Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
In a typical year, 1 million people apply for green cards and half of those apply from within the U.S. to change their status while they are living here, a former USCIS official said. DANIELLA SILVA & JULIA AINSLEY The Trump administration said Friday, May 22 that people with temporary visas seeking to adjust their […]
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Dan Armstrong (847) 749-9675 darmstrong@njhumanities.org October 8, 2025 NJCH Awards 2025 Stanley N. Katz Prize for Excellence in Public Humanities to “Honoring Cudjo Banquante!” Project The weeklong project brought to life the little-known story of Cudjo Banquante, an enslaved man who fought in Washington’s Army, gained freedom and became Newark’s first documented […]
NATASHA BOOTY Few had heard of him a year ago, and now he is set to become president. Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s extraordinary rise caps a rollercoaster period in Senegalese politics that caught many off-guard. Months in jail alongside ally and kingmaker Ousmane Sonko ended suddenly, with the pair released the week before the presidential election. […]
New Community Corporation Board of Directors Chairman Dr. A. Zachary Yamba has retired from his position. Yamba joined the board in September 2012 and became chairman in June 2018 following the passing of NCC founder and board Chairman Monsignor William J. Linder. Yamba was involved with New Community long before his official capacity as a […]
KATIE KAUSCH The man accused of shooting Sayreville Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour earlier this year will remain in jail ahead of a trial after an emotional detention hearing in New Brunswick where additional details about their relationship were revealed. Rashid Ali Bynum pleaded not guilty in Superior Court in Middlesex County Monday August 28 morning, nearly […]
SUSAN LOYER The 29-year-old Virginia man charged with the fatal shooting of Sayreville Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour was extradited to New Jersey on Thursday, July 27 according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office. Rashid Ali Bynum, of Portsmouth, Virginia, is being held at the Middlesex County Adult Correctional Center pending a pre-trial detention hearing in Superior […]
Tragic news continues to emerge today, Tuesday, March 28, after a boat capsized off the coast of St. Kitts, leaving one person dead, while 15 others were rescued from the choppy waters. Fourteen of these 16 persons are Africans. Reports say the St. Kitts Coast Guard is now engaged in a desperate search for the […]
ERIKA EDWARDS Three people have died, and four others have had their eyeballs removed because of rare bacterial infections linked to contaminated eyedrops, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday, March 21 The agency has identified 68 patients in 16 states with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a type of bacterium resistant to most antibiotics. Eight […]
DANIELLE HAYNES American citizens will be allowed to return to the United States on expired passports through the end of March, extending a COVID-19 relief measure originally set to end this month, the State Department announced Tuesday December 28, 2021. The measure allows U.S. citizens who have passports that expired on or after Jan. 1, […]