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Dear Peacemakers:It is extremely important for us to embrace and benefit from our diversity. Diversity in opinion, faith, culture, politics, gender, physical attributes, socio-economic positions, and philosophy must NEVER be the cause…

By Godfrey Olukya    24-3-2016Tanzanian pirates on Lake Victoria which is shared by Uganda, Kenya andTanzanian are reportedly harassing Uganda fishermen by killing them andlooting their property especially boat…

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Senator Peralta and Assemblymember DenDekker unveil legislation aimed at expanding the City’s traffic camera programProposals include eliminating time restrictions on school speed cameras, expanding speed safety cameras to all school…

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  WASHINGTON—In her work to amplify African voices and the experts who work on African-related issues, Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the House Africa Subcommittee, will focus her next Africa Policy Breakfast on the…

Dear friends:To all my friends, especially, in Social Services, please be advised that one of our married teachers with two young children who recently bought a new house near our school is interested in adopting a baby girl. She is…

You should know that in 1992, the City of New York sold a piece of property located at 45 Rivington Street in New York City to a not-for-profit corporation called the Rivington House Healthcare Facility for $1.5 million dollars. The deed…

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Pendant plusieurs années, le Sénégal a été vu comme la vitrine de la démocratie en Afrique, talonné ou au même pied que le cap Vert et le Bénin, mais les élections dernières viennent de confirmer que ce petit pays (par la superficie) était…

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Since May 1, 2015, I have been re-reading about the history of these United States, particularly in regards to the enslavement of Africans and the policies of segregation; the treatment of native Indians, the immigrant groups and groupings,…

“On behalf of state and local law enforcement agencies and crime victims nationwide, I thank Senators Burr and Feinstein for their ongoing work on this comprehensive, bipartisan legislation. The draft U.S. Senate bill…

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By Godfrey Olukya    8-4-2016The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has today welcomed four recent contributions totalling nearly US$30 million, enabling more refugees in Uganda to receive food assistance than ever before.…

The City has successfully beaten back cuts to Medicaid and CUNY in this year’s state budget, while funding for universal pre-k and de Blasio-supported measures to boost the minimum wage and provide paid family leave are poised to…

Then-professor, now President Barack Obama, Ellen Fulton, Joe Khan, and me in 1999 at University of Chicago Law School.For more than 10 years, President Obama taught at the University of Chicago Law School, an institution…

Youth Delegations: March brought return visits for two youth delegations from our Shared Communities partnerships. Following our delegations’ visits to Germany in October and December, sponsored by Haus am Maiberg, soziale und politische…

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The Government of Angola is aware that the high reliance on the oil sector represents a vulnerability to the public finances and the economy more broadlyLUANDA, Angola, April 6, 2016/ -- The Government of Angola is aware that the high…

NYCT PRESIDENT RONNIE HAKIM ADMITS MTA COULD IMPROVE COMMUNICATION WITH RIDERS AT TOWN HALL HOSTED BY MAJORITY LEADER VAN BRAMER AND ACCESS QUEENS   Yesterday, April 5th, 2016, Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer and rider advocacy group…

(Plainfield, IN 4/5/16) - The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) has been working with interfaith communities for decades to enhance understanding and to promote dialogue between American Muslim communities and people of…

 DISTRICT ATTORNEY – NEW YORK COUNTYDA VANCE: COUPLE INDICTED FOR USING PLATINUM AMEX CARDS OBTAINED IN ID THEFT VICTIMS’ NAMES TO BANKROLL LAVISH LIFESTYLE  Boyfriend and Girlfriend Used Victims’ Credit Cards for…

Hon. Andrew CuomoNYS Governor, Albany, New York.Dear Mr. Cuomo:Thank you for accepting this letter on our behalf. My name is Sheikh Musa Drammeh. I am the chairman of New York Peace Coalition, headquartered…

Oko DrammehHow Steel Sharpened Steel: The Connection Between the Civil Rights Movement and African Independence Movements. In the center of Nairobi, Kenya, there’s a street with dozens of shops that sell school uniforms and household…

City to count street homeless population four times annuallyLong-time leader Dr. Michael Jacobson to oversee HOME-STAT implementationNEW YORK––Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced over 500 workers are helping homeless people move…

Saratoga Springs, NY – April 5, 2016 – This evening the City Council of the City of Saratoga Springs, New York, unanimously passed a firearm safe storage law named for Nicholas Naumkin, the twelve-year-old resident who was…

Cindy Similien-Johnson Photo Credit: DARA: Ancestral Beauty PhotographyBROOKLYN, NY - On Saturday, May 14, 2016, Haitian American Author Cindy Similien-Johnson will host the 1st Goal Chic Empowerment Conference from 11AM-3:00PM at The…

Universities in developing countries were designed for a past age. In Africa and parts of Asia, that model is the colonial model: whatever the University of London (or the Sorbonne) was doing in the late 1950s, that’s basically…

By Godfrey Olukya 5-4-2016France based Orange mobile phone company has today announced the acquisition of a 75 million-euro equity interest in Africa Internet Group, joining AXA, Goldman Sachs and longstanding investors MTN Group,…