Amir Daftari of CNN’s Africa Start-up reports the first cars to carry a “made in Ghana” seal have officially entered the marketplace among other major international brands. He reports: “The man that made it...
BBC Africa is reporting Pravin Gordhan has become South Africa’s third finance minister in less than a week. Gordhan, who was appointed Sunday, warned that state-owned companies should not be used as “personal toysR...
Marina Koren of The Atlantic is reporting three suicide bombings at a market on an island of Lake Chad on Saturday have killed and injured dozens of people. The exact number of victims is unclear. The Associated Press reports 27 p...
BBC News is reporting Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of murder after a South African appeals court overturned an earlier manslaughter verdict. The author writes: “Pistorious killed his girlfriend Reeva...
BBC Africa is reporting Malian special forces have entered the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, Mali’s capital, where suspected Islamists are holding dozens of guests and staff hostage. Apparently three people were killed durin...
Writing for Remezcla.com, Walter Thompson-Hernández discusses how Afro-Mexicans are fighting for inclusion in the census and the national constitution. After a complicated history of racial mixing and the false belief that racial ...
Tyler Fyfe of Plaid Zebra magazine is reporting that Africans are using Twitter to fight what is called “media poverty porn” by Tweeting beautiful images of their real lives. “Media poverty porn” refers to ...
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...
