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Civil rights icon, Ambassador Andrew Young joined Roland Martin Wednesday on “NewsOne Now” to share his wealth of knowledge on U.S.-Africa relations and his views…

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R&B artist and activist Akon joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” to share his plans on lighting up Africa. His “Akon Lighting Africa Project” aims to…

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How can we advance  the issues of economics and fair trade between the United States and the African nations represented at this years leadership summit? Susan…

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President Barack Obama has gathered nearly 50 African heads of state in Washington for the 2014 US Africa Summit. Did you know that 6 out…

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On Monday, 500 participants of the Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders joined Pres. Barack Obama for a town hall meeting. The meeting caps off…

Earlier this week, Boko Haram Islamists ascended onto a secondary school in Chibok, Nigeria and abducted over 100 schoolgirls. By Wednesday, only  eight of the…

Akon is giving back in a major way. The R&B singer is using millions of his own dollars to bring solar-powered electricity to one million…

Nigeria’s president, Goodluck Jonathan recently signed the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act, that has been called the “jail the gays” bill. The law states that…

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African Students Association, a group of U.S.-based African students (pic, at Ithaca College are confronting archaic Western views about the continent through a photo campaign,…

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Few lives have been thoroughly chronicled as that of  former South African President Nelson Mandela, who died on Thursday at the age of 95. From…

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Fashion has always been a top priority for African women, and for Cameroon in particular, its upcoming Fashion Week from December 3 to December 7 is sure…

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What better way for a young, privileged White woman to ring in her 21st birthday than with a racist party full of stereotypical, ignorant depictions…