News from outside Canada showcasing people and events involving people of African descent world-wide
Adichie voted best Women’s Fiction writer
12 November 2020 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Half of a Yellow Sun has been voted the best book to have won the Women’s Prize for Fiction in its 25-year history….
Adichie: Nigeria murders its citizens
Under President Muhammadu Buhari, there is a sense that the country could burn to the ground. By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Oct. 21, 2020 LAGOS, Nigeria — For years, the name SARS hung…
Barefoot ballet dancer wins scholarship
Nigerian boy gains fame with dance video as stars pay homage Lekan Oyekanmi and Jonathan Landrum Jr. Friday, August 21, 2020 Ballet student Anthony Mmesoma Madu, center, dances in the…
Nigerian doctors separate conjoined twins
Dooshima Abu A team of doctors in Nigeria have successfully separated one-year-old conjoined twins. Lead surgeon Emmanuel Ameh told the BBC the operation to separate Goodness and Mercy Martins at…
Photo gallery: Africa’s week in pictures
A selection of the week’s best photos from across the continent and beyond: Pictures from Getty Images, AFP and Nur Photo. Source: BBC News
Migrants in Africa
At least 80% of African migrants never leave the continent, but the focus is on Europe By Lynsey Chutel in Addis Ababa February 15, 2019 It is well known that…
African priests in the US
African priests are now the future of the Catholic Church in the United States By Lekan OguntoyinboJuly 11, 2019 In more than a decade as a Catholic priest in the United…
Belgium Elects First Black Mayor
Pierre Kompany Elected Belgium’s First Black Mayor By SARAFINA WRIGHT October 19, 2018 Pierre Kompany came to Belgium as a refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo — his son Vincent is…
Celebrating Africa’s aid workers on the frontline
Celebrating Africa’s aid workers on the frontline 15 October 2018 Image copyrightMARCUS PERKINSImage captionAid worker Robert Ntitima (R) and his driver Clinton Bakala pictured after beating back a…
TechNigerian wins world’s tech competition
TechNigerian girls, Team Save-A-Soul, win world’s largest tech competition Published: 10.08.2018 The Nigerian girls defeated teams from USA, Spain, Turkey, Uzbekistan and China to win the 2018 Technovation world pitch junior…