The Mail & Guardian is reporting that the African Union is calling for all travel bans related to the Ebola affected member states to be lifted. AU Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has stressed that the ban has hampered econ...
AllAfrica.com is reporting that Rwanda is Africa’s top-performing advocate of gender equality, followed by the Seychelles, Mozambique, South Africa and Botswana according to the 2013 Ibrahim Index of African Governance, rele...
Pan African Magazine is reporting that Africa has 55 billionaires worth more than $143 billion including a Nigerian woman said to be the richest black woman in the world. The writer reports: “The report predictably identifie...
The Jamaican Observer is reporting that Rita Marley, widow of pop icon Bob Marley, was made an honorary citizen of Ghana on August 1, which is the country’s Emancipation Day. The author writes that Dr. Erieka Bennett, Head o...
Caribbean 360 is reporting that Bajan superstar Rihanna Fenty has won a lawsuit against British fashion retailer Topshop. Fenty sued the retailer for using her image on a t-shirt without her permission or approval. The author writ...
BBC Africa is reporting that Human Rights Watch (HRW) has released a report, titled Hostages of the Gatekeepers, detailing information on the abuse of internally displaced people in Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia. Included...
Yochi J. Dreazen of The Atlantic is reporting that, in Mali, popular musician Baba Salah is using his talent to call for war. Although he is more commonly known throughout Africa and Europe for his love songs, in his song “D...
Yochi J. Dreazen of The Atlantic is reporting that, in Mali, popular musician Baba Salah is using his talent to call for war. Although he is more commonly known throughout Africa and Europe for his love songs, in his song “D...
BBC Sport and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) are reporting that 19-year-old Kenyan Japhet Korir won the World Cross Country Championships in Poland on March 24. Emily Chebet, also of Kenya, took gold...
BBC Africa is reporting that the International Criminal Court (ICC) dropped charges against Francis Muthaura. Muthaura had been accused of crimes similar to those of Uhuru Kenyatta who, despite these charges, won the recent Kenyan...