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MONROVIA, Liberia, June 2, 2017/ -- Under the MOU signed today between the State of Israel and ECOWAS, Israel’s leading solar developer will invest $1 billion over the next four years to advance green energy power projects across the 15…

Senator Serrano honored Miriam Colón for this year's New York State Senate Women of Distinction event in Albany. The Senate’s Women of Distinction Program honors the remarkable efforts of women who contribute to making our communities…

Senator Serrano inducted George Rodriguez into the New York State Senate Veterans' Hall of Fame this year in Albany. The New York State Senate Veterans' Hall of Fame was created to honor and recognize outstanding veterans from the Empire…

During Donald Trump’s recent address to the National Rifle Association the President made it clear that not only will the federal government stop efforts to curb gun violence, but it will actually roll the clock back on common sense…

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the launch of a new campaign to raise public awareness of opportunity theft in New York City. The two-week, street-level campaign, which runs from May 30th to June 13th, is…

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today issued the following statement regarding multiple new reports on President Donald J. Trump’s expected decision to withdraw from the Paris Accord:“A decision by President Trump…

#IDecade campaign background.Since the inception of the ‘Information Superhighway’ in the early nineties, all aspects of our lives have universally been changed, in most cases for the better. Difficult tasks are made easy. Subject…

East Elmhurst, NY — In 2016, the Neighborhood Housing Services of Queens (NHS) saved 49 hardworking families from foreclosure and helped another 29 buy their homes with down payment assistance programs. In an effort to assist more families…

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, May 30, 2017/ -- Africa’s premier real estate competition, the African Property Investment Awards (API Awards) will be launched at this year’s API Summit & Expo 2017, taking place on the 24th August 2017, at…

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, May 29, 2017/ -- Increased spending on healthcare in the public and private sectors across the African continent has resulted in improved health indicators and life expectancies.“But the progress of this…

Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images Job Shipululo AmupandaMay 25, 2017The third generation of African freedom fighters is growing impatient with the contradictions of ongoing coloniality in the Motherland. Europe and its allies continue…

Washington, DC – Senators Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY), Todd Young (R-IN), and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) led a bipartisan effort to modernize the foster care placement process. Their effort takes steps to alleviate our overwhelmed adoption system.…

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 25, 2017/ --General electric spearheads a digital transformation with the GE East Africa Digital Roadshow. Investment in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is expected to top $60 trillion during the next 15 years.…

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the return of a collection ofancient artifacts to the Italian Republic during a repatriation ceremony attended by the Consul General of Italy in New York, Minister…

OP-EDBy Simon KolawoleliveLAGOS, Nigeria, May 24, 2017/ -- At the annual Nigerian jamboree to the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas, Dr. IbeKachikwu, the minister of state for petroleum resources, told a…

By Chineme Okafor LAGOS, Nigeria, May 24, 2017/ -- The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) is ignorant of the proposed rehabilitation and operation under a concession arrangement of the 210,000 barrels per day (bpd) Port Harcourt Refinery…

   NEW YORK – Mayor Bill de Blasio and the NYC Commission on Human Rights today launched a citywide anti-discrimination campaign affirming New Yorkers’ right to live, work, and pray free from discrimination and harassment. The campaign,…

Washington, DC – The National Black Church Initiative (NBCI), a faith-based coalition of 34,000 Churches comprised of 15 denominations and 15.7 million African Americans, agrees with the unyielding 64 member board of the NAACP to not renew…

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Washington, DC – The National Black Church Initiative (NBCI), a faith-based coalition of 34,000 Churches comprised of 15 denominations and 15.7 million African Americans, painfully observes the acquittal of two white cops who literally…

African Community Celebrates Africa Day by Honoring the New Bronx Borough Director to The Mayor’s Office on Thursday May 25, 2017 from 6pm-8pm. Africa Day (formerly African Freedom Day and African Liberation Day), is the annual…

By Godfrey Olukya 22-5-2017 President Yoweri Museveni has urged the people of South Sudan to embrace unity for prosperity and development warning that the misuse of identity can paralyze and endanger their nation.“There are…

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.Who: Peace December InternationalWhat: To cancel this record deal and end hostilities towards Iran.When: Friday, June 9, 2017Time: 12:00 -2:30 PM.Where:…

Jackson Heights, NY - Earlier today NYC Council Member Daniel Dromm gathered on Roosevelt Avenue with Jackson Heights business owners, residents, environmental attorneys and other elected officials to announce a class action lawsuit against…

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today launched the second round of "NaturalizeNY" – the first-of-its-kind public-private partnership to encourage eligible immigrants in New York State with becoming U.S. citizens. The initiative provides…

LAGOS, Nigeria, May 22, 2017/ -- The Ogun State Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (OGUNCCIMA) has commended the Pan African Conglomerate, Dangote Group for its giant strides in economic development of the country through…

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Dear Friends:   To clarify an important issue concerning our movement.   Let it all be known that no one in the leadership position in this movement is to ever promote, affiliate, benefit or otherwise normalize violence and indecency,…

What: Seize The Cure, Epilepsy Awareness Concert & ForumWhen: Sunday, May 21st 2017. Doors open at 1pm and the official start time is 2 pm.Where: Peace December Headquarters at 2006 Westchester Ave. Bronx, NY…

TODAY, Friday, May 19th, Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer, the presidents of the New York Public Library, Queens Library, and Brooklyn Public Library, Henry Garrido, the Executive Director of the District Council 37 union, and the…