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UNWTO Regional Conference Enhancing Brand Africa Fostering Tourism Development, Accra, Ghana, 17-19 August 2015 Source: United Nations World Tourism Organization MADRID- The UNWTO Regional Conference Enhancing Brand Africa – Fostering Tourism Development will bring together a wide variety of African tourism stakeholders to explore how build a stronger brand for Africa as a tourism destination […]

Kenya vows to spearhead Pan-Africanism Xinhua NAIROBI- Kenya on Monday vowed to spearhead Pan-Africanism in order to enable the continent to chart its own destiny. Deputy President William Ruto told a region forum in Nairobi that Africa’s political and economic liberation will only be achieved if the continent sets aside tribal, religious and nationalists divisions. […]

Nigeria: Kano light rail system receives boost from Czech Republic via Memorandum of Understanding Gov.Ganduje , Czeck Ambassador sign MoU for Kano Light Rail Kano State Government KANO, NIGERIA- Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State and the Czech Republic Ambassador to Nigeria, Pavel Mikes, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the provision of […]

China to issue new 100 yuan bank note Xinhua BEIJING- The People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, announced it would issue a new 100-yuan bank note from Nov. 12 on Monday. The new bank note will be harder to counterfeit and easier for machines to read. Part of the fifth set of bank notes […]

Some international leaders congratulate Beijing on successful 2022 Winter Olympic bid Xinhua BEIJING- Leaders of some countries and international organizations have sent messages to China, congratulating Beijing on its successful bid to host the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. In a congratulatory message sent to Chinese President Xi Jinping, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said that […]

Tyler Perry’s plans for former Fort McPherson Army base By J. Scott Trubey Military Times The Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP ATLANTA — Filmmaker Tyler Perry’s plans for a sprawling movie studio at Fort McPherson may include an amphitheater and a museum, according to documents obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A map provided to the U.S. […]

Sydney’s Badgerys Creek airport will not have a rail connection Jamie Freed The Sydney Morning Herald The second Sydney airport at Badgerys Creek in the city’s west will be capable of handling 10 million domestic and international passengers a year through a single terminal when it opens in 2025, but it will lack a rail […]

Flashback: U.S. Cities- long journey to having rapid rail transit subway systems This is a flashback sharing historical newspaper articles on a time when many American cities had great discussions regarding building rapid rail transit systems for the public. Today, many of these cities actually do have or are currently building rapid rail transit systems. […]

Brazil: Racial inequality continues as Statute of Racial Equality turns five While the Statute of Racial Equality in Brazil turned five, the country still struggles with inequality By Lise Alves The Rio Times SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The Statute of Racial Equality in Brazil completes five years of existence on Monday, July 20th but still […]

Released June 25, 2015: U.S. Hispanic or Latino population by race – America’s largest population after White is still Black or African American In the United States the term Hispanic or Latino confuses many including demographers, those in the print media and television media. We often read that the Hispanic or Latino population is now the nations 2nd largest […]