Cameroon, DR Congo, Burkina Faso, Nigeria are among the most neglected displacement crises in the world, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council’s annual list launched today.
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) defines 'neglected crises, as crises that receive little attention...
The World Justice Project has ranked Africa’s giant Nigeria 108th out of 128 countries surveyed in its 2020 Rule of Law Index.
WJP, which works to promote and measure rule of law around the world and to support practitioners, conducts...
The Nigerian woman who was put up for sale on Facebook in Lebanon has refused to return home, and has instead negotiated a contract with another employer, according to the head of Nigeria's diaspora commission.
The woman was listed for...
A nine-year-old Kenyan boy who made a wooden hand-washing machine to help curb the spread of coronavirus has told the BBC he is "very happy" after receiving a presidential award.
"I now have two machines and I want to make...
Rwanda is banning the use of charcoal for cooking in the capital, Kigali, and restricting supplies to the city from rural areas.
Image: sustainapedia.comThe ban is aimed at protecting forests by clamping down on the illegal trade in charcoal. In...
Africa Day formerly known as African Freedom Day is the annual commemoration of the foundation of the Organisation of African Unity on 25 May 1963.
The day is celebrated in various countries on the African continent, as well as around...
The Bijago People of Guinea Bissau are a group of people that make up just 2.5% of the Guinean population (about 30 thousand people) but they have a strong cultural and ethnic identity.
Located in the Atlantic Ocean off the...
A new and improved statue in honour of the ex-president of Burkina Faso, Thomas Sankara has been unveiled in Ouagadougou more than a year later after people complained the first version did not resemble the revolutionary African icon.
Sculptor Jean...
On the islands of Bijago archipelago off the coast of Guinea-Bissau, there is a matriarchal society where women in the tribe manage the household, the economy, law, as well as initiating courtship.
Located in the Atlantic Ocean, The Bijago archipelago...
Hundreds of fossilized human footprints made between 5,760 and 19,100 years ago have been discovered in Tanzania. This represents the largest collection of fossilized footprints found in Africa to date.
The footprints are located at the Engare Sero site, just...
