Pope Condemns Global Food Inequality, Calls it Perverse
Pope Francis condemned unfair access to food around the world as “perverse” on Thursday, saying it threatened disaster for humanity if not remedied. “Few have too much and many…
Pope Calls For Decisive Action Against Human trafficking, Slavery Business
Pope Francis Pope Francis on Sunday urged governments to take decisive action against the $150 billion-a-year human trafficking business and the plight of millions of modern-day slaves. Francis…
AU Chair: Kagame out, Egypt’s Sisi in
Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who led an active, reformist tenure as African Union chair, on Sunday passes the baton to Egypt, seen as more likely to focus on security issues…
President Bio Declares Sexual Violence a National Emergency, Attracts Life Sentence
The brutal rape of a young girl by her uncle in Sierra Leone became the rallying point for a campaign that on Thursday pushed President Julius Maada Bio to…
South Korea Partners AfDB to Step up Technology Transfers to Africa, Expand Use of Drones in Agriculture
AfDB President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina South Korea in partnership with the African Development Bank, is ready to step up technology transfers to Africa, officials have said in Seoul….
FGM: Campaigners Say Ritual Remains Deeply Entrenched in Many Places
World leaders have pledged to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM) by 2030, but campaigners say the ancient ritual remains deeply entrenched in many places. International Day of Zero Tolerance for…
Tales From Inside South Africa’s LGBT Friendly Mosque
Neatly laid out and facing Mecca, it is the colourful prayer mats arranged in a rainbow pattern that offer the first clue that the Masjid Ul-Umam mosque in Cape…
Nigeria’s Chinonye is First Black Woman to Win Sundance Grand Jury Prize
Chinonye Chukwu A Nigerian-American filmmaker, Chinonye Chukwu, emerged the first Black woman to win the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize for her U.S. Dramatic entry, “Clemency.’’ Chukwu, is a…
African churches spark row in UK over ‘loud noise’
On a cold, grey Sunday morning, in a street lined with shuttered builders’ yards and storage units, songs of prayer in the West African language of Yoruba ring out from…
43 dead as two boats capsize
At least 43 migrants have drowned after two boats capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday. The UN organisation had previously counted…