More than one-third of African women and a quarter of African men are estimated to be overweight, and the World Health Organization predicts that will rise...
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali rapper K’naan has brought his waving flag back home to help his countrymen as they struggle with a devastating famine. The Somali-Canadian...
Recent high-profile events, like hostage rescue operations carried out by France and the attempted hijacking of the MAERSK Alabama and the dramatic rescue of her Captain...
They started to stream across the border in the hundreds; and there was alarm from the Kenyan authorities. In an interview with the BBC about a...
ACCRA, Ghana — Jimmy Carter watched in horror as the inches- (centimeters-) long worm emerged from the breast of a woman in remote northern Ghana. That...
Across the Middle East and North Africa, superficial political calm has been shattered by convulsions of rage. Idealistic young protesters have toppled some of the most...
By Richard Stengel Courage is not the absence of fear — it’s inspiring others to move beyond it In 1994, during the presidential-election campaign, Mandela got...
In March this year, Forbes published its annual rankings of the world’s richest people. Mike Adenuga, who debuted on the list, was ranked as the second...
Merging magazine cutouts, painted objects and even motorbike parts, Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu creates layered images of fantastical figures, transforming the female form into something both...
In global public health, disease-fighting tools that are cheap, available and sustainable are the Holy Grail. It might be hard to top the one being tested...
In Uganda, where grasshoppers are regarded as a delicious seasonal snack, the appetite for the crispy critters has created a booming informal trade that has turned...
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) - Winfrey is to receive an honorary doctorate from a South African University know for tense racial relations as a sign of...
