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By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario Tuesday, January 31, 2017 — Entrepreneur, former publisher and radio station owner and civil rights activist, B. Denham Jolly, holds nothing back in relating the story of his personal and professional life ...

By Busani Bafana IPS Correspondent BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, January 26, 2017 (IPS) — Thanks to growing investor interest, increasing respect for democratic reforms, and its vast food production potential, the Africa Rising narrative is only getting better. But Africa’s development success ...

By Orlando Milesi IPS Correspondent SANTIAGO, Chile, January 26, 2017 (IPS) — In Latin America and the Caribbean 360 million people are overweight, and 140 million are obese, warned the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Panamerican ...

By Eve Crowley IPS Guest Writer SANTIAGO, Chile January 26, 2017 (IPS) — Obesity and overweight have spread like a wildfire throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, threatening the health, well-being and food and nutritional security of millions of people. ...

TORONTO, Ontario, January 26, 2017 — Jeffrey L. Orridge, the 13th. Commissioner of the Canadian Football League (CFL), will be recognised and honoured by the African Canadian community, during Black History Month. The Commissioner will be presented with one the ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario January 26, 2017 — Several immigrant, advocacy and community organizations in Toronto welcomed the recent appointment of Somali Canadian Ahmed Hussen as Canada’s new Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. He took ...

By Lincoln DePradine PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — The next time you are out grocery shopping, pay close attention to the woman next to you scrutinizing the prices of the items on the shelf; or ahead of you in ...