TIM REYNOLDS, AP Sports Writer PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — In one moment, Jack Warner is on TV telling his countrymen he fears for his life. An...
DAKAR, Senegal (New York Times) — Roughly 100 people have died after an explosion sent flames coursing through a gas station in the center of Accra,...
HONG KONG (New York Times) — For years, Hui King-to has taken part in the solemn candlelight vigil in Victoria Park here commemorating those who...
(BBC) – Police in Italy have arrested 44 people over the rigging of public contracts to run migrant reception centers. Local politicians were among those detained...
(ProPublica) – The neighborhood of Campeche sprawls up a steep hillside in Haiti’s capital city, Port-au-Prince. Goats rustle in trash that goes forever uncollected. Children kick a...
MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian military abuses have caused the deaths of some 8,000 civilians in the fight against Boko Haram extremists,...
(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...
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) – 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....
(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...
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...