Lagos lifts school hijab ban
Girls in the Nigerian state of Lagos are now allowed to wear a hijab to school, the authorities have said.
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The digital epidemic killing Indians
Smartphones are making it easier for millions of Indians to communicate and share messages on social media. But misinformation is
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Tanzania’s Magufuli deploys military amid cashew nut crisis
Tanzanian authorities have deployed the military to buy cashew nuts from farmers to solve a row over prices. President John
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Kenya unveils biblical strategy to tackle corruption
Kenyan Joseph Warungu looks at the new strategy by the country’s anti-corruption body to use the Bible to deter theft
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Outcry after police shoot African-American security guard ‘hero’
An armed security guard at a bar in suburban Chicago was killed by police as he detained a suspected gunman,
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‘We’re black, we’re women and we’re disabled’
Vloggers the ‘Triple Cripples’ are fighting discrimination and trying to “take back” the word “cripple”. Nigerian Olajumoke ‘Jay’ Abdullahi has
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Dispelling the myth of black debt
Contrary to popular belief, the majority of indebted black professionals get into debt to support family members and not to
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MI5 believed black people posed security risk, papers reveal
Declassified files show spy chiefs actively discriminated in 1960s. Senior MI5 officials believed black people could not be trusted in high-level spying
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Google celebrates South Africa’s first black woman novelist
Internet giant Google yesterday celebrated the legacy of author and activist Miriam Tlali, South Africa’s first black woman to publish
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A year in fake news in Africa
The spread of fake news in Africa has been blamed for igniting ethnic violence, sowing confusion among voters and even
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SC soldier was 1 of 2 African-Americans to receive Medal of Honor in World War I
On Sept. 28, 1918, just six weeks before the end of World War I, Cpl. Freddie Stowers, 21, of Sandy
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Remembrance Day: Procession of 10,000 to pay their respects
Millions of people have fallen silent to remember those killed and wounded in conflict, as the nation marks 100 years
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Grandparents teach teens about the days racism was ‘normal’
Grandparents have been teaching their children’s children about the racism they faced in the past. The generations from Wolverhampton have
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What does the black poppy mean?
11 November is Remembrance Day – a day to commemorate the First World War and the conflicts that followed it.
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Bangladesh to prosecute those who offend Islam
Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina said: “Anyone who pronounces offensive comments against it [Islam], or against the Prophet Muhammad, will be
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