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Aid Groups Say Staffers Killed in Ethiopia’s Tigray Conflict
Tigray refugee children fight over medical masks and sanitizer given out by Non Governmental Organization Maarif in front of a clinic run by Mercy Corps in Umm Rakouba refugee camp […]
Waters remembers Ghanaian president Jerry Rawlings on eve of country’s election
President Jerry Rawlings played a critical role in the history of Ghana, leading the country for twenty years and overseeing its transition to a stable, multiparty democracy. (Photo: His Excellency […]
COMMENTARY: Israel, settler colonialism and religion
Whether one is discussing the British colonization of Ireland, the British colonization of North America (and the ultimate founding of the USA), or the Boer/Afrikaner invasion of southern Africa, religion […]
Five events you won’t want to miss at the Virtual African Diaspora International Film Festival
Films such as, Back of the Moon starring, Moneoa Moshesh (left) and Richard Lukunku, are featured in the African Diaspora International Film Festival. (Courtesy Photo) By Lenore T. Adkins Special […]
Suspected Extremists Kill At Least 40 Farmers in Nigeria
People attend a funeral for those killed by suspected Boko Haram militants in Zaabarmar, Nigeria, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020. Nigerian officials say suspected members of the Islamic militant group Boko […]
Retired NBA Player Luol Deng Coaches South Sudan at Tournament
In this file photo dated Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, Minnesota Timberwolves’ Luol Deng in action suring an NBA basketball game, in Minneapolis, USA. The two-time NBA All Star, who became […]
Kenyans fear they’re on their own, COVID-19 surges again
A medical worker attends to a coronavirus patient in the intensive care unit of an isolation and treatment center for those with COVID-19 in Machakos, south of the capital Nairobi, […]
Op-ed: Could America Learn a Covid-19 Lesson from Rwanda?
With masks in tow, Dr. Jonathan Weaver (center) stands in Rwanda with Edouard Ndayisaba,CEO, DGrid Energy (left) and Dr. Jean Mfizi, an epidemiologist and deputy vice chancellor for public affairs, […]
Ivorians Brace for Unrest, Await Results of Tense Election
A poll worker counts votes at a polling station during presidential elections in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. Some tens of thousands of security forces have been deployed […]
Jihadist Attacks Increase in Burkina Faso’s Sahel Region
A metal barrier marks a checkpoint where security forces check the identification of people coming in and out of Fada N’gourma town in Burkina Faso Friday, July 10, 2020. Burkina […]
Guinea’s President, 82, Seeks to Prolong Rule in Sunday Vote
Supporters of the ruling Rally of the Guinean People (RPG) party, one wearing a t-shirt of the president and holding a rubber whip, demonstrate against the opposition Union of Democratic […]