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Tanzania frees over 5,000 prisoners
A total of 5,533 prisoners have been pardoned in Tanzania as the country marks its 58th anniversary of independence. The president of the East African country John Magufuli has ordered authorities to free...
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Azellia White, a sharecropper who became America’s first Black female pilot, dies at 106
One of the first Black women to ever earn a pilot’s license in the United States, Azellia White, has died. White died on September 14, 2019 at a nursing home in Sugar Land, Texas, The Washington...
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World War I dragged on for two weeks longer in Africa after it had officially ended. Here’s why
It is exactly 101 years since the World War I (The Great War) officially ended. Four years into the war which started in 1914, the feuding factions arrived at a truce on November 11, 1918 at 11am. Since...
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‘The Burial of Kojo’ makes history as first Ghanaian film to be eligible for Golden Globes
A 2018 drama film set in Ghana dubbed The Burial of Kojo is being considered for a Golden Globe nomination. The drama, written and directed by Samuel ‘Blitz’ Bazawule, will become the...
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Missing Atlanta student Alexis Crawford found dead at a park
The police have discovered the body of a missing Atlanta student Alexis Crawford in a park near her off-campus apartment. The 21-year-old senior at Clark Atlanta University died as a result of asphyxiation,...
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Bosco Ntaganda: The ever-smiling Congolese warlord who kills for pleasure gets ICC’s longest sentence of 30 years
A dreaded former Congolese rebel leader has been handed the longest sentence of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The ICC on Thursday slapped Bosco Ntaganda...
