As an Ebola epidemic sweeps relentlessly across West African borders, with the death toll topping 600, some are now asking if the virus can be stopped ...

Militants appear to be gaining the upper hand in West Africa’s spreading ethnic/religious fighting. This week, insurgents with Nigeria’s Boko Haram ...

South African tea planters won a major victory over European and U.S. tea dealers this week. They defeated efforts by a French firm ...

Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) introduced legislation to name the U.S. Post Office in Rich Square the “Chief Joseph E. White, Jr. Post Office Building.” ...

BY MONTRELL WILSON OF THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL   Jasmin Virginia Grady, 20, a student at North Carolina A&T University died in a single car accident on Highway 17 in Pender County Sunday morning, but her wish to have rapper, Drake, sing to her is still alive. #DrakeSingForJasmin has been trending on Twitter and other social media sites ever since the news broke about the young woman’s untimely death. ...

Please make Jasmin's dream come true. Please sing at her homegoing service. Jasmin Grady was a 20 year old sophmore at NC A&T University. She was a native of Wilmington, NC and on Sunday, July 13, 2014 she was killed in an automobile accident. Her brother Kenny Grady, Jr. tweeted "I wanna make Jasmin's wish come true, have Drake sing at her funeral." Drake please sing for Jasmin! ...

82% of State’s Increase centers in 12 Counties with Hot Races ...

A Philadelphia church is calling the outpouring of support for the Liberian community “overwhelming” in light ...

In a three-nation tour of the continent, Jill Biden, the wife of the U.S. vice president, met this week with survivors of sexual violence in the eastern Congo. ...

General Motors South Africa has shut down its plant in Port Elizabeth where some 200,000 members of the NUMSA ...