(Reuters) – Pope Francis showed his sense of humor during the last few hours of his trip to Ecuador on Wednesday, straying from a prepared speech...
(BBC) – Ex-rebels who backed Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara are among 20 people charged with war crimes committed during post-election violence in 2010-2011, judicial sources...
AHMED MOHAMMED, Associated Press MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press JOS, Nigeria (AP) — A day of extremist violence against both Muslims and Christians in Nigeria killed more...
By Safiya Mann Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News On Jan. 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook Haiti, taking more than...
TIA GOLDENBERG, Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Ten years ago, a small group of Palestinian activists had a novel idea: Inspired by the anti-apartheid movement, they...
(BBC) – US-based Zambian writer Namwali Serpell has promised to share her winnings in the Caine Prize for African Writing with the runners up. She received...
(The New York Times) — The question of how to save Greece, debated for more than five years, is the European Union’s recurring nightmare. After...
Amy Pollock, REUTERS (Reuters) — The arid expanses of the Sahara desert could be transformed within a decade, according to French architecture company OXO. The...
HARUNA UMAR, Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Boko Haram extremists gunned down nearly 100 Muslims praying in mosques in a northeast Nigerian town during the...
(New York Times) – In early 2006, my first long-term overseas posting as a journalist took me to the Dominican Republic. From my new home in...
HAVANA (Xinhua) – Cuba and the United States have jointly caught worldwide attention once again after announcing the resumption of diplomatic relations and the opening of...
(Haiti Sentinel) – The Haitian government will not cooperate with the Dominican Republic on receiving denationalized persons stated Foreign Affairs and Defense Minister Lener Renauld on...
JOHANNESBURG (New York Times) — In the darkened and chilly parking lot of a mall, a suburban family huddling around a shopping cart shared a snack...
(Mirror) – Police are hunting a man in connection with arranging child marriage – after his suspected links with the wedding of 35-year-old man to a...
(BBC) – Cameroon has started to release some of the 84 children detained for more than six months after a raid on Koranic schools. The authorities...
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that the U.S. and Cuba will reopen their embassies in Havana and...
KATY DAIGLE, Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Toilets are taken for granted in the industrialized West, but still are a luxury for a third of...
(Politico) – A day after President Barack Obama signed a key trade bill, his administration publicly stated its objection to a provision of the measure...
(BBC) – South Sudan’s army and allied militias “abducted, torched and gang-raped girls” during fighting against rebel forces, a UN report says. Investigators found that at...
(BBC) – A new opinion poll suggests that 87% of people in Nigeria support the legal ban on same-sex relations. That number is lower than five...
(International Business Times) – Violence has erupted in Paris as taxi drivers go on strike and protest against the UberPop ride-sharing application, as roads are blocked,...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A Dominican Republic court order threatens to force more than 200,000 Dominican-born Haitians from their homes...
Peter Dominiczak, Gordon Rayner, and Ben Farmer, LONDON (The Telegraph) — British Muslims must report concerns about family members or friends becoming radicalised or they...
Adam Taylor, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — As the debate about the use of the Confederate flag raged in the United States this...
By Philippe Sotto and Jamey Keaten Associated Press FONTAINES-SUR-SAONE, France (AP) — The top suspect in the beheading of a businessman that French authorities are...
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