America’s Black Population Increasingly Made Up Of African Immigrants

May 3, 2015 Any baseball fan who was around in the ‘60s would probably remember Tony Oliva, the admired former Minnesota Twins right fielder, three-time batting champion and eight-time All-Star. Oliva, an immigrant from Cuba, spoke to scores of people during a recent Green Card Voices dinner in Minneapolis about his journey to Minnesota and

Opinion: Do People Care About Fair Trade, Ethical Consumption?

April 3, 2015 The Fairtrade Foundation recently reported that sales of its products are falling in the U.K. as shoppers turn to discount retailers that stock fewer of the pricier Fairtrade goods. In response, the charity is loosening some of its certification standards, according to a SciDev.net report in AllAfrica. Fair trade is a social movement to help

Floyd Mayweather beats Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas

May 3, 2015 Floyd Mayweather emerged victorious from the most lucrative fight in history, beating Manny Pacquiao via a wide unanimous decision in Las Vegas. American Mayweather, 38, delivered a defensive masterclass against his Philippine rival at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, making the necessary adjustments after only a few rounds before disappearing out of

Gas supply to facilitate addition of 560MW of additional generation capacity into the grid

May 2, 2015 Seven Energy International Limited (“Seven Energy”), the indigenous Nigerian integrated gas Company has commenced the supply of gas to the 560 MW Calabar National Integrated Power Project (“NIPP”). The commercial delivery of gas to CalabarNIPP commenced in March 2015, and is being executed through Accugas, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Seven Energy. When

Xenophobic Attacks: Zuma calls Jonathan, pleads for support

April 30, 2015 President Jacob Zuma has had telephonic discussions with President Goodluck Jonathan of  Nigeria on recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa, according to a statement by the South African presidency. The two Presidents reaffirmed the warm and cordial relations between South Africa and Nigeria and pledged that the two countries will continue to

New York Pension Fund to Invest Aleast $5 Billion in Africa

April 30, 2015 The New York State Common Retirement Fund, one of the largest U.S. Pension funds and worth about $180 billion, plans to invest as much as 3% of its assets in Africa in the next five years to diversify its portfolio and boost returns. The figure would be more than $5 billion based

Girls rescued from Boko Haram camp not from Chibok, Nigerian military says

April 29, 2015 Hotoro, Kano, Nigeria (CNN)Girls rescued from Boko Haram terror camps in Sambisa Forest on Tuesday are “not the Chibok girls,” Nigerian Army spokesman Sani Usman said. However, one official did not rule out that captives from other Boko Haram camps that were raided might include some of the 200 girls abducted in

Nigerian army rescues 200 girls and 93 women during Boko Haram offensive

April 28, 2015 Troops rescue hundreds during operation in Sambisa Forest, but whether the Chibok girls are in the group remains unclear Nigeria’s army has rescued 200 girls and 93 women during a military operation to wrest back the Sambisa Forest from the Boko Haram Islamist militant group, it said on its Twitter feed on

Black Lives Matter Takes Over Forever 21

April 28, 2015 A retail titan unwittingly became a protest site over the weekend, when activists transformed a Forever 21 window display with a Black Lives Matter banner and t-shirts. Gothamist reports that Saturday’s protest was the work of an anonymous group called Never 21 dedicated to raising awareness about the killings of young black