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Early on the morning of Feb. 4 at Lady Pohamba Hospital in the capital city Windhoek, the president of the Republic of Namibia, Dr. Hage G. Geingob, died of cancer. He was 82. (Courtesy photo)

World

President of the Republic of Namibia Succumbs to Cancer

by Austin R. Cooper Jr. February 5, 2024February 5, 2024

Paul Kagame, president of the Republic of Rwanda, came to Washington, D.C., for the two-day 11th Rwanda Day from Feb. 2-3. (Courtesy photo)

World

President Paul Kagame Visits D.C. to Commemorate Rwanda Day

by Austin R. Cooper Jr. February 5, 2024February 5, 2024

Martin Luther King Jr. during the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, during which he delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech, calling for an end to racism (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration)

Black Experience

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Final Days: Andrew Young Speaks at Washington National Cathedral

by Austin R. Cooper Jr. and Hamil R. Harris January 15, 2024January 17, 2024

Wanda D. Lockridge, founder and chairwoman of the William O. Lockridge Community Foundation, was presented a Lifetime Achievement Award at Dancing with the Scholars on Nov. 4. (Courtesy photo)

Battle of the Schools: Dancing With the Scholars XIIII Honors Legacy of William O. Lockridge

by Austin R. Cooper Jr. November 14, 2023November 14, 2023

**FILE** Decay is seen on the walls of a home on Talbert Street in Southeast Washington, D.C., in May 2023. (Ja’Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

Displaced Homeowners Say D.C. Government Has No Plan for Recompense

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. and Austin R. Cooper Jr. November 1, 2023November 2, 2023

Deniece Laurent-Mantey, executive director for the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States

World

Ghanaian American Named Executive Director for President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States

by Austin R. Cooper Jr. October 25, 2023October 26, 2023

100 Years of Service by the Mu Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha

by Austin R. Cooper Jr. October 18, 2023October 19, 2023

Barbara Jones, Ward 8 resident and Washington, D.C.'s special envoy to the World Cultural Festival (Marckell Williams/The Washington Informer)

World Culture Festival Comes to National Mall in Washington, D.C.

by Austin R. Cooper Jr. September 13, 2023September 13, 2023

The WOLCF presented an additional $1,000 Travel Scholarship to Myles Bell in recognition that he will be traveling the farthest for college, the University of California, Berkeley. (Courtesy of Give Back Photography)

William O. Lockridge Community Foundation Presents 20 Scholarships

by Austin R. Cooper Jr. July 26, 2023July 26, 2023

Three hundred individuals gathered at Shiloh Baptist Church on Saturday, June 24, to commemorate the life of world-renowned lawyer and civil rights activist Randall Robinson, who died on March 24. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Washington Bids Farewell to Randall Robinson

by Austin R. Cooper Jr. June 28, 2023June 28, 2023

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