Mike Bird of Business Insider is reporting that Africa is about to launch a Cairo-to Cape Town free trade area that is bigger than the European Union. Bird reports: “The world is just about to get a free trade area thatR...
The BBC is reporting that a unified African army that can quickly respond to crises impacting the continent is coming to fruition. The BBC writes: “From January 2016, the African Standby Force (ASF) will be able to intervene...
With Pan-Africanist ideology regaining popularity, the increased awareness and acceptance of the African diaspora within America and beyond, as well as the lifting of voices that speak on why Black and Latino are not mutually excl...
BBC Africa is reporting twenty-nine South Africans have been charged with public violence amid the largest student protests to hit the country since apartheid ended in 1994. The author reports: “Police again fired stun grena...
BBC News is reporting South African Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, 28, has been released from prison nearly one year after he was jailed for killing his girlfriend. He is expected to spend the remainder of a five-...
Black Media Scoop (BMS) is reporting teen Nigerian brothers Anesi,13 and Osine, 15 Ikhianosime have developed a web browser that challenges Google Chrome. The BMS staff reports that the boys wanted a browser that loaded faster th...
BBC Africa is reporting that Benin’s former President Mathieu Kerekou, 82, has died. Kerekou served as president of Benin twice, serving as the country’s leader for nearly 30 years. He was president from 1972 to 1991 a...
BREAKING: A temporary pedestrian bridge over a main route in South Africa has collapsed, killing at least two people and injuring 20. BBC Africa is reporting a pedestrian bridge in Johannesburg has collapsed, killing two people an...
Rebecca Morrelle of BBC Africa is reporting 3,000 years ago there was a huge wave of migration from Eurasia into Africa. In a study published in the journal Science, researchers extracted DNA from a 4,500-year-old skull that was d...
Reuters Africa is reporting Ethiopia plans to triple its number of foreign visitors to more than 2.5 million by 2020, making tourism a pillar of one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies. In recent years, the Ethiopian gover...
