ROME (AP) — Italy’s first Black Cabinet minister, targeted by racist slurs following her appointment last week, said Friday that Italians aren’t racist but that some...
Special to the NNPA from the New York Carib News WASHINGTON, USA (CMC) — The United States Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a Jamaican...
by John Gee Special to the NNPA from The Final Call Catherine Ashton Whereas the U.S. government’s position on Israeli settlements in the West Bank has...
by Richard B. Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call Seeking partners, seeking progress Wives of presidents and government ministers attend major health summit...
(Reuters) – In her first seven months as U.N. envoy on sexual violence in conflict, Zainab Hawa Bangura has visited a Congolese district where rebels raped...
[Los Angeles Times] JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Uganda‘s military has suspended its hunt for notorious warlord Joseph Kony after rebels toppled the president of the Central African Republic last month. Kony,...
[The Guardian] The number of foreign tourists arriving in India dropped by 25% during the first three months of this year, largely because of fears about the risk...
[AFB] The first thing that strikes you when you see the Baumettes prison in the southern French port city of Marseille is its imposing facade, which...
Special to the NNPA from the Global Information Network Mar. 5 (GIN) – A video that went viral of South African police tying a man to...
Special to the NNPA from the Global Information Network Mar. 5 (GIN) – After a deadly fire at one of Senegal’s many Koranic schools that took...
Special to the NNPA from the Global Information Network Mar. 5 (GIN) – Bombardments of presumed strongholds of the Al Qaeda in the Islamic Magreb militia...
Special to the NNPA from the Global Information Network Uhuru Kenyatta Mar. 5 (GIN) – Kenyans by the millions turned out to vote Monday in a...
China Prepares to Become the World’s Largest Economy by George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief (LAST IN A SERIES) SHANGHAI (NNPA) – In less than 15 years,...
Julia Wilson discusses recent changes in China with Jiang Haishan, vice president of the China Executive Leadership Academy Pudong in Shanghai. (Photo by Ann Ragland/NNPA) Atlanta...
Cars and Bikes Share the Roads in China. (Photo by Ann Ragland/NNPA) by George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief (SECOND IN THE SERIES) BEIJING (NNPA) – When...
With 1.3 billion people in China, residents in urban areas live in high-rise apartments similar to this one in Beijing(Photo by Ann Ragland/NNPA). First grade students...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe issued an official proclamation on Friday setting March 16 as the date for the nation to vote on...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Human Rights Watch said Israeli airstrikes during the most recent Gaza Strip conflict last November “violated the laws of war.” Field investigations, which the...
TOYA, Mali — The insurgents who have fled from invading French troops in Mali have been taking with them some of their most important possessions —...
By Akeya Dickson Washington Correspondent NNPA News Service During Russell Simmons’ recent visit to Israel, he realized the longstanding Palestinian-Israeli conflict looked a lot like something...
[BET.com] Courtesy: BET.com Fatou Bensouda, a former justice minister from the West African nation of Gambia, was sworn inFriday as chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The...
FLORDIA COURIER — Tefera Alemayehu, a dynamic, young Ethiopian with commanding skills in communications and community service, played a key role in bringing it about. His organization,...
