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Residents of a Mombasa slum won a landmark payout in July over pollution by a lead smelter that poisoned locals. Kenya’s government was ordered to… Read More »Kenya Appeals Ruling to Compensate Community Poisoned by Lead Company
Abubacarr Tambadou is a 47-year-old Gambian lawyer and politician. He is the current registrar of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, an international court… Read More »Here are the Africans who Made it onto Time Magazine’s Top 100 Influential People List
Mali’s interim President Bah Ndaw has named former Malian Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane as prime minister. The appointment on Sunday opens the way for the… Read More »Top Diplomat Appointed as Mali’s New Prime Minister
The addition of the five points will expand the Emirates’ global network to 92 destinations, as the airline gradually resumes its operations while prioritising the… Read More »Emirates Resumes Flights to Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Harare and Mauritius
Twice the size of California but with only two million inhabitants, Namibia is the domain of the ancient Khoi/San nomads who once followed herds of wild… Read More »Driving along Southern Africa’s Outback
Hiyam Nasr Naji Daaban was travelling on an EgyptAir flight from Cairo to London when she went into labour. The pilot diverted to Munich, Germany hoping… Read More »EgyptAir’s Passenger for Life
As the Jerusalema dance challenge sweeps across Africa, in Zimbabwe the wildlife are joining in. Staff at a Zimbabwe sanctuary for rescued wildlife have seen… Read More »Zimbabwe Elephants Dance to Viral Tune
South Africa Against the Government’s Wishes As part of its podcast about the 1980s, KCRW shines a light on the historic concert that Hugh Masekela… Read More »In 1980, Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba Performed Inside
Nisha Kanabar was a woman on a mission when she founded Industrie Africa in 2018. Recognizing the difficulty of obtaining information about African fashion, she… Read More »Industrie Africa Makes It Easy to Discover African Fashion Brands
Using social media as his platform, Congolese activist Mwazulu Diyabanza has staged a variety of protests against colonialism within museums he accuses of looting African… Read More »To Protest Colonialism, He Takes Artifacts from Museums