Congratulations to all the Black athletes who won medals in the Olympic Summer Games in Rio 2016! ... read more / view gallery »

The leadership in UNESCO is essential in representing coordinated efforts worldwide to seek peace. ... read more »

Barack Obama is the 44th and current president of the United States, and the first African American to serve as U.S. president. First elected to the presidency in 2008 and won a second term in 2012. ... read more »

Alex Amankwah represented Ghana in the first round of the 800 meters ... read more »

Accompanying the initial shock of his death were waves of speculation about the circumstance of his death ... read more »

South Africa's ruling party has suffered its worst election setback since taking power at the end of apartheid a generation ago, with the African National Congress losing the capital, Pretoria, and its surrounding Tshwane metropolitan area. But it held a slight lead in the country's biggest city, Johannesburg, with 99 percent of votes counted last Saturday. ... read more »

London's Metropolitan Police said officers arrested 10 people blocking a road leading from a main highway to Heathrow ... read more »

A presidential spokesman in Uganda says some ruling party officials want to remove the age limit on the presidency so long-time President Yoweri Museveni can run again. Museveni, who took power by force in 1986, was re-elected in a disputed election in February. His current term expires in 2021. ... read more »

Nonstop media coverage of the UK’s exit from the European Community may have been confounding to many Americans but the latest development in Great Britain’s power shuffle seems more ominous. ... read more »

National leaders at the African Union summit held in Kigali, Rwanda, last week were presented with a prototype of the long-awaited Pan-African passport. ... read more »

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee and a strong advocate for the Haitian people in the U.S. Congress, sent a letter yesterday to the Honorable Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, urging him to ensure that the UN’s response to the cholera epidemic in Haiti is sufficient to ensure justice for the people of Haiti and maintain the credibility and leadership of the UN. ... read more »

With all of its richness - art, culture, education, and healthcare - Cuba needs help with its infrastructure ... read more »

The more than three-hour memorial capped nearly a full day of mourning in Louisville for Ali, the three-time heavyweight champion of the world who died last week at 74 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease ... read more »

Discussions were of current terrorist threats in Nigeria and Cameroon, education and democratic disposition within the states of Nigeria and the Central African Republic ... read more »

Legendary boxer Muhammad Ali, arguably the greatest boxer of all-time, died Friday in Phoenix, Arizona at age 74. Bob Gunnell, a spokesperson for the family said Ali had be hospitalized since Thursday dealing with respiratory issues. ... read more »