Black Engineer Shares Why She Deliberately Wears Braids In The Lab

  Fionnghuala “Fig” O’Reilly, an engineer, became viral on Twitter earlier this month after sharing a…

Beekeeping, A Key Resource For The Forests Of The Congo Basin

  Ecological beekeeping, with its environmental benefits, economic and therapeutic potential, can be a substantial contribution…

Endangered Sahel Tortoises Sent To Senegal In Bid To Save Them

  Some 50 young tortoises have discovered the African soil of their ancestors near Dakar, where…

Scientists Discover Clitorises On Female Snakes

  Scientists have discovered that snakes do have clitorises, ending a long-held assumption that the female…

Remembering Asabi Adedire, The Woman Who Gave Her Son Life And Then Bought It Back

  A mother’s love triumphs over all. This common statement has entered every ear, and while…

In Marseille, A Vast Retrospective Celebrates The Feminism Of Ghada Amer

  Female nudes, coloured threads; the first retrospective in France of the Egyptian-Franco-American artist Ghada Amer…

Drought Kills Hundreds Of Animals In Kenya’s National Park

  In Kenya’s Amboseli National Park, the drought has killed thousands of wild animals. It has…

Get To Know Omali Yeshitela, Pan-Africanist, Socialist, and Activist

  Omali Yeshitela, a Pan-Africanist, socialist, and activist, was born on October 9, 1941, in St.…

Black Woman With Disability Receives Grant To Make Bike Adapter For Amputees

  Arlan Hamilton’s career as a venture capitalist (VC) has given her the opportunity to bless…

Ugandan Cane Farmers Switching To Hass Avocado

  This is Munu Nyende’s first harvest of avocado after clearing his sugarcane farm for Hass…

Profiling Adele Darlene Allen: Physician, Concert Pianist, and Conductor

  Adele Darlene Allen was born in Brooklyn, New York, on March 19, 1953, to Oscar…

“God Wiped My Tears” – Former House Help Says As She Shares Photos Of House She Built

  A former house help, Deborah Odari, has shared photos of the house she built in Mumias,…

South Africa’s Secret Shelter: A Safe Haven For Abused Women And Children

  Through the help and expertise of the Nissa Institute for Women’s Development – a non-profit,…

Donkeys In Kenya Prove To Be A Means Of Empowerment For Rural Women

  For women in the small Kenyan town of Mwingi, donkeys have become an important means…

Soil, A Little-Known Carbon Sink, Is A Diminishing Resource In Kenya

  Soil is a diminishing resource, the more we abuse it the more we lose it…

World’s Oldest Primary School Pupil Dies Aged 99

  Priscilla Sitieni, the world’s oldest primary school student, has died in Kenya at the age…

South African ‘Ghost Hunters’ Venture Into The Night Looking For Answers

  Shortly after nightfall, flashlight in hand, Rivas Bright knocks twice on the broken window of…

Zimbabwe Vice President’s Ex-wife Marry Mubaiwa Threatens Suicide Weeks After Her Arm Was Amputated

  Marry Mubaiwa, a former beauty queen and ex-wife of Zimbabwe Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has threatened…

Remembering George James Fleming: Family, Career, and Death

  George James Fleming was born on February 15, 1904 in Bassein Triangle, Christiansted, St. Croix,…

In DRC, Fighting Complicate Rangers Access To Gorillas

  Conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has kept away tourists. The fighting has also…

Lawyers Force Ugandan University To Cancel Mandatory Pregnancy Tests

  Kampala International University yesterday yielded to pressure from the female lawyers and rescinded its planned…