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Kenya could export crude oil next year By Jevans Nyabiage The Standard Kenya could be an oil exporting country as early as next year, as it races ahead of Uganda, which discovered the resource about nine years ago. UK-based oil and gas exploration firm, Tullow, is pressing on with plans to start producing oil in […]

Religion of former enslaved Africans after slavery ended in the United States The following articles expose the fact that even after slavery ended, in the United States, formerly enslaved Africans continued to observe forms of Traditional African Religion and in some cases actually reverted back to their ancestral faith. There was a great lack of comprehension of […]

Boston 2024 releases its Olympic Bid renderings Boston 2024, the private nonprofit behind the city’s bid, released the presentation materials it gave to the U.S. Olympic Committee during its bid in December 2014. Below are renderings of potential Boston 2024 venues. ____________ Potential Boston 2024 Olympic facilities ___________ Boston 2024 Olympic districts Click images below […]

Canada releases its annual population estimates for metropolitan areas, July 1, 2014 Release date: February 11, 2015 Source: Statistics Canada On July 1, 2014, almost 7 in 10 Canadians, or 24,858,600 people, were living in a census metropolitan area (CMA). In turn, more than one in three Canadians (35.3%) made their home in Canada’s three […]

Japan supports five communities in Ghana By Mohammed Awal The Chronicle (Ghana) The government of Japan has made a grant provision of about four hundred and twenty one thousand (US$421,000) available to the construction of developmental projects in five communities in Ghana. The resources were provided under the Japanese Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security […]

Remembering Yesteryear: American carnivals once held “Hit The Nigger Baby” contest As the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom officially celebrate Black History Month we flashback to never forget yesteryear. It is not too long ago when a popular game was played at carnivals across the United States. That game was known by many […]

Colorado may have to refund as much as $30 million in marijuana taxes Associated Press DENVER — Colorado’s marijuana experiment was designed to raise revenue for the state and its schools, but a state law may put some of the tax money directly into residents’ pockets, causing quite a headache for lawmakers. The state constitution […]

Robert Mugabe named new African Union chairman The Standard (Kenya) ADDIS ABABA- Ninety-year-old Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, one of Africa’s most divisive figures, ascended to the rotating chairmanship of the African Union (AU) on Friday, casting a shadow over the continental body’s relations with the West. The only leader Zimbabwe has known since independence from […]

China: The “Belt and Road” initiative Xinhua BEIJING- As China strives to achieve more regional cooperation, its “Belt and Road” initiative will not only drive domestic development but will also influence its foreign policy. The Silk Road Economic Belt is slated to be established along the ancient Silk Road trade route — which stretched northwest […]

Ghana: Polytechnics to convert into technical universities in 2016 Accra Polytechnic ready for technical university takeoff GNA Accra Polytechnic is ready for the takeoff of the government’s policy to convert polytechnics into technical universities in September, 2016. Dr. Sylvester Achio, Rector of Accra Polytechnic, described the concept as laudable, and that the institution was working […]