NEW YORK CARIB NEWS — “The resilience of remittances underscores their importance for millions of people,” said Dilip Ratha, lead economist and lead author of the report. “Leveraging remittances...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Most Americans’ typical Thanksgiving Day ritual includes a parade trip, watching football, and overindulging in a family feast. But many are straying from...
The four-column weekly publication was printed every Friday. Stories covered foreign and domestic news, editorials, births and deaths in the local black community, weddings, advertisements, and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Before a packed venue of over 2,000, from various African countries, including South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Congo, Tanzania, Liberia, Kenya, Cameroon, Somalia, and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "The Seminary's ties to slavery are a part of our story," Barnes stated. "It is important to acknowledge that our founders were entangled...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "I understand the impact personally that establishing an endowment has on a student's enrollment and graduation prospects," Dr. Glover said. "The actions of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — This year’s fellows represent the following countries: Benin, Cameroon, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia,...
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — Multinational corporations who seek weak democracies, high rates of poverty, and untapped resources, seem to make a beeline for Liberia which has struggled to...
(left to right) Journalist, Al Jerome A. Chede and community advocate, Uche Uwahemu with honorees and keynote speaker, war crimes investigator, Hassan Bility, Massa A. Washington, a...
JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH, Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberian authorities on Tuesday quarantined two households after the corpse of a 17-year-old boy was found with Ebola,...
Jonathan Paye-Layleh and Krista Larson, ASSOCIATED PRESS MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — On the day Mercy Kennedy lost her mother to Ebola, it was hard to...
Jonathan Paye-Layleh and Krista Larson, ASSOCIATED PRESS MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — On the day Mercy Kennedy lost her mother to Ebola, it was hard to...
MONROVIA, Liberia (USA Today) — This once-stricken nation plans to declare it is officially free of Ebola on Saturday, barring the unexpected discovery of a...
KRISTA LARSON, Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The number of Ebola cases reported in Guinea and Sierra Leone last week dropped to its lowest total...
KRISTA LARSON, Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The number of Ebola cases reported in Guinea and Sierra Leone last week dropped to its lowest total...
(Reuters) – The World Health Organization warned on Friday of a risk of outbreaks of measles, whooping cough and other diseases in West African countries...
(Reuters) – The World Health Organization warned on Friday of a risk of outbreaks of measles, whooping cough and other diseases in West African countries...
(Telegraph) – Liberia released its last current Ebola patient from hospital on Thursday, marking the West African nation’s unexpected transition from critical-list patient to international poster boy...
LORNE COOK, Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Liberia’s president on Tuesday called for an Ebola “Marshall Plan” to help rebuild economies in West African nations devastated...
JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama heralded a “new phase in the fight” against Ebola on Wednesday and said progress against the...
JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama heralded a “new phase in the fight” against Ebola on Wednesday and said progress against the...
EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Close to 1,000 new cases of Ebola were recorded in the last three weeks despite progress in...
EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — At least 50 Ebola hotspots remain in the three hardest-hit West African countries but new cases are...
(HealthDay News) — If the current high rates of monitoring and hospitalization continue, the Ebola epidemic in Liberia could be halted by the middle of...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs & Border Protection (CBP) this week will begin new layers of...