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Another African opposition leader plans to swear himself in as president amid tension
A few weeks after the inauguration of Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa, the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has announced plans to swear in its leader Nelson Chamisa as “people’s...
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The life and journey of Mae Jemison, the first black woman to travel in space
She is an American engineer, physician and a former NASA astronaut who went into orbit aboard the space shuttle Endeavor on September 12, 1992. Mae Carol Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama, on October...
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Age didn’t stop Liberian president George Weah from playing for his national team at 51
Probably his last match for the national team, Liberian president and former footballer surprised his supporters when he played in a specially arranged international friendly against Nigeria in Monrovia...
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Tanzania is going nuts over women, bans female MPs with nail and eyelash extensions
Tanzania has stepped up its authoritarian game by further attacking the rights and freedoms of women. The speaker of parliament recently banned women MPs from wearing eyelash and nail extensions in the...
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Africa’s kind gesture to the United States after 9/11 that will never be forgotten
It was a global cry on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, when two hijacked passenger airliners crashed into the North and South towers of the World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan. In...
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The U.S. has officially gone authoritarian after threatening ICC judges over war crimes probe
Democracy in the United States has bitten the dust as the authoritarian regime led by Donald Trump has launched dictatorial attacks on the judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for planning...
