Africa

Featured International

Suspended sculpture transforms Cape Town museum’s atrium

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Moody, brooding and floating, Malagasy artist Joel Andrianomearisoa’s “The Five Continents of All Our

Associated Press / September 16, 2022

News Politics Featured

Vice President Harris hosts South African president, plays key role in US-Africa strategy

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday met with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in two separate

Gerren Keith Gaynor / September 16, 2022

Health Featured LGBTQ+ African Diaspora

As monkeypox drops in the West, still no vaccines for Africa

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — With monkeypox cases subsiding in Europe and parts of North America, many scientists say now is

Associated Press / September 14, 2022

Science and Technology Featured

With forests abound, Africa looks to grow its carbon market

MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — In villages dotted across the African continent, locals living in once-heavily forested regions are starting to

Associated Press / September 12, 2022

Featured Caribbean African Diaspora International

‘I cannot mourn’: Former colonies conflicted over the queen

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Upon taking the throne in 1952, Queen Elizabeth II inherited millions of subjects around the world,

Associated Press / September 11, 2022

Health Featured

$1B effort to fight African hunger put farmers in debt and poisons in soil, critics say

A $1 billion philanthropic effort promising a “green revolution” for African agriculture has fallen far short of its goals, according

TheGrio Staff / September 10, 2022

Sports Featured African Diaspora

The Tiafoe Effect: US tennis star has big impact in Africa

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Last year, Sam Jalloh zig-zagged across West Africa coaching tennis to kids, taking with him

Associated Press / September 10, 2022