Weak laws regulating sexual exploitation in travel and tourism are turning the African continent into a “new frontier for child sexual exploitation”, according to a new report.
The study, by the African Child Policy Forum, sheds light on the continued...
As part of the year-long Year of Return celebrations, the president of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo , on Wednesday, officially conferred citizenship on 126 diasporans who have been residing in the West African nation for several years.
The oath...
Jesus College is set to return a controversial bronze cockerel that was looted from Benin, Nigeria in the 19th century, following a successful campaign from students to reject the “spoils of war”.
The sculpture, known as the Benin bronze, was...
Africa has been abused for centuries, used as a resource to be exploited for profit and gain. But how severe is this abuse? Well, here are 5 Shocking Ways The West Abuses African countries.
1. Unethical Medical Experiments
Wealthy nations have...
In the last years of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, King Leopold II of Belgium ruled the Congo Free State with a tyranny that was peculiarly brutal even by the cruel and deeply racist standards of...
A new study has found that Dallol in the Afar region of northern Ethiopia is the one place where no life can exist.
According to scientists, Dallol’s inability to support life is because the place is extremely hot, acidic and...
A Staggering One-in-Three Women Experience Physical, Sexual Abuse.
Violence against women and girls is among the most widespread, and devastating human rights violations in the world, but much it is often unreported due to impunity, shame and gender inequality, the...
The UK has defied a United Nationals deadline to return control of an overseas territory to Mauritius.
The UN gave the UK six months to give up control of the Chagos Islands , but the deadline passed on Friday.
Britain’s “outright...
Africa could be home to 90% of the world’s poor by 2030 as governments across the continent have little fiscal space to invest in poverty-reduction programs and economic growth remains sluggish, the World Bank said.
That’s up from 55% in...
The Ayam Cemani an inky black chicken breed indigenous to Indonesia has been dubbed as the most expensive chicken in the world, going as much as $2500.
The name for the chicken is derived from the name of the village...
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.
