Timi Adelakun, a Nigerian teenager studying in South Broward, US, has every right to be in a jubilant mood, after becoming the school's first Black valedictorian 105 years after it was established in 1913.
He did this by earning the...
As the coronavirus continues to spread across cities all over Africa, the severity of the pandemic and its devastating effect on the limited resources available in most African countries have prompted some of the continent's billionaires to step up...
Malawi has the most cheapest mobile data in the Africa and the 29th most cheapest in the world, says a new report.
In today's digital age, access to affordable mobile data is becoming increasingly essential for individuals and economies to...
Sudan has criminalised female genital mutilation (FGM) and imposed a three-year prison sentence for offenders, according to a newly amended law.
The amendment to the criminal law was approved on 22 April, the Reuters news agency reports.
Sudan is one of...
Reporters Without Borders, an international non-profit organization, has named Eritrea as the country with the worst press freedom in Africa while Namibia was named Africa’s best country in the Index.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has released its World Press...
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has released its latest World Press Freedom Index, which ranks 180 countries based on the level of press freedom available to journalists. It, however, said press freedom remains highly fragile in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The latest Reporters...
According to reports, sometime in May last year, a zebra had strayed on its own out of the Tsavo East National Park, one of the oldest and largest parks in Kenya, into a local community that borders it.
Surprisingly, she...
According to reports, Tshekede Bufton Pitso, who was the United Democratic Movement (UDM) leader for Eastern Cape, was laid to rest in Sterkspruit over the weekend. However, instead of being buried in a usual coffin, his body was lowered...
At 23, Emma Theofilus is Namibia's youngest sitting deputy minister after being selected by President Hage Geingob's as one of the eight presidential nominees for the country’s national assembly.
The appointment of Theofilus by President Hage Geingob as deputy information...
South Africa has the most open government in Africa according to the World Justice Project (WJP) in its 2020 report on open governments globally.
The WJP Open Government Index, which ranks 128 countries based on how open their governments are,...
Anele is a web developer and a Pan-Africanist who believes bad leadership is the only thing keeping Africa from taking its rightful place in the modern world.
