Somalia, Eritrea and Sudan hold the title for most useless passports in Africa, according to the 2019 Henley Passport Index.
The list, compiled by Henley & Partners, ranks how powerful a passport is by the number of countries holders can...
After three months of negotiations, lawmakers in Guinea on Saturday, December 29, 2018, finally made amendments to a law that will govern relations between people, with the most controversial change being on polygamy (the practice or custom of having...
Khadija Ben Hamou has just made history by becoming the first black woman to be crowned Miss Algeria.
Ben Hamou, who was named the winner on Saturday, January 5, 2019, edged out 16 other contestants to earn the coveted crown...
The United Nations in Malawi has strongly condemned the recent inhuman act against people with albinism that took place on New Year's Eve in Nkhatabay as Malawi's estimated 10,000 albinos face "extinction" if they continue to be murdered for...
The Sambian people of Papua New Guinea practice one of the most bizarre cultures known to westernisation. A cultural anthropologist, Gilbert Herdt, has described their ritual act of initiation as “ritualised homosexuality.”
The Sambia people are a tribe of mountain-dwelling,...
The following credible News items broke between 2017 and 2018. Together, they constitute indicators of a failing State.
Below are some of Nigeria's "worsts in the world" from 2017-2018 global statistics rankings:
1. Nigeria Overtakes India in Extreme Poverty Ranking
In 2018,...
South Africa started off the New Year by officially assuming its seat as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the period 2019-2020.
South Africa's tenure in the Security Council will be dedicated to the legacy...
Calabar festival is an annual cultural festival that displays African culture and heritage by means of music, dressing, drama and other cultural creativities.
Calabar Festival Also tagged "Africa's Biggest Street Party", Calabar Festival was created as part of the vision...
A new museum in Africa that displays artworks from across the African Diaspora opened earlier this month, but it’s missing important pieces that Europe plundered during the colonial era.
Senegal’s culture minister wants former colonial powers to return thousands of...
The Church had enjoyed 1,500 years during which it had had the power to ban slavery but had failed to do so, or even to have expressed any desire to do so. (The Anglican Church's missionary organisation , the...
