UNICEF reported that climate hazards affected one in seven school-going children globally in 2024, with severe impacts noted in low-income countries ...

In 1935, Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women, an “organization of organizations” to unify African American women’s organizations under one major umbrella. The Mary McLeod Bethune ...

2024 was a year of extraordinary progress for Africa, marked by significant technological advancements, visionary leadership, impactful social initiatives, and ambitious infrastructure projects. These ...

Zimbabwean art historian Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti travelled by road to five southern African countries – Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, Mozambique and Zambia – in pursuit of hidden ...

The Congolese army acknowledged on 21 January the advance of M23 rebels in South Kivu province. Backed by Rwanda’s army, the ...

Leading pan-African communications expert Gina Din-Kariuki has called on African countries to take charge of their own narrative during her address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, ...

This year's Six Nations will use 20-minute red cards for the first time. The trial was in place for the Autumn Nations Cup in ...

The M23 rebel group in Democratic Republic of Congo has seized the eastern town of Minova, a main supply route for the provincial capital Goma, a local governor and a rebel leader said on Tuesday as ...

South Sudanese authorities have ordered telecoms to block access to social media for at least 30 days, citing concerns over ...

The lawyers formally incorporated the SPLC in 1971, and civil rights activist Julian Bond was named the first president. Dees ...

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has reiterated the country’s demand for a permanent ...