State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller during a media briefingBY JIBRIL TURE In a press release today, the Office of the Spokesperson of the U.S. State Department, Matthew Miller, announced that the United States government has designated five current and former Ugandan officials for their involvement in significant corruption or gross violations of human rights. The Speaker of Uganda’s parliament, Anita Among, is designated due to her involvement in significant corruption tied to her leadership of the legislative body. For their parts, former Minister of Karamoja Affairs Mary Goretti Ki ..read more

Sudanese-born author Amr Muneer Dahab These are excerpts from the author’s book “Deep,” which contains eight of his small books published in the form of Wisdom Literature covering different aspects of life: Facing troublemakers, dealing with pain, personal financial issues, gastronomy, reading, criticizing, inspiring, and feeling always good to go. Series 5: Reading. Addiction to Reading a Specific Genre In general, you are fine as long as you read, no matter what genre you read and how long you spend reading only that genre.   It is useful, and even important, to diversify your areas ..read more

Uwonda S. Carter, co-founder of Carter + Woodard. Photo credit: Uwonda S. Carter via InstagramBY RENE SIMON Whom do you think of when you hear titan of industry? Maybe someone like Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg or television and film mogul Tyler Perry. But there is a whole group of people influencing culture and reinventing industries who often go unnoticed: Black women. Though black women make up less than 10% of the U.S. population, they have emerged as the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs, according to new research from GoDaddy. Additionally, a recent Wells Fargo report shows that ..read more

Sudanese-born author Amr Muneer Dahab These are excerpts from the author’s book “Deep,” which contains eight of his small books published in the form of Wisdom Literature covering different aspects of life: Facing troublemakers, dealing with pain, personal financial issues, gastronomy, reading, criticizing, inspiring, and feeling always good to go. Series 5: Reading. Judging a Book by Its Cover   The cover is an indispensable entry point for reading the book.   The cover is made to protect the book, but its design is supposed to reflect the book’s content. It is okay, then, to jud ..read more

By Jean DeColli Imprisoned former Beninese Justice Minister Reckya Madou “I protest,” writes in an open letter published last week Reckya Madougou, a former Beninese cabinet minister now in the third year of an arbitrary 20-year sentence slapped on her in reprisal for her plan to run against Benin’s ruthless dictator Patrice Talon in 2021. Madougou’s outcry came after Benin’s former president Nicephore Soglo—who has spared no efforts to call out Talon’s autocracy—was prevented from visiting her on May 12. The United Nations Working Group and the U.S. State Department are among several wor ..read more

Politics Consulting, SarlHow Politics Consulting, Sarl helps Africa build strategic infrastructure for its development at favorable costs Politics Consulting, Sarl, a consulting firm specialized in the securement of financing for turnkey projects, is the brainchild of Dr. Bertin Koovi, a Beninese economist and politician. Dr. Koovi, President and CEO of Politics Consulting, Sarl, is a fundamentalist economist who was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in January 2019 in Florianópolis, the capital of southern Brazil’s Santa Catarina state, by several Latin American universities for his work o ..read more

State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller during a media briefing BY JIBRIL TURE Yesterday, in a press release from the Office of the State Department’s spokesperson, Matthew Miller outlined a recent series of engagements between the United States and Nigeria which, according to the spokesperson, “highlights the value of partnership between the world’s two most populous presidential democracies.” Among other things, Miller pointed out the progress made by Deputy Secretary Kurt Campbell and Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf M. Tuggar on implementing mutual economic, governance, and security pr ..read more

Sudanese-born author Amr Muneer Dahab These are excerpts from the author’s book “Deep,” which contains eight of his small books published in the form of Wisdom Literature covering different aspects of life: Facing troublemakers, dealing with pain, personal financial issues, gastronomy, reading, criticizing, inspiring, and feeling always good to go. Series 5: Reading Reading Cover to Cover   There is no reason for you feel forced to read cover to cover unless you are going to sit for an exam and want to get full marks.   In your reading in general, do not take upon yourself the nee ..read more

Sudanese-born author Amr Muneer Dahab These are excerpts from the author’s book “Deep,” which contains eight of his small books published in the form of Wisdom Literature covering different aspects of life: Facing troublemakers, dealing with pain, personal financial issues, gastronomy, reading, criticizing, inspiring, and feeling always good to go. Series 5: Reading. Avid Reading “Avid reader” is not necessarily an honorable title or, of course, an accusation. Enjoy that title if you have acquired it without being ostentatious. And do not grieve losing it if you missed it in any way.   ..read more

Family picture of African heads of state with President Biden in the context of the Second U.S.-Africa Leaders summit held in 2022 in WashingtonBY JIBRIL TURE New York State Representative Gregory W. Meeks, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has introduced a piece of legislation requiring that the State Department holds a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit every four years. The event, first held in August 2014 by President Barack Obama, was replicated in 2022 by President Joe Biden, bringing to Washington heads of state and other high-level officials from 49 African nations. “This ..read more