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ALERT!!!Guinea Conakry has confirmed the presence of the Ebola virus, which has already killed up to 59 people since early February...and now the virus has also been detected in Sierra Leone, according to the World Health…

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WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW By Senator Rev. Rubén Díaz 32nd Senatorial District, Bronx County, New York Tel. 718-991-3161You should know there is an old saying that you should be careful what you wish for because you might…

By Godfrey Olukya    17-3-2014US through, Jen Psaki in the department spokesperson, Office of US Spokesperson has appreciated AMISOM's efforts in fighting for peace in Somalia.A statement recently issued by Psaki…

Norway is concerned about the strained relationship between UN and South Sudan ever since authorities in South Sudan intercepted 11 UN trucks reportedly carrying weapons to the anti-government rebels.…

 The inspiration for the ‘Lights of Peace’.                                                                   My knowledge of the importance of a peaceful co-existence predates 9/11, but my unwavering commitment to it stems…

By Godfrey Olukya   12-3-2014Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf, along with Liberian Minister of Gender and Development Julia Duncan-Cassel, welcome land reform recommendations from Central and West Africa regional…

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW By Senator Rev. Rubén Díaz 32nd Senatorial District, Bronx County, New York Tel. 718-991-3161You should know that on March 3, 2014, New York Daily News columnist Greg B. Smith wrote a column titled:…

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GENTRIFICATION AND RENT PRICED-OUT PROTECTION   WHAT GENTRIFICATION?Meet-N-Market is launching a Gentrification and Rent Priced-out Protection Series, starting on Friday, March 21, 2014. Members who complete the series will be…

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW By Senator Rev. Rubén Díaz 32nd Senatorial District, Bronx County, New York Tel. 718-991-3161You should know that on March 4, 2014, Albany experienced one of its best moments.New York…

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By Godfrey Olukya  6-2-2014The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA), Mr. Said Djinnit, was received yesterday in Niamey by President Mahamadou Issoufou of…

By Godfrey Olukya    5-3-2014The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for West Africa and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA), Mr. Said Djinnit, strongly condemns the renewal of killings…

By Godfrey Olukya    4-3-2014Tunisia and the EU have  formally established a Mobility Partnership.A joint declaration was signed by Cecilia Malmström, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs, Mr Tahar Cherif, Tunisian Ambassador…

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW By Senator Rev. Rubén Díaz 32nd Senatorial District, Bronx County, New York Tel. 718-991-3161You should know that Albany is the place where New Yorkers come to let our government know how strongly…

By Godfrey Olukya     3-3-2014Ambassador Joaquín González-Ducay, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, and  Ussama Osman, Country Director and Representative of the World Food…

As diehard students of entrepreneurship, creativeness, inventiveness and innovations, as well as a staunch believer of harmonious relations and peaceful co-existence, we have invented Peace Lights (Lights of Peace) that we hope would…

 WHAT GENTRIFICATION?Meet-N-Market is launching a Gentrification and Rent Priced-out Protection Series, starting on Friday, March 21, 2014. Members who complete the series will be armed with tools to create, maintain and be able to…

By Godfrey Olukya      27-2-2014Norway has condemned the attack on a school in Nigeria  by gunmen who killed over 50 students.Norway's  foreign affairs minister, Børge Brende said he was not only shocked by the killing,…

By Godfrey Olukya    26-2-2016A fact-finding mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo,led by Nobel peace laureate Leymah Gbowee of Liberia, and organized by the International Campaign to Stop Rape and Gender Violence in…

By Godfrey Olukya    24-2-2014 World Health Organization (WHO) is working with the South Sudan Government and partners to provide vaccines to protect nearly 140 000 people living in temporary camps in South Sudan…

By Godfrey Olukya   24-2-2014 Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni has urged the Somali government to work hard towards the promotion of unity among the people of Somalia in order to promote economic development. He…

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW By Senator Rev. Rubén Díaz 32nd Senatorial District, Bronx County, New York Tel. 718-991-3161 You should know that the New York State Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus…

By Godfrey Olukya     20-2-2014UK's minister for Africa Mark Simmonds has condemned  renewed fighting in South Sudans's Malakal region as a serious violation of the Cessation of Hostilities.Commenting on the recent…

By Godfrey Olukya     19-2-2014A journalist in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo died on Sunday from gunshot wounds he sustained in a shootout between Congolese troops and Ugandan rebels, Africa press has reported.…

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW By Senator Rev. Rubén Díaz District 32 Bronx County, New York Tel 718-991-3161You should know that back in the old days,  when I was growing up in a sector called La Cuchilla in a neighborhood  called…