Minister says probe shows ex president pilfered millions from state to ‘satisfy pretentious and delusional lifestyle’.
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Thando Hopa makes history as she graces Vogue cover | MSN Lifestyle
Entertainment Reporter, MSN Lifestyle © Provided by Independent Media Thando Hopa. Picture: Instagram, Featured Image [dropcap]Thando[/dropcap] Hopa is flying the South African flag higher as she graces the April cover of Vogue Portugal. The international model, lawyer and activist makes history as she becomes the woman with albinism to grace the cover of Vogue. [mc4wp_form […]
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Rwanda honors those killed in genocide 25 years ago | Reuters
Clement Uwiringiyimana, Reuters Family photographs of some of those who died are displayed in an exhibition at the Kigali Genocide Memorial on Friday. Ben Curtis/AP, Featured Image [dropcap]KIGALI[/dropcap] (Reuters) – Rwanda began a week of solemn ceremonies on Sunday to commemorate the lives of 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutus murdered during the Rwandan genocide, a […]
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Nigeria’s ‘most beautiful girl in the world’ now an international model | Legit.ng
Seun Durojaiye, Legit.ng Jare Ijalana, a 5-year old Nigerian, who has been dubbed on the internet as the most beautiful girl in the world from her portrait by wedding photographer, Mofe Bamiwa. Featured Image [dropcap]5[/dropcap]-year-old Jare found her way into the spotlight in 2018, when photos of herself and her siblings hit the internet. The […]
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Chinese imports ‘driving fishermen to despair’ | BBC News
Andrea Dijkstra, BBC News Kenya’s fishermen are increasingly struggling to make a living. JEROEN VAN LOON. Featured Image [dropcap]As[/dropcap] the frozen fish defrosts under the hot Kenyan sun, fishmonger Mechak Juma prefers not to tell his customers that it has come all the way from China. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] We are at the largest fish market […]
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Mass funeral service held for Ethiopian crash victims – video | The Guardian
Reuters/AP, The Guardian CRASH SITE—A boarding pass is seen at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash March 11, near the town of Bishoftu, Ethiopia. CNS/TIKSA NEGERI, REUTERS [dropcap]Thousands[/dropcap] of people have mourned victims of the Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 crash, as 17 empty caskets draped in the national flag were […]
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Meet the woman who opened a library in Ghana with focus on Black writers | Check Out Africa.com
Ivor Moyo, Check Out Africa.com [dropcap]In[/dropcap] 2017, writer Sylvia Arthur packed up her belongings, including what remained of her personal library, and left London for Accra, the capital of Ghana, her parent’s home country. Driven out of the U.K. by the high cost of living and hostile political environment, she sought peace in West Africa. […]
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Meet The Black Woman who Created The World’s Largest Tech Conference | Shoppe Black
Ngozi Odita is the founder of Social Media Week Lagos. She is a producer and a public speaker that works with artists and arts organizations to produce public programming that includes art exhibitions, film screenings, concerts & artist talks.
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Anthony Browder Makes History as the First African American to Lead and Fund an Archeological Excavation Project in Egypt | Los Angeles Sentinel
Sentinel News Service , Los Angeles Sentinel [dropcap]Washington[/dropcap] DC’s own, Anthony “Tony” Browder makes history as the first African American to lead and fund an archeological excavation project in Egypt. In May 2018, Mr. Browder, his daughter Atlantis Tye Browder, and the ASA Restoration Project excavation team discovered 2700-year-old Kushite artifacts that were recently installed […]
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Inside Afrochella, Ghana’s Answer To Coachella | Travel Noire
Last year over 4,000 people from around the world gathered at the Afrochella Festival in Accra, Ghana to celebrate diversity among African cultures.
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