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‘America will no longer teach history through the lens of race’ – Trump launches 1776 Commission
President Donald Trump has slammed what he calls “critical race theory” and the 1619 Project for efforts in re-framing American history within the context of the country’s relationship...
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The story behind why Winnie and Nelson Mandela could no longer be married
After he was sentenced to life in prison in 1964, iconic South African president Nelson Mandela stood in a court dock only one more time for the rest of his life – when his wife Winnie Madikizela...
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United States places sanctions on Zineb Jammeh, wife of ex-Gambian leader
Zineb Jammeh, a former First Lady of The Gambia, has been sanctioned by United States authorities for her part in helping her husband and former president Yahya Jammeh to illegally funnel money out of...
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WNBA star Maya Moore marries Jonathan Irons, the man she helped free from prison
WNBA star player for Minnesota Lynx Maya Moore is now married to Jonathan Irons, the man for whom Moore put her career on the line in proving he was wrongfully convicted on charges on burglary and assault....
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Did you know Africa’s iconic plastic bag is named after xenophobic tensions between Ghana and Nigeria?
The special Ghana-Nigeria relationship birthed the name of the most famous woven nylon carrier bag on the continent, Ghana Must Go, but the story behind this is a rather ugly one that belies present amity...
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When Guinea wanted freedom, colonialist France destroyed buildings out of spite – Here’s the story
In September of 1958, the electorate in the French overseas territory of Guinea, West Africa was rallied by a labor union leader called Ahmed Sekou Toure into rejecting the constitution that established...
