Pay For Play: New NCAA Rule Opens Door For Student-Athlete Compensation
*After almost two decades of fighting for the right to control their marketing and revenue-generating potential as …
Tigray Conflict Clouds Ethiopia’s ‘Historic’ Parliamentary Election
*ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia, Africa’s second–most-populous country, held parliamentary polls on June 21, in what …
Keeping Baseball’s Negro Leagues Alive Through Digital Card Art / WATCH
*Jason Schwartz is a lifelong baseball fan and card collector who had to be socially distant from the game he loves …
For Young Africans, the Dream of Europe Does Not Resemble Reality
*JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, Spain — Two years ago, Thierno Barro Diong, from Senegal, got in touch with a friend who was in …
Warning! War Drums Get Louder in Nigeria
*LAGOS, Nigeria — Attackers shot dead Ahmed Ali Gulak, a close ally of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, in Owerri, …
‘You is All Free Now. Yankees Going Home.’ — Recordings Reveal What Happened on First Juneteenth
*Laura Smalley’s voice crackles and comes to life. It is 1941, and she is talking in her native Hempstead, Texas, to a …
After Decades, Congress Votes to Make Juneteenth A Federal Holiday
*After languishing for months in Congress, lawmakers have passed the Juneteenth National Independence Act to officially …
Wanda Armstrong: Grandmother/Restauranteur in Tulsa Blazes New Trail From ‘Black Wall Street’
*It was breakfast time, and Wanda Armstrong was rolling out the crust for her famous peach cobbler at Evelyn’s Soul Food …
Making the Most of A Second Chance: Troy Delone Leaves Prison Behind
*Troy Delone was not always an upstanding citizen. His extracurricular street activities landed him in the country’s …
Kenneth Guantai: Kenyan Inventor of Electric Handcarts, Auto Rickshaws Hopes to Go Global
*NAIROBI, Kenya — A Kenyan innovator, Kenneth Guantai, who has developed electric tuk-tuk (auto-rickshaws) and …
Kenya First in Africa To Make Electronic Chips Amid Questions Over Relevance Of Tech / PHOTOS
*NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya, known for its Konza Technopolis — dubbed “Africa’s Silicon Savannah” — is about to be the …
Cameroon: Public Anger As Officials Misappropriate Part Of $382 Million IMF Covid-19 Loan
*YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon — Cameroonian officials could have misappropriated and mismanaged part of $382 million Covid-19 …
Gun, Trucks, College Tuition And Lots Of Cash: Do States’ Prizes For Vaccines Schemes Work?
*West Virginians can win one of five hunting rifles, or a customized truck. There’s $16.5 million in cash on the table …
VIDEO: College Classmates Set Their Sights On Growing Eyewear Industry / WATCH
*BROOKLYN, New York — At the dawn of the COVID-19 pandemic, two enterprising African-American women saw an opportunity …
Assassins Target Ugandan President Museveni’s Close Ally, General Wamala – Daughter Killed
*KAMPALA, Uganda — On the morning of June 1, shooters ambushed Uganda’s minister of Works and Transport and former Army …
