Africa is often marketed to the world as the black nation, where everyone is proud of their race, skin and heritage. But for some black Africans there is such a thing as being too black.Skin lightening is popular in...
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has weighed in on the debate around bleaching tasking relevant state authorities to step in and take necessary measures.
https://twitter.com/PaulKagame/status/1066706402817818624?p=v
He was responding to a citizen’s tweet calling for authorities to put together a campaign against skin...
The United Nations Development Programme has released its list of Africa's least developed countries in 2018.
After rating the nations according to how they performed in human development, the Program's annual Human Development Index discovered that the highest inequalities can...
Seven elements of cultural heritage from across the world, including three from Africa, have been inscribed on this year’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.
The seven are being debated and examined for possible inclusion into...
Nigeria is among the top 25 countries in the world with the highest number of international students studying in The United States.
The number of international students in the United States surpassed one million for the third consecutive year, increasing...
Western Europe is the leading hub for the world’s talent, outperforming other regions in attracting, developing and retaining highly skilled employees.
This is according to the recently released IMD World Talent Ranking 2018 in which Western European nations fill nine...
THE world's biggest cow will be saved from getting chopped into bits and pieces after its 6ft 4in frame refused to fit into an abattoir, a farmer revealed.
Knickers, a seven-year-old Holstein Friesian, is more than twice the size of...
Some of the bronzes looted from the Benin Empire by British Soldiers over 100 years will be returned to Nigeria, but with certain terms and conditions
According to CNN, the Benin Dialogue Group (BDG), which comprises of representatives of several...
More than half of the world’s murdered women in 2017 were killed by their mate or family members, making home “the most dangerous place for a woman,” according to the UN study "Global Study on Homicide: Gender-related killing of...
Africa is economically poor. Some Africans blame colonialism as part of the reason why the continent is economically poor. While others insist that after half a century of freedom from colonialism, that particular excuse is no longer valid, and...
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.
