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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…
Quartz Africa: Chinese aid to Africa
China’s “rogue aid” to Africa isn’t as much or as controversial as we thought A visitor walks past a map of Africa at a meeting of the Africa Development…
Ethiopian wins top WHO job
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Ethiopian wins top WHO job 23 May 2017 Image copyrightAFP/GETTY Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus from Ethiopia will be the next director general of the World…
The street dancers who dream big
In Pictures The street dancers who dream big 6 February 2018 Image copyrightOLIVIA ACLAND Street dancers in Sierra Leone have a bad reputation – they’re often branded…
Sirleaf wins African leadership prize
Ibrahim prize: Liberia’s Sirleaf wins African leadership prize 12 February 2018 Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionMrs Sirleaf is the first woman Ibrahim Laureate Liberia’s ex-president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has…
New African Magazine announces its 100 Most Influential Africans of 2017
New African Magazine announces its 100 Most Influential Africans of 2017 The New African Magazine has revealed its 100 Most Influential Africans of 2017. Find out who made the list…
Nigeria’s Amina Yuguda wins BBC World News Komla Dumor award
19 September 2017 Amina Yuguda hails from Yola in north-eastern Nigeria A journalist from north-eastern Nigeria has won the third BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. Amina Yuguda is…