People & Politics

30-Year-Old South African Lawyer Becomes First Model With Albinism to Cover Vogue

It might be a tough but worthwhile fight to see more black women on our timeline doing great things and being celebrated. With their latest cover, Vogue Magazine has started a new campaign to see more diverse black women...

Dehlia Umunna Becomes First Nigerian to be Appointed a Professor at Harvard Law School

She started working at Harvard Law School in 2007 and she is also Deputy Director and Clinical Instructor at Harvard Law School Criminal Justice Institute (CJI). At just 43, Dehlia Umunna has become the first Nigerian to be appointed Professor...

These are the Top 20 Saddest Countries in Africa, 2019

South Sudan tops the list of Saddest nations in not just Africa followed by Central African Republic and Tanzania, according to the 7th World Happiness Report. (Here's the latest report: Top 20 Happiest (and Saddest) Countries in Africa 2020) The new...

#InternationalWomensDay: Rwanda Ranked 1st out of 193 Countries on Gender Equality in Legislatures

Half of the world’s population are women, but today women only hold 24.3% of all seats in parliaments and senates globally. And the most recent world rankings from the Inter-Parliamentary Union show that the countries doing well are not...

5 Inspirational Rags To Riches Stories That Will Motivate You

As we all know, some people are handed everything on a silver platter. They start out rich and they get even richer! But, just because someone is at the top doesn’t mean it was always that way. Many of...

Oldest Presidents in Africa: Algeria’s 81-year-old President Wants To Run Again

President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algeria’s frail 81-year-old president who has been in power since 1999, will stand for a fifth consecutive term, the state news agency APS reported him to have said on Sunday. The 81-year-old president, who has been in...

How The AU Failed Africans, From Sudan to DRC and Zimbabwe

As African heads of state and government gather in Addis Ababa this weekend for the 32nd Summit of the African Union, Sudan is deep in its second month of protests sparked by a steep rise in the cost of...

Egypt Government Website Adopts African Languages: Swahili, Hausa, Amharic

Egypt’s national information outlet, the State Information Service, SIS; has launched a new portal in six languages – three of which are traditional African languages. The three are; Swahili, Hausa and Amharic the other three being Arabic, English and French....

Rwanda’s President Kagame Calls For Joint Efforts to Fund Healthcare in Africa

President Paul Kagame has urged governments and members of the private sector from across Africa to work more collectively to fund healthcare systems on the continent. He delivered the message yesterday while speaking at the African Leadership Meeting on Investing...

Top 10 Wealthiest Authors in the World

The wealthiest authors in the world write a wide range of topics. From romance to financial management, these authors found a hungry audience and satisfied them with their words. Here are top 10 wealthiest authors in the world. 1....
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Mary Lumpkin: The Formerly Enslaved Woman Who Transformed a Slave Breeding Jail Into a College

Mary Lumpkin, a former enslaved woman, inherited the land housing Lumpkin’s Jail, a notorious slave facility infamous for its...
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