CHAN 2024: Guinea denied late as Algeria rescue point in Group C battle

ATTRITION: Islamic Terrorists Ravage Africa

August 15, 2025: Over 150,000 African deaths are attributed to Islamic terrorist groups in the past ten years. Escalating violence in the Sahel and Somalia have caused fatalities linked to militant Islamist violence in Africa to increase by 60...

West African drummers to teach workshop in Bemidji Aug. 22

BEMIDJI — West African drumming instructors Helen Bond of Illinois and Fode Camara of Guinea will teach a drum workshop and circle jam from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 22, at Headwaters Music and Arts, 519 Minnesota Ave. NW. The first half...

Immigrant from Guinea is at least 3rd NYC student detained by ICE

Immigrant from Guinea is at least 3rd NYC public school student detained by ICE

City leaders are expected to rally Thursday in Lower Manhattan to demand the release of another New York City public school student who was detained by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The student, a 20-year-old immigrant from...

Guinea’s President Doumbouya Makes Surprise Visit to Higher Education Ministry and Prime Minister’s Office

- Advertisement - By: The Fatu Network News Desk Guinea’s President Mamadi Doumbouya, who has led the country since deposing Alpha Condé in September 2021 and whose new cabinet was sworn in on July 31, made a surprise visit on Monday to the...

Analysis: NYC Leads the Nation in Courthouse Immigration Arrests

This story was originally published by The City. Sign up to get the latest New York City news delivered to you each morning. On a recent morning in Lower Manhattan, immigration Judge John Siemietkowski spoke to three people in his courtroom while...

NYC is nation’s capital of immigration courthouse arrests, analysis shows

Support trusted journalism in Connecticut. Join CT Mirror’s members today and make an impact. On a recent morning in Lower Manhattan, immigration Judge John Siemietkowski spoke to three people in his courtroom while masked federal officers waited...

Advocates press for release of Brooklyn student detained by ICE

MANHATTAN — ELECTEDS AND EDUCATORS rallied on the steps of Tweed Courthouse Thursday for Brooklyn Frontiers High School student Mamadou Mouctar Diallo, who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Aug. 4 after a routine court...

NYC Is the Nation’s Capital of Immigration Courthouse Arrests, New Data Analysis Shows

Support local news today! Our nonprofit newsroom relies on readers like you to power investigations like these. Join the community that powers NYC’s independent local news. On a recent morning in Lower Manhattan, immigration Judge John...

Church and Community Events for Week of August 8- September 7

The Herald Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. Monday for that Friday’s calendar. Events should be emailed to CommunityCalendar@FarmvilleHerald.com. AUGUST 8 MOVIE AND TACO NIGHT —...

Nigeria’s inflation drops to 21.88% in July as food prices ease – NBS

By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Nigeria’s headline inflation rate dropped to 21.88% in July 2025, marking a slight decline of 0.34% from June’s 22.22%, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released in Abuja...

Islam, Race and Rebellion in the Americas: Transatlantic Echoes of the West African Jihads

From the start of the fifteenth century, and for four hundred years to follow, twelve to fifteen million Africans, victims of the transatlantic slave trade, were shipped to the Americas and the Caribbean, mainly from regions along the Guinea...

Nigeria’s inflation rate eases to 21.88% in July, says NBS

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria’s headline inflation rate eased further to 21.88 per cent in July 2025. The NBS disclosed this in its consumer price index (CPI) and inflation report for July 2025, which was released in Abuja...

Heavy rains in Guinea capital Conakry cause multiple deaths and destroy homes

At least seven people have died in Conakry due to heavy overnight rain, exposing the city's vulnerability to extreme weather. The downpour, which struck overnight from Wednesday 30 July to Thursday 31 July, brought chaos to numerous...

Unmasking El Cid: Myth and the Shadows of Spain’s Muslim Past

Years ago, in Damascus, a Spanish colleague told me she’d been named after the Battle of Covadonga in northern Spain, where the Moors had tasted defeat around 720. The Arabs had never penetrated Asturias and Galicia, and the battle is often seen...

The beastly dilemma facing Europe’s zoos — to cull or not to cull

Tossing the torsos of half a dozen dismembered Guinea baboons into the big cat enclosure is perhaps an unorthodox way to start an ethical debate. The killing of 12 primates last month, which were judged to be surplus to requirements at Nuremberg...

This secret greedy deal proves Trump's summit is a cynical farce

This is what happens when cynical, greedy, amoral billionaires and psychopaths run a country. The Times of London (Murdoch-owned) is reporting that billionaire Steve Witkoff, billionaire Donald Trump, and billionaire Vladimir Putin have worked out...

ICE has a new courthouse tactic: Get immigrants’ cases tossed, then arrest them outside

Inside immigration courts around the country, immigrants who crossed the border illegally and were caught and released are required to appear before a judge for a preliminary hearing. But in a new twist, the Trump administration has begun using an...

The Piercing Immigrant Drama of “Souleymane’s Story”

The title of the new film from the French director and screenwriter Boris Lojkine, “Souleymane’s Story,” has a few entwined meanings. In the broadest sense, it describes the movie itself: this is the story of Souleymane (Abou Sangaré), an...