“Last year, it is estimated that vaccines saved the lives of as many as three million children,” said Robin Nandy, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Chief of Immunization.
That’s three million future doctors, teachers, artists, community leaders, mothers and fathers alive today, “thanks to millions of frontline health workers who walk for hundreds of miles to remote locations, through jungles and across...
On Feb. 27, 2017, a man sits, sipping tea at the dining room table in his Pennsylvania home when federal immigration officers arrive at his door. Once inside, they demand his ID, which shows he is not a US citizen. Then, they arrest him and his co-worker, who arrives for their morning carpool. Neither man has a criminal record.
Four months later,...
He spent the first two full minutes of our 13 minute interview laughing at the absurdity of my question. Simply put, after performing professionally for sixty-nine years, trotting around the globe for much of that time, living in South Africa, Zürich, and New York City as well as other locations, the question about when a man of 84 years...
Khadija Abdalla Bajaber, a Mombasa based Kenyan writer, has been selected as the first winner of the Graywolf Press Africa Prize. The award is for a first novel manuscript by an African author primarily residing in Africa. According to Graywolf Press, Bajaber’s manuscript, titled The House of Rust, is “the story of a young Mombasa-born girl who goes to...
An annual dental visit is recommended for children. Unfortunately, this is not possible in a country where dental and oral care is highly priced. Majority wait to see how critical the problem is before they make up their mind.
Barbara Aloka, mother of four was in a similar situation but lucky for her that was about to change. “My seven-year-old...
She was known in South Africa as the ‘Mother of the Nation’ .
She spent the majority of her life campaigning against apartheid – the violent white rule of the South African government between the 1940s and the 1990s that led to extreme segregation and discrimination against black South Africans. Her efforts did not go unpunished, and she was frequently...
The conclusion of the 15-year operation follows a landmark election that resulted in the country’s first transfer of power from one elected president to another in 70 years. The newly elected President, George Manneh Weah, spoke for many Liberians as he thanked the UN for helping to make that possible.
“In our darkest days, the UN stood with us,” he...
Parents with young children have many things happening in their life. They want to do what is best for their child and make sure they stay healthy. However, sometimes that can be difficult.
For example, we hear about situations like this often. A mother of a 2-month-old child has a checkup scheduled with the doctor before her child starts child...
President Trump today gave Liberians under the Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) some breathing room through March 31, 2019. Their DED status that president Obama extended for 18 months as he was about to leave office in 2016 was set to expire on March 31, 2018. Liberians nationally and locally under the direction of groups such as African Immigrant Services...
The music streaming company Spotify has launched in South Africa, its first entry into Africa.
The company is making its services available at a time when smartphone use is becoming more widespread.
Spotify now operates in over 60 countries and is the most popular streaming service in the world.
The Swedish company was founded in 2008. The launch in South Africa comes...
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Tuesday that it will temporarily suspend fast processing for H-1B visa applications from for-profit companies until Sept. 10.
This means the agency will not accept any H-1B applications requesting “premium processing,” under which a company can pay a fee to learn in 15 days if the foreigner it would like to employ...
