreds of migrants have poured into a makeshift tent camp...
(BBC) – America does not even like football, or so many people think. Why is it leading the charge against alleged FIFA corruption? At dawn, Swiss police...
(BBC) – The UN children’s agency says there has been an “alarming” increase in the number of suicide attacks in northern Nigeria, with many of them...
ROME (AP) — The number of hungry people around the world has dropped to 795 million from over a billion a quarter-century ago despite natural...
(BBC) – The European Commission has called on EU member states to take in 40,000 asylum seekers from Syria and Eritrea who land in Italy and...
DAVID McFADDEN, Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Joseph-Marc Carel knows the danger of ferrying passengers on his small motorbike, sometimes two at a time, as...
(BBC) – Nigeria’s fuel wholesalers say they have reached a deal with the government that should soon see the end of the crippling fuel crisis. The...
BETH J. HARPAZ, AP Travel Editor HAVANA (AP) — “Is travel to Cuba for tourist activities permitted? No.” That’s what the U.S. Treasury Department website says....
(Reuters) – Iraq’s Shi’ite paramilitaries said on Tuesday they had taken charge of the campaign to drive Islamic State from the western province of Anbar,...
(International Business Times) – Twitter is blocked in China. But that isn’t stopping the microblogging service from continuing to pitch the country’s advertising networks and business...
NAIROBI, Kenya (The International News) — Scientists working in Kenya have unearthed the oldest known stone tools, simple cutting and pounding implements crafted by...
