Congressman Gregory Meeks of New York in an Oct. 21 statement bestowed unreserved praise on World Bank president Jim Yong Kim, stunning Black staffers at the World Bank who find these undeserved ...

Ph.D. students of African descent, particularly women, are eligible to apply for the new World Bank Group Fellowship Program World Bank Group Fellows will spend a minimum of six months getting ...

The Freedman’s Bank was the first opportunity for formerly enslaved people to save and protect their money. But its failure in less than a decade still haunts Black Americans today.

Blood Bank Urges African Americans to Donate Blood For Sickle Cell Patients. Sickle cell disease affects about 100,000 people in the United States. ... (June 14) and World Sickle Cell Day (June 19).

The World Bank Group has announced the 18-month debarment of Netherlands-based firm GenKey Solutions B.V. for engaging in a fraudulent practice related to Liberia's Social Safety Nets Project, a ...

The World Bank Group's International Finance Corporation (IFC) has partnered with South Africa's Liquid Intelligent Technologies to expand data centre capacity and roll out fibre-optic cable on ...

The African Development Bank Group has elected Mauritanian economist Sidi Ould Tah as its ninth president Y. Taiwo Adebayo , Toussaint Ngotta Thursday 29 May 2025 18:22 BST ...

Unfortunately, for Democrat leaders, many African Americans have realized that the Democrat Party not just took them for granted but their policies are causing them damage.

The World Bank's board of directors has approved a $350 million grant to support a large hydropower storage project in Malawi that will significantly increase the Southern African country's ...

A World Bank Group-funded effort to increase train access to a power plant in South Africa’s coal-rich region has started to significantly backslide as criminals target the country’s rail system.

Recognising the group of 68 of the world’s most climate threatened developing economies as an official group of the World Bank and the IMF; Strengthening the voice of emerging markets and developing ...

Since their founding in 1990, African American Read-Ins have become a Black History Month tradition at school and community gatherings nationwide. Accessibility links Skip to main content ...