Martin Luther King Jr. was born 90 years ago, on Jan. 15, 1929.
But the name on his original birth certificate — filed April 12, 1934, five years after King was born — was not Martin. Nor was it Luther. In fact,…
Instead of addressing the essential issues in South Africa, such as land reform, poverty and educational opportunities, the government of Cyril Ramaphosa has resorted to playing games. The Department of Home Affairs, is now considering offering citizens the option to select a…
The first military coup in black Africa occurred in 1963 when Sylvanus Olympio was toppled and replaced by Grunitky. He was also toppled through a coup in 1967. The second coup ushered in General Gnassingbe Eyadema was the head of the army…
BARBADOS ELECTED SANDRA MASON TO BE ITS FIRST-EVER PRESIDENT
Barbados shed its colonial past and elected Sandra Mason to be its first President. The decision comes after a joint session of the country’s House of Assembly and Senate, which elected her by…
Thirty-four years since the shocking killing of Burkina Faso's then President, Thomas Sankara, 14 men are going on trial, accused of complicity in the murder of one of Africa's heroes, Thomas Sankara.
The charismatic Pan-Africanist was shot dead aged 37 by soldiers…
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, access to quality healthcare is expensive and tedious. But Bienvenue Zigabe has managed to create an application to facilitate quicker access to medical services.
"Wiiqare" helps patients pay for treatment and drugs using their savings or…
Caleb Anderson stunned the world when his family shared a now viral story highlighting just how gifted he was — reading the U.S. Constitution at the age of 2 and starting high school at just 10.
His brilliance caught the attention of…
In a problem that shows no sign of abating as education increasingly is being conducted remotely, a recent CBS investigation has uncovered that American college students are outsourcing schoolwork to Kenyans overseas who are paid thousands of dollars a month to do anything from…
Forbes recently published their list of billionaires for 2021 and the black billionaire list is growing. This year, Kanye West, Rihanna and Tyler Perry are now part of the billionaire club. A few Billionaires who were on previous lists fell off because…
A new study led by researchers at North Carolina State University finds that states that exhibit higher levels of systemic racism also have pronounced racial disparities regarding access to health care.
The authors used publicly available state-level data from the Census Bureau…