PROBE SOUGHT FOR GAMBIAN ACTIVIST FOUND DEAD IN JAIL
June 27, 2016 (GIN) – A leading opposition figure in the Gambia has been found dead in a jail cell shortly after his arrest for taking part in…
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BILLIONAIRE SKIPS JAIL AFTER SENEGAL LEADER’S PARDON
June 27, 2016 (GIN) – Karim Wade, son of ex-president Abdoulaye Wade, has been pardoned and freed from jail by the current Senegalese president, despite a campaign pledge…
BREXIT – WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR AFRICA?
June 27, 2016 (GIN) – Writing on the blogpost This Is Africa, Malawi journalist Levi Kabwato tackled the much-reported story of “Brexit” - the vote by the UK…
APARTHEID-ERA VICTIMS SUFFER DEFEAT IN U.S. COURT
June 27, 2016 (GIN) – Efforts by South African victims of racist apartheid to obtain justice suffered a new defeat in the U.S. Supreme Court this month when…
Educating Girls Empowers A Nation — Michelle Obama
First Lady Michelle in Liberia, with president Johnson Ralphina Feelee lives in Liberia, where the average family gets by on less than two dollars a day, and many…
UGANDA: FRESH ROW ROCKS UPC AS OBOTE IN-LAW SWEARS IN AS MINISTER IN MUSEVENI’S CABINET
Hon. Jimmy Akena, Obote’s son dines with the man who overthrew his father. “Hon. Betty Amongi confirmed before the National Resistance Movement (NRM) chairperson and Members of Parliament…
Supreme Court Judge Michalek Pleads Guilty and Consultant Pigeon Indicted
Ex-Judge Michalek New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the unsealing of an indictment charging political consultant G. Steven Pigeon, 55, with Bribery in the Second Degree,…
NYPD Body Camera Questionnaire
The NYPD wants input from the communities we serve on an important NYPD policy before it is finalized: our body camera policy. The NYPD will be equipping 1,000…
Baltimore Verdict: How U.S. Injustice System Aids and Abets Murders of Black People
Officer Goodson Not surprisingly, yet another Baltimore Police officer was acquitted by a judge in the ongoing cases in connection with the police killing of Freddie Gray. This…
Apollo Theater Presents Originals: DMX Featuring N.O.R.E., Jim Jones, Jadakiss & Friends
DMXSome of New York’s Most Legendary Emcees Return to the Apollo Stage for an Epic One Night Concert. Friday, August 5, 2016 – 8 p.m. Tickets Go on…