LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA, 5 August 2022. Dr. Djibril Diallo, President and CEO of the African Renaissance and Diaspora Network (ARDN) received, today, the 2022 National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Founders Award, on the occasion of  the 47th NABJ Convention. The NABJ Founders Award recognizes, each year, an individual who …

DAKAR, SENEGAL, 27 June 2022. The African Renaissance and Diaspora Network (ARDN) has appointed Ms. Chantal Yelu Mulop from the Democratic Republic of Congo as a Goodwill Ambassador for the Red Card Campaign to put an end to all forms of discrimination against women and girls, particularly in the context of …

NEW YORK, 24 May 2022. The African Renaissance and Diaspora Network (ARDN) will launch the Red Card Campaign theme song at the 2022 Africa Day Celebrations at the United Nations Headquarters. The highly anticipated event is slated to be held on Wednesday, 25 May 2022, 3:00pm EDT (GMT -4) in the …

NEW YORK. Africa Day commemorates 25 May 1963, the date when thirty newly independent nations on the African continent convened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to sign the charter for the Organization of African Unity, the precursor to the African Union. The African Renaissance and Diaspora Network (ARDN) will mark the 2022 …

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 12 May 2022. Djibril Diallo, president and CEO of the African Renaissance and Diaspora Network (ARDN), has been named the commencement speaker and honorary degree recipient for Webster University’s 103rd Commencement, to be held May 13-14, 2022. Diallo has a distinguished career in international …

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 20 2021 (IPS) – The 21-month-long corona virus pandemic has triggered three new phrases in the UN lexicon: “vaccine famine, vaccine apartheid and vaccine nationalism”. And the largest number of victims facing the triple threats are from developing countries, mostly in Africa, as reflected in grim statistics. Dr …

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – 28 September 2021 – The African Renaissance and Diaspora Network (ARDN) announced today the names of the winners of the 2021 edition of the Africa: Open for Business Awards, a virtual summit presented at the margins of the annual meeting of the United …

Background The Canadian Negro Women’s Association introduced the celebration of Black History month in the 1950’s to Toronto. The House of commons declared February as the national Black history month in December 1995 under the leadership of the Honorable Jean Augustine (the First Black Woman elected at the House of …

NEW YORK, Thursday, 11 February 2021,Her Excellency, Filsan Abdullahi, Minister of Women, Children and Youth of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, and Dr. Djibril Diallo, President and CEO of the African Renaissance and Diaspora Network (ARDN), signed today, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which establishes a framework for intensifying …

In EnglishThis year marks the 75th anniversary of the United Nations. It comes at a time of great turmoil for the world. Amidst the global health crisis, and the immense blow that it has dealt to the world economy, the inequalities and inequities in society has been brought further to light. 75 years ago, through the charter of the United Nations, “we the peoples” reaffirmed faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and …