Artifacts including but not limited to scepter, and objects of worship that were stolen by France during its colonial occupation of Benin have been returned to the West African nation of cotonou.
The Artifacts were Looted from the Kingdom of...
Weapons and ammunition poured in quietly as Whitehall and the Harold Wilson government lied and denied it all. Much enlarged, with fresh weapons and secret advisory teams, the Nigerian army inched across Biafra as the defenders tried to fight...
The Nuba people have been wrestling for centuries and like other forms of Wrestling in Africa, the purpose of Nuba wrestling is to build group identity and display the prowess of the group's young men.
The Nuba peoples are various...
Ghana has been ranked among the least trustworthy countries in the world in the recently released US News Report 2020.
Switzerland, Canada and Japan are seen as the best countries in the world in the 2020 Best Countries Report –...
A high court in Malawi has ordered the government to allow Rastafarian students with dread locks to attend school.
The temporary order was made while a court continues to make a decision on a case filed by a schoolgirl who...
The Nok culture is an early Iron Age population whose material remains are named after the Ham village of Nok in Nigeria, Africa, where their famous terracotta sculptures were first discovered in 1928. The Nok Culture appeared in northern...
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said 1,283 Africans died trying to migrate to Europe through the Mediterranean Sea in 2019.
(Above) Refugees are seen after being rescued from the Mediterranean Sea on 15 June 2017
In a report...
Yemen, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Syria, Nigeria and Venezuela have topped an annual watchlist of countries most likely to face humanitarian catastrophe in 2020, with war, droughts, flooding, disease and restrictions to humanitarian access all having major...
Malawi is distributing personal security alarms to people with albinism, - a condition that causes whitening of the skin from lack of pigmentation - in hopes of battling persecution
The alarm sound is activated when the holder pulls a safety...
Described as the biggest festival east of the Niger, Golibe Festival is an annual festival of the Onitsha arts, music, culture, family and community building which was initiated by the Obi of Onitsha, south east Nigeria, Igwe Alfred Achebe,...
