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Woman Makes History After Becoming Australia’s First Ever Black Senator Canberra, Australia — Senator Lucy Gichuhi, a Kenyan-born lawyer, was warmly welcomed by colleagues when she recently became the first-ever person of black African descent […]
Nana Akufo-Addo, president of Ghana (TriceEdneyWire.com/Global Information Network) – In a surprise upset for incumbent President John Dramani Mahama, voters turned out strongly for opposition candidate Nana Akufo-Addo, whose campaign for the presidency gave hope […]
by Corey Williams, AP The Fidel Castro that Sam Riddle and many other African-Americans admired was not the revolutionary dictator who plunged Cuba into economic ruin and held the island nation in an iron grip. […]
First lady Michelle Obama landed in Africa last week with her daughters and her mother for an overseas trip promoting education for girls, starting with a country recovering from the recent Ebola epidemic. The Obamas […]
Jackelin Alfaro, 7, of Washington, hugs her aunt Gelin Alfaro, of Veracruz, Mexico, during an immigration rally at the Supreme Court in Washington, Thursday, June 23, 2016. A tie vote by the Supreme Court is […]
Last year, Air Zimbabwe and Ethiopian Airlines made major strides towards the inclusion of women in the aviation world with the launch of their all-women flight crews. Women continue to be at the forefront of […]
The Bold City (FL) Chapter of the Links, Incorporated of Jacksonville recently contributed to the revamping of Jamaican elementary schools as a part of the national organization’s Global Delegation initiative. Over 160 Links’ members and […]
by Janell Hazelwood, blackenterprise.com Mother and two daughters earn honors after family relocates to U.S. Before the tragic story of the more than 200 Nigerian girls who were abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok in […]
Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Some 38 teenage girls, chosen to take part in Swaziland’s traditional reed dance festival, were killed instantly when the flatbed truck on which they were […]
Mama Hope launched “African Men. Hollywood Stereotypes” in 2012 with the goal of starting a movement that would shift the perception about Africa. We were tired of seeing the stereotypes: helpless children sifting through garbage […]
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