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Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the sentencing of BRYAN ROGERS, 32, to 25 years-to-life in state prison for fatally shooting his girlfriend’s uncle following a dispute in NYCHA’s Manhattanville Houses on…

By Godfrey Olukya 3-1-2017Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will with effect from January 7th` to 12th 2017 officially visit 5 African countries.According to China's foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang, Yi will pay official…

By Godfrey Olukya 01-02-2017Tanzanian cleric, Sheikh Ahmed Mende has urged Muslim parents in Tanzania and the world over to ensure that their daughters get educated in schools.While speaking during a Muslim community dialogue…

By Godfrey Olukya 3-1-2017The Holmes Group is partnering with the African Public Relations Association (APRA) to launch its first ever African Super achievement in Branding,reputation and engagement (SABRE) Awards.According to…

By Godfrey Olukya 3-1-2017Because the Islamic Economy has seen tremendous increase in recent years transcending its traditional geographic boundaries, its entrance into East Africa could revolutionize the region’s finance &…

By, Dr. Jane Kani Edward Fordham UniversitySouth Sudan gained its political independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011, when South Sudanese voted overwhelmingly for separation in an internationally monitored referendum. The…

Step 1.During my first street vending training day in the summer of 1986 in the city after arriving in new York from The Gambia, West Africa, my Senegalese trainer was knocked to the ground unconscious by a robber on a bright…

Campaign created by Family and Friends of Dr. Mutulu ShakurWe're urging President Obama to use his executive power to grant clemency to Mutulu Shakur given the context in which his crimes were committed, the time he's already served,…

By Godfrey Olukya 2-1-2017An unknown assailant has shot dead Burundi's water, environment and planning Minister Emmanuel Niyonkuru.According to Burundi's police spokesman Pierre Nkurikiye, Niyonkuru 54 has been shot by…

Trump Will Be Reagan on Steroids.The first of Three Essays on the Impact and Consequences of the 2016 Presidential ElectionDuring the months leading up to the 2016 presidential election I was totally immersed in an all-out…

This year, as optimistic as I had always been, I want us to be very, very and very smart and realistic about the actions we take, the relations we build and the information we allow guiding our interactions.The current national and…

By Godfrey Olukya 1-1-2017United Nations Secretary general Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the signing in Kinshasa, by the opposition and President Kabila , of a political agreement on the holding of elections in Democratic Republic of…

Dear friends.This is a friendly reminder.For those of you who professed strong love of God, let that love be reflected on His creation. Because no one loves the Creator and hates His hand made beloved trophies. Human beings are…

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Dear friends and Peace family.As we get ready to conclude our noble efforts in bringing peace and harmony in all homes, hamlets and cities from all corners of the world in 2016, It pleases me a great deal to see people in…

God bless the United States. It's about time! For the first time in eight years, I'm totally with Obama administration concerning the Holy Land. "Friends must tell hard truths to friends." Kerry. Truth shall set you free... There is not a…

Intimacy Panacea Series(IP1 and IP2)The most beautiful gift to creation is sexual intimacy. Man however, as with other gifts under his authority, has arbitrary put self-denying and artificial restrictions, in addition to…

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By Godfrey Olukya    27-12-2016The 1st lady of Zimbabwe Grace Mugabe is on spot over allegations that she used the country's game park animals to settle a debt on behalf of Democratic Republic of Congo. According to media reports,…

“Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war." Martin Luther King.Dear Peace family:As we exit a bloody year of 2016 and entering the new year with formidable readiness to…

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Any enemy of the state of Israel and its Jewish residents is also my enemy. But if Netanyahu & Company naively believed loyal supporters like me would accept and justify illegal settlements, they must be out of their minds. Two states-…

By Godfrey Olukya  26-12-2016Use Mobile money and other digital form of transactions in Africa are becoming very popular in most African countries.It is for that reason that an EXPO related to such transactions is to be…

By Godfrey Olukya   26-12-2016At least 20 people were killed on Christmas in DRC by militiamenThis followed clashes between the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) and Maï-Maï Mazembe militiamen in Nyanzale area of Rutshuru…

Dear fellow members of HIB:As we close this year and enter the next, we must all be thinking of new inventions and innovations to bring to the waiting market hungry for new ideas. The prospect for acquiring wealth and improving the…

Successful legislative effort would block transactions like the one at Rivington House that led to sale of prized community asset for luxury condosCouncil Member Margaret S. Chin and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer yesterday…

The UN Security Council meets on December 23, 2016 (UN Screenshot) Text of Egyptian-drafted resolution 2334 on settlements, approved by the UN Security Council, on December 23, 2016.The Security Council, Reaffirming its…

DISTRICT ATTORNEY – NEW YORK COUNTYDecember 22, 2016                                                                    Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the indictment of…

By Godfrey Olukya  22-12-2016A motion for a resolution on constitutional limits on presidential terms has been rejected after the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries overwhelmingly voted against it.The vote on the motion…