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The ANC Battle for South Africa’s Presidency Heats Up

December 16, 2017

Who Will Become the Next President of South Africa? By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The African National Congress (ANC), South Africa’s governing social democratic political party once led by the late Nelson Mandela, faces perhaps its most contentious and controversial election yet. On Dec. 18, the party will vote for its next president, […]

Popular Interests In This Article: African National Congress, Lindiwe Sisulu, South Africa, Stacy M. Brown

Africa Not Holding Its Breath For Trump on Trade

March 2, 2017

By Grant Clark, Urban News Service  After a two-year election campaign and weeks into his presidency, Africans still have no idea how Donald J. Trump plans to deal with this continent of 54 nations. Since the launch of his political career, Trump has barely mentioned Africa, home to six of the 12 fastest-growing economies in […]

Popular Interests In This Article: African Trade, Donald Trump, Grant Clark

Tracy Reese: Designer of Michelle Obama’s Dress

December 9, 2016

by Patrice Gaines Urban News Service No one knew what First Lady Michelle Obama would choose to wear on stage at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. That decision is generally a secret kept from the public–and designers–until she appears under the spotlights. And when she stepped out onto the stage that historic night, the First […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Democratic National Convention, Fashion, Michelle Obama, Tracy Reese

Kenyan Artist Almaz to keep indigenous music alive

January 8, 2016

By Oral Ofori Special to the NNPA News Wire Mary Hamboga Matufi, a Kenyan musician and songwriter known in showbiz as Almaz says dropping out of school for lack of funds to continue her education and her society’s preference to push enterprising males than females up the academic ladder was still not enough to quell […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Almaz, Mary Hamboga Matufi, Oral Ofori

Rwandans Mull over Possibility of Third Kagame Term

January 8, 2016

By Sam P.K. Collins Special to the NNPA News Wire from AllEyesOnDC.com Millions of Rwandans took to the ballot box last week to vote on a constitutional referendum that, if passed, would allow Rwandan President Paul Kagame to stay in office until 2034. The months-long debate about presidential term limits has placed the spotlight on […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Sam P.K. Collins

Blacks in Newsroom at All Time Low

August 7, 2015

by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Last week, The Huffington Post offered this bold headline: “There will be more non-white journalists because the public will demand them.” But based on an extensive study published in the Columbia Journalism Review, apparently no one is demanding black journalists; if so, no […]

Popular Interests In This Article: August 7 2015, Black Newsroom, Minority Journalists, Stacy M. Brown, Vol. 25 No. 30

Poll Finds Rising Exile Support for Obama’s Cuba Policy

April 3, 2015

Poll Finds Rising Exile Support for Obama's Cuba Policy

April 3, 2015     (REUTERS) — A poll of Cuban-Americans shows support for the White House's new Cuba policy has risen in the three months since it was announced, with 51 percent now in favor of closer engagement with Cuba, up from 44 percent in December.   The poll by consulting firm Bendixen & […]

Popular Interests In This Article: APRIL 3 2015, Barack Obama, Cuba, Cuba Opportunity Summit, Cuba Policy, Cuban-Americans, Poll, VOL. 25 NO. 12

The young, female face of HIV in East and Southern Africa

November 11, 2014

The young, female face of HIV in East and Southern Africa

By Miriam Gathigah NAIROBI  (IPS) — Experts are raising alarm that years of HIV interventions throughout Africa have failed to stop infection among young women 15 to 24 years old. “Prevention is failing for young women,” says Lillian Mworeko, HIV expert with International Community of Women Living with HIV in Eastern Africa, based in Uganda. […]

Iraqi Christians seek shelter in Jordan after IS threats

November 4, 2014

By Areej Abuqudairi AMMAN  (IPS) — Watching videos and pictures on social media of the advance of the Islamic State (IS) inside Syria made it all seem far from reality to Iraqi Marvin Nafee. “We did not believe it,” said the 27-year-old, “it seemed so imaginary.” Only months later, his home city Mosul fell to […]

Zimbabwe’s rich fuel inequality through illicit financial flows

October 28, 2014

By Tonderayi Mukeredzi HARARE  (IPS) — Zimbabwe has lost 12 billion dollars in illicit financial flows over the last three decades and experts say this illegal practice is perpetuating social inequalities and poverty in this southern African nation. A September report by the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZIMVAC) estimates that 63 percent of Zimbabweans are […]

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