SIERRASOTA Award Winners By Issa A. Mansaray | The AfricaPaper Minneapolis, Minn- Members of Sierrasota, the Minnesota-based Sierra Leonean organization held their first Awards Night at the East Side Neighborhood Services Center to honor 19 community leaders and three organizations on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. "I... 

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M23 rebels sit at the back of a pick up truck By Stephen Kaufman | USA Washington — President Obama telephoned Rwandan President Paul Kagame to underscore that any support to Congolese rebel group M23 is “inconsistent with Rwanda’s desire for stability and peace” in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo... 

Obama at Sandy Hook Interfaith Prayer Vigil   REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT SANDY HOOK INTERFAITH PRAYER VIGIL Newtown High School Newtown, Connecticut 8:37 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you, Governor. To all the families, first responders, to the community of Newtown, clergy, guests —... 

China's Darlie: 'Black People Toothpaste' By Isaac Stone Fish WASHINGTON, DC – On Friday, China’s largest English language newspaper China Daily launched Africa Weekly, a supplement that “will look at the precise nature of Chinese involvement in Africa and also the prominent role many... 

Boko Haram Bombing in Abuja Photo: AFP PHOTO/ SUNDAY AGHAEZE By Scott Stewart Vice President of Analysis NIGERIA  – On Nov. 25, Boko Haram, an Islamist militant group from northern Nigeria, attacked a church in Jaji, Kaduna state, using two suicide bombers during the church’s weekly religious service.... 

Group Photo of Panelists Photo: A. A. K. Kamara Jnr/ The AfricaPaper Anthony A.K. Kamara Jnr. | The AfricaPaper   Philadelphia, PA – International energy experts and key actors working on sustainable energy in the United States met at Philadelphia’s National Constitution Center on Monday, Dec. 10 to affirm... 

UNIDO Headquarters in Vienna, Photo: Mikhail Evstafiev/UNIDO   Anthony A.K. Kamara Jnr. | The AfricaPaper   PHILADELPHIA, PA – Representatives from the United Nations, the U.S Department of State, the private sector, academia and development partners will converge in Philadelphia on Monday, Dec. 10,... 

A soldier from Ghana casts his ballot during a special voting session for the military in the presidential elections in Accra, Ghana, on Dec. 4, 2012 – LEGNAN KOULA/EPA By Xan Rice | Ghana   ACCRA — In a tiny shack along a railway line in Ghana’s capital, Kwadwo Taiwah scratches a living out of... 

By Anthony A. K. Kamara Jnr. | The AfricaPaper   L to R - Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali and UNIDO DG Yumkella Photo: UNIDO TUNIS – Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali has on behalf of the government and the people of Tunisia welcomed representatives of international organizations, governments...