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April 25, 2022
Allegations of racism against a cricket coach in South Africa have been found meritless in three different situations.
April 8, 2022
WHO estimates that the number of actual COVID-19 cases in Africa may have been nearly 100 times more than reported.
January 24, 2022
It has been a rough few months for Lennox. In late November, the singer was arrested at an airport in…
January 2, 2022
The late Desmond Tutu's remains underwent a water-based process called “aquamation,” a “greener” alternative to traditional cremation.
January 1, 2022
Is it a dream to visit the motherland? Here are places that you should consider when traveling to the continent…
Desmond Tutu
December 29, 2021
In a season when we have lost so many Black leaders, Desmond Tutu has left us in body at age…
December 27, 2021
The late archbishop's activism continues to reverberate among many who weren't yet born when Desmond Tutu fought apartheid.
December 26, 2021
The key is among Nelson Mandela memorabilia being sold by Guernsey’s auction house in New York on Jan. 28.
Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu
December 26, 2021
Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop has died
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris
December 24, 2021
The U.S. will lift travel restrictions on eight African countries that it imposed to try to blunt the spread of…
December 22, 2021
Republican Blake Masters has sparked debate on Twitter after referring to Elon Musk as the "richest African American entrepreneur."
December 19, 2021
South Africa will donate 2 million Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses to other African countries in the continent’s COVID-19 vaccine…
Sikhulile Moyo serves as lab director of the Botswana-Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership. (Credit: Twitter)
December 17, 2021
"How do you reward the countries that alert you of a potential dangerous pathogen with travel bans?" Sikhulile Moyo told…
December 14, 2021
A two-dose Pfizer/BioNTech vaccination provides 70% protection against hospitalization, according to a study in South Africa.
December 12, 2021
Cyril Ramaphosa, 69, is fully vaccinated and statements didn’t say whether he had been infected with the omicron coronavirus variant.
December 11, 2021
South African doctors caution it will take more weeks to collect enough data to be sure, but early evidence offers…
December 6, 2021
South Africa recently returned shipments of 16 million Covid-19 vaccines, fearing that insufficient demand would lead to them spoiling.
South African Flag, theGrio.com
December 3, 2021
The punishment of Africa for identifying a variant, rather than praising it for its contributions is reflects a long history…
Arthur Ashe
December 3, 2021
Ashe’s story is an inspiration, even if you don’t care about tennis, and Citizen Ashe is a fascinating look at…
UK Covid Face Mask Rules Tightened Over Omicron Variant Fear
November 30, 2021
The new omicron variant of the coronavirus was reportedly first detected in western Europe before cases were confirmed in South…