Black filmmakers lead the 2026 Sundance Film Festival with world premieres in documentary, fiction, and international cinema.

The Mainstay is proud to present, as its opening concert of the season in honor of Black History Month, “History of Praise – ...

Storytellers Yemi Oyediran and JP Leong, makers of the recent King Records documentary shown nationally on PBS, give voice to ...

Super Eagles winger Ademola Lookman has shared a significant post featuring Wizkid’s hit track “Blessed The post came hours after Osimhen was seen yelling at Lookman on the pitch, accusing the winger ...

Jan. 2 (UPI) --Near the equator, the Sun hurries below the horizon in a matter of minutes. Darkness seeps from the surrounding forest. Nearly 10,000 years ago, at the base of a mountain in Africa, ...

Africa has long been known as the cradle of humanity. Fossils, tools and genetics all point there. Yet the deeper story of how the first modern humans lived, moved and mixed has stayed blurry. Too ...

GENEVA, Nov 27 (Reuters) - There are thousands more endangered African forest elephants than previously thought, thanks to a new counting method using the DNA extracted from their dung, a study showed ...

DAKAR, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Senegal's finances have been thrown into crisis with the discovery last year of billions of dollars in debt hidden under the previous administration. Following is a timeline ...

Mary Kinney and the team at UCT receive funding from UNICEF, Laerdal Foundation, and the South African Medical Research Council. Nearly one million babies are stillborn in Africa every year. Behind ...

From fleeing war in Somalia to making Olympic history, Ramla Ali has fought her way from survivor to symbol of hope. She’s not only the first Somali to box at the Olympics, but a global advocate for ...

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu takes oath of office during her inauguration in Dodoma on November 3, 2025. [AFP] Tanzania’s sham presidential election held last week, through which President Samia ...

A father and his 5-year old daughter waited five hours to visit his detained wife — taken into custody during what was supposed to be her final citizenship interview. “Marcos” (all names are changed) ...