FEATURED

FEATURED Justice 

Chicago Police Officer guilty of murder in shooting death of Laquan McDonald, 17

October 7, 2018October 7, 2018 Flomo 0 Comments 16 shots, 16-counts, aggravated battery, Chicago Police Officer, convicted, firearms, guilty, Laquan McDonald, murder, shooting, Van Dyke

For the first time in nearly 50-years, a Chicago Police Officer has been convicted of murder in an on-duty shooting.

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FEATURED Sports 

Mo Farah Wins 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon

October 7, 2018 Flomo 0 Comments Bank of America, Bank of America Chicago Marathon, British citizen, chicago, Chicago marathon, Ethiopia, European best, Farah, Galen Rupp, marathon, Marathon winner, Mo Farah, Mosinet Geremew, Olympic medalist, Somalia-born Mo Farah, wins 2018

Mo Farah, Somalia-born, British citizen won the 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon.   Farah, 35-year-old, finished in 2:05:11 which

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Africa FEATURED Health 

Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad Win 2018 Nobel Peace Prize

October 6, 2018October 6, 2018 Flomo 0 Comments 2018 Nobel Peace, 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, armed conflict, Berit Reiss-Andersen, Congolese gynecologist, Denis, Denis Mukwege, Iraqi, ISIS, laureates, Mukwege, Murad, Nadia, Nadia Murad, Norwegian Nobel Committee, Norwegian Nobel Institute, Oslo, sex slave, sexual violence, weapon of war

Dr. Denis Mukwege, Congolese gynecologist and Iraqi Nadia Murad, a former sex slave who was held by ISIS have both

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Africa FEATURED 

Komla Afeke Dumor, Ghana’s Gift to the world Remembered

September 26, 2018 Flomo 0 Comments Afeke, Africa, Africa Business Report, BBC News, BBC World News, cardiac arrest, Dumor, Ghana, Ghana Joy FM station, Ghanaian, graduate of Harvard University, John F. Kennedy, journalist, KD, Komla, Komla Afeke Dumor, Komla Dumor, lawyer Kwansema, School of Government, voice of Africa

Had he been alive, a voice of Africa, Komla Afeke Dumor would be 45-years-old on October 3, 2018. Dumor, Ghanaian

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FEATURED Justice 

Bill Cosby, guilty of sexual assault, sentenced to 3 to 10 years in state prison

September 25, 2018 Flomo 0 Comments $3.4 million, actor, aggravated indecent assault, alcohol, Andrea Constand, author, Bill Cosby, comedian, consensual sex, Constand, convicted, criminal case, drugging, drugs, guilty, legally blind, molesting, musician, Philadelphia, Quaaludes, settled, sex, sex offender, sexual assault, statute of limitation, sued Cosby, Temple University, three counts

Bill Cosby, the once-revered comedian, actor, musician, author, and now convicted sex offender was today sentenced to three to 10

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FEATURED Sports 

Tiger Woods, golf legend wins the 2018 Tour Championship

September 24, 2018 Flomo 0 Comments $9M, 2018 Tour Championship, 80th total PGA win, Billy Horschel, golf legend, Golf legend Tiger Woods, purse, sports, Tiger Woods, two-stroke win, victory, wins, Woods

Golf legend Tiger Woods achieved his first victory since 2013 and 80th total PGA win at the 2018 Tour Championship

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Africa FEATURED 

$104M in cash intended for Liberia’s Central Bank evaporated in thin air

September 21, 2018September 21, 2018 Flomo 0 Comments $104M, banned, cash, CBL, Central Bank, China, container, director, Elise G.N. Jolo, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Flomo Yarkpawolo, former President, General Services, George Weah, JVS Enterprise Inc., L$16 billion, Lawrence Sirleaf, LCB, Lebanon, Liberia, Liberia Central Bank, Liberia National Police, Liberia President, Liberian dollar bills, LNP, Mariea E. Grisby-Toe, Musulyn R.B. Jackson, National Security Agency, newly-minted, NSA, Oldada Deshield, Sweden, US$104M

By: Flomo Yarkpawolo   Container containing L$16 billion (US$104M) newly-minted Liberian dollar bills intended for Liberia’s Central Bank (LCB) has

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Education FEATURED 

Rice University to offer full tuition scholarships to students from low and middle-income families

September 18, 2018 Flomo 0 Comments education, expanding financial aid, families, Full tuition scholarships, grants, higher education, low income, new initiative, no tuition, Rice University, undergraduate students

Today, Rice University announced a new initiative to make higher education more affordable by dramatically expanding financial aid provided to

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Africa FEATURED Sports 

Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge, the greatest marathon runner of all times, sets world record

September 17, 2018September 17, 2018 Flomo 0 Comments 2016 Olympic gold medalist, Amos Kipruto, Berlin, Berlin Marathon, Eliud, Eliud Kipchoge, Ethiopia, Gladys Cherono, greatest marathon runner, IAAF, International Association of Athletics Federations, Kenya, Kenyan, Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge, Kenyan long-distance runner, Kipchoge, marathon, Ruti Aga, sets world record, Tirunesh Dibaba, Wilson Kipsang, women's race

Eliud Kipchoge, Kenya's long-distance runner who is also the 2016 Olympic gold medalist in the marathon set a new marathon

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Africa FEATURED 

Victoire Ingabire, Rwanda opposition leader unexpectedly freed from prison

September 16, 2018September 16, 2018 Flomo 0 Comments conspiracy, divisionism, ethnic Hutu, ethnic Tutsis, freed, genocide, genocide denial, genocide ideology, High Court of Kagali, Hutu extremists, Hutus, Ingabire, Kagamee, Kizito Mihigo, Mihigo, Opposition Leader, President Paul Kagame, prison, Rwanda, Rwanda Supreme Court, terrorism, treason, Umuhoza, Victoire, Victoire Ingabire, Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, war

By Flomo Yarkpawolo On Saturday, September 15, 2018, Victoire Ingabire, the opposition leader of Rwanda's Unified Democratic Forces (UDF) was

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