London (CNN) – Millions of Londoners were forced to find alternative ways to travel on Thursday as the UK capital’s Underground network was in the grip...
By Bert Wilkinson Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Three key issues will attract the attention of Caribbean trade bloc leaders when...
LONDON (UPI) – With the right investment strategies, the emerging offshore oil prospects in West Africa could be the industry’s next big deal, an executive leader said....
(Reuters) – Pope Francis showed his sense of humor during the last few hours of his trip to Ecuador on Wednesday, straying from a prepared speech...
(BBC) – Ex-rebels who backed Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara are among 20 people charged with war crimes committed during post-election violence in 2010-2011, judicial sources...
AHMED MOHAMMED, Associated Press MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press JOS, Nigeria (AP) — A day of extremist violence against both Muslims and Christians in Nigeria killed more...
By Safiya Mann Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News On Jan. 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook Haiti, taking more than...
TIA GOLDENBERG, Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Ten years ago, a small group of Palestinian activists had a novel idea: Inspired by the anti-apartheid movement, they...
(BBC) – US-based Zambian writer Namwali Serpell has promised to share her winnings in the Caine Prize for African Writing with the runners up. She received...
(The New York Times) — The question of how to save Greece, debated for more than five years, is the European Union’s recurring nightmare. After...
Amy Pollock, REUTERS (Reuters) — The arid expanses of the Sahara desert could be transformed within a decade, according to French architecture company OXO. The...
HARUNA UMAR, Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Boko Haram extremists gunned down nearly 100 Muslims praying in mosques in a northeast Nigerian town during the...
(New York Times) – In early 2006, my first long-term overseas posting as a journalist took me to the Dominican Republic. From my new home in...
HAVANA (Xinhua) – Cuba and the United States have jointly caught worldwide attention once again after announcing the resumption of diplomatic relations and the opening of...
(Haiti Sentinel) – The Haitian government will not cooperate with the Dominican Republic on receiving denationalized persons stated Foreign Affairs and Defense Minister Lener Renauld on...
JOHANNESBURG (New York Times) — In the darkened and chilly parking lot of a mall, a suburban family huddling around a shopping cart shared a snack...
(Mirror) – Police are hunting a man in connection with arranging child marriage – after his suspected links with the wedding of 35-year-old man to a...
(BBC) – Cameroon has started to release some of the 84 children detained for more than six months after a raid on Koranic schools. The authorities...
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that the U.S. and Cuba will reopen their embassies in Havana and...
KATY DAIGLE, Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Toilets are taken for granted in the industrialized West, but still are a luxury for a third of...
(Politico) – A day after President Barack Obama signed a key trade bill, his administration publicly stated its objection to a provision of the measure...
(BBC) – South Sudan’s army and allied militias “abducted, torched and gang-raped girls” during fighting against rebel forces, a UN report says. Investigators found that at...
(BBC) – A new opinion poll suggests that 87% of people in Nigeria support the legal ban on same-sex relations. That number is lower than five...
(International Business Times) – Violence has erupted in Paris as taxi drivers go on strike and protest against the UberPop ride-sharing application, as roads are blocked,...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A Dominican Republic court order threatens to force more than 200,000 Dominican-born Haitians from their homes...
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