Human Trafficking, a redefined mode of slavery in modern times, has continued to remain one of the growing scourges and a grave injustice to the freedom and dignity of humans especially in the continent of Africa.
A Philadelphia native born January 2, 1898, Sadie Alexander shattered racial and gender barriers to become the first Black woman to earn a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania (1927) and became the first Black woman to practice law in the state. Now, nearly a century after her academic triumphs, the city is poised to install a bronze homage, amplifying conversations around representation in public monuments.
When people talk about immigration in the United States, African immigrants are often left out of the conversation or misrepresented entirely. While the national narrative tends to focus on Latin American or Asian migration, African immigrants make up one of the fastest-growing and most successful immigrant groups in the U.S.
When we talk about refugees, we often talk about numbers. How many crossed the border? How many were granted asylum? How many are “still waiting.” But behind each number is a name. And behind each name, a life filled with resilience, trauma, hope, and the longing to be seen as human.
On June 13, 2025, Philadelphia’s journalism and civic leadership gathered at the Science History Institute for the fourth annual Reimagining Philadelphia Journalism Summit, produced by the Lenfest Institute for Journalism.
For many low-income families, Electronic Benefit Transfer was supposed to be a lifeline, offering food assistance with dignity and privacy. But over the last few years, it’s become a target. A loophole. A weapon in the hands of digital thieves.
In a commendable step forward, Nigeria has ratified the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Africa, commonly referred to as the African Disability Protocol.
In February 2025, participants at the 38th African Union Summit, taking place in Addis Ababa, observed one of the most historical moments, as the African Union launched the African Union 2025 Reparations Agenda. This reparations agenda that addresses centuries of injustices, including transatlantic slavery, colonial expropriation, and structural underdevelopment, will lay a foundation for healing and sometime in the future restoration.
Access to quality healthcare has remained one of the critical focuses of the millennium development goals the 189 member states of the United Nations signed up to at the September global summit held at the UN headquarters in New York in 2000. These goals, which included improving maternal and child health, were succeeded by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted in 2015 and effective from January 1, 2016.
On April 11–12, 2025, HAPI, with Cedar Seed Foundation, and in collaboration with Sightsavers, Global Disability Inclusion, and The Leprosy Mission Nigeria, organized a Two-Day Intensive Training on AI Chatbot Development at the Leprosy Mission in Forth Royal Estate, Lugbe, FCT Abuja.
