by Karen Juanita Carrillo Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Peru is one of the last countries in the Americas to include...
Phillip Brasher, The Des Moines Register via USA TODAY GUNCHIRE, Ethiopia (USA Today)—President Barack Obama is counting on an unusual mix of taxpayer dollars and investments...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has accused his vice president of plotting with the United States Embassy in the country to remove...
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian Football Union banned a club player for three matches on Friday for showing an offensive gesture to fans who racially...
(BBC) – It does not seem that it was a year ago that South Africans danced and sang in the streets all night to remember...
TOM ODULA, Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In Kenya, where the police have long been known to harbor death squads, evidence mounts that many ordinary...
MIKE CORDER, Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Accusing Kenya of blocking her investigation, the prosecutor for the International Criminal Court on Friday dropped the...
(New York Times) – It was a death long foretold that drew mourners from his own nation and across the globe. But on Friday, one year...
BEIJING (AP) — China says it will cease transplanting organs taken from executed prisoners on Jan. 1 in response to human rights concerns, although uncertainties...
EVA VERGARA, Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Four women who say they were sexually tortured as political prisoners following Chile’s 1973 military coup have filed...
(Daily Mail) – After suffering the tragedy of giving birth to a stillborn child nine years ago, Anna Grace Amuko was left with a debilitating condition....
(Daily Mail) – Mpumelelo Masinga takes a deep drag from his cigarette, his hand trembling with apprehension. Masinga is preparing to spend three hours at Black...
ARON HELLER, Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Even before Israel’s hastily called election campaign kicks into gear, a former ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is...
FARAI MUTSAKA, Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe sharply criticized his vice president, underscoring that she is no longer a favorite...
TOM ODULA, Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The heavily armed men roused the sleeping quarry workers in the dead of night. As in previous such...
BERLIN (AP) — China, Turkey and Angola are perceived as increasingly corrupt despite strong economic growth in recent years, a leading anti-graft watchdog organization said...
LEKAN OYEKANMI, Associated Press YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — After the Nigerian government soldiers fled and the Islamic insurgents arrived in his village with guns blazing, Peter...
HAMZA HENDAWI, Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s top prosecutor said Tuesday that a court ruling dismissing a murder case against ousted leader Hosni Mubarak over...
John Heilprin, ASSOCIATED PRESS GENEVA (AP) — Liberia and Guinea have met a Dec. 1 target for isolating 70 percent of people infected with Ebola and...
Elias Meseret, ASSOCIATED PRESS ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — More than 3,300 people were tested for HIV Sunday in the Ethiopian region of Gambella, a massive...
Ali Abdelaty and Maggie Fick, REUTERS CAIRO (Reuters)—An Egyptian court has dropped its case against former President Hosni Mubarak over the killing of protesters in the...
(CNN) – French President Francois Hollande is visiting Guinea on Friday in a direct show of support for the West African nation as it battles the deadly...
CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The southern African nation of Namibia on Friday voted in parliamentary and presidential elections expected to deliver a comfortable...
VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The violent protests in Ferguson, Missouri, reflect simmering U.S. tensions over racial discrimination that could undermine the country’s stability,...
By JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press (AP) – Campaigning is under way for Senate elections in Liberia, another sign that Ebola is loosening its deadly grip on...
