By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The Congressional Black Caucus has heavily criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to limit further the ability of American citizens to travel […]
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UN Says 1st Local Polio Case Found in Zambia Since 1995
By The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says Zambia has reported its first local case of polio since 1995, in a 2-year-old boy paralyzed by a […]
Ethiopia Deploys Troops to Calm Days of Deadly Unrest
By ELIAS MESERET Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s army says it is deploying troops to calm deadly unrest that has raged in the past three days mainly […]
Delay in Ex-South African Leader’s Corruption Case as Appeal Planned
By Mogomotsi Magome and Nqobile Ntshangase, The Associated Press Court proceedings for former South African president Jacob Zuma were pushed back to Feb. 4 on Oct. 15 as his legal team […]
Unrest at the African Union Follows Firing of Popular Ambassador
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent A speech denouncing France’s colonization of Africa and continued efforts to unite Africa and the African Diaspora may has cost Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao, the […]
The AFRO in Africa: When It Comes to Violence, Baltimore and Kampala Are Worlds Apart
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com During my transcendent six-week adventure to Uganda I had only two authentically unpleasant experiences in this beautiful East African Republic; I got my cell phone […]
‘No Human is Limited’: Kipchoge Runs sub-2 Hour Marathon
By ERIC WILLEMSEN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Roger Bannister, 1954. Eliud Kipchoge, 2019? Like the sub-four minute mile, running a marathon in less than two hours had seemed impossible […]
Eritrean Soccer Players who Defected say They Live in Fear
By JUSTIN LYNCH Associated Press PALERMO, Italy (AP) — Soccer gave Mewal Tesfai Yosief hope in an authoritarian nation, a job in a country of forced military conscription and, possibly, […]
Lions Kill Cattle, so People Kill Lions. Can the Cycle End?
By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer LOIBOR SIRET, Tanzania (AP) — Saitoti Petro, a tall, slender 29-year-old, is marching with four other young men who belong to a pastoralist people […]
Ethiopia’s Reformist PM Abiy Ahmed Wins Nobel Peace Prize
By ELIAS MESERET and CARA ANNA Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to a dynamic young African leader whose sweeping reforms and […]
Bahamians Struggle to Start Over After Dorian’s Devastation
By MELISSA HERNANDEZ of Fresh Take Florida news service Fresh Take Florida, a news service of the University of Florida GRAND BAHAMA, Bahamas (AP) — Tanya Fox ignored evacuation warnings […]
The AFRO in Africa: The Journey to Beautiful Lake Bunyonyi
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com The road to Lake Bunyonyi is a journey of paradox much like the beautiful East African nation of Uganda. Sunset on Lake Bunyonyi. (Photo Credit: […]