Kenyan Lawmakers Move to Let Workers ‘Disconnect’ from Employers
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
Kenya’s senate is considering a new bill that would make it illegal for employers to call,...
Door of No Return: Yellen visits Onetime Slave-Trading Post
By FATIMA HUSSEIN, Associated Press
GOREE ISLAND, Senegal (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen paid a solemn visit Saturday to the salmon-colored house on an...
US Ambassador Heading to Africa as part of Biden’s Big Push
By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, is the second Cabinet member heading...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Connection Between Civil Rights Era, Africa
By Laura Onyeneho, Houston Defender, Word in Black
As the nation celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we sometimes forget that the struggle for justice and...
Dear Black America: You Should Be Paying Attention to Africa
By Patrick Washington, Word in Black
In the last month of 2022, The United States hosted the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. The goal of this summit was to...