All cultures and religions have their creation stories. One creation story is of the God Doondari who created the world from a drop of milk.
The Fulani are a nomadic group of about 40 million, spread across West Africa’s...
Former first lady Michelle Obama has been named the "most admired woman" in the world for the second year in a row.
Michelle Obama was the only woman to rank in double digits, with 10%, according to Gallup. After Obama...
An Angolan court has ordered the seizure of the assets and bank accounts of Africa’s richest woman, the billionaire daughter of ex-President José Eduardo dos Santos.
The court ordered the freezing of Ms Dos Santos' Angolan bank accounts and the...
Tennis star Serena Williams has been named the Associated Press’ Female Athlete of the Decade by AP sports editors and beat writers.
Serena is the most successful female tennis player ever, having won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, more than...
In a remote part of northern Tanzania in Africa there is a mysterious lake in the eastern branch of Africa's Great Rift Valley with water that is so caustic that it can burn the skin and eyes of unprepared...
Last Saturday, France, through the instrumentality of their most faithful poodle in West Africa, Alassane Ouattara, kidnapped the West African currency that was to be launched next year for the 15 countries in the region. In a press conference...
Efe Ajagba nicknamed The One and Only is a Nigerian professional boxer. As an amateur, he won a gold medal at the 2015 African Games and bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. As a professional, Ajagba holds the record...
A well known Moroccan YouTuber has been jailed for four years and fined about $4,000 (£3,000) after being found guilty of insulting the country's king.
Mohamed Sekkaki was arrested earlier this month after criticising King Mohammed's speeches and for calling...
As seen on Quora. Here's what other Africans think of Nigerians.
Boitumelo Dube from South Africa
I'm South African and used to stay in Sunnyside Pretoria, aka Lagos. I have a good number of wonderful friends, colleagues and acquaintances from West...
Eight West African countries Saturday agreed to change the name of their common currency to Eco and severed the French-backed CFA franc's regional currency that dates back to the colonial era.
These countries are Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast,...
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.
