Despite efforts by the federal government to reduce the cases of piracy and banditry in Nigeria's territorial waters, the country still leads in pirates attack in the Gulf of Guinea in the first nine months of 2018, a report...
According to stats, the most streamed South African song is "Hold Your Kite" by the pop/electronic group Goldfish. While Nasty C is the most streamed South African artist on Spotify.
Spotify launched in South Africa on the 13 of March....
The World Health Organisation (WHO), the governments of Nigeria and Spain have collaborated towards bringing treatment to persons with mental illness in the troubled North-Eastern Nigeria.
A recent report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs...
More than 23 per cent of deaths in Africa are linked to the environment, the World Health Organisation has said.
According to WHO, this is the highest for any region on a per capita basis (deaths per 100 000).
Matshidiso Moeti,...
A study conducted among 400 000 women in the UK Biobank looked at approximately 450 biomarkers and found that earlier risers are less likely to develop breast cancer than those who up stay up late at night.
As reported by...
Across Africa, the topic of homosexuality is fraught with cultural, religious, and political tensions. In some countries, same-sex relationships are not only frowned upon but outright banned, with penalties ranging from imprisonment to death. The following are eight African...
Former Somali refugee and Minnesota state lawmaker Ilhan Omar has made history becoming the first Somali American to be elected in Congress. Omar also became the first Muslim congresswoman, along with Rashida Tlaib. Omar was favoured to take a...
Female lawyers in South Sudan are urging the government to shut down an online auction for marriage rights to a 16-year-old girl.
Monica Adhiue, acting executive director for South Sudan's National Alliance for Women Lawyers, calls the auction shocking and...
It is difficult to quantify the overall black population in Europe due to the countries’ refusal to collect racial data on their citizens. However, there is data on the country of origin of African migrant population and the number...
The rate of girls under the age of 14 who undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) in Africa has seen a “huge and significant decline” over nearly three decades, according to a new analysis.
The study, published Wednesday in the global...
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.
