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Africa’s Year Of Return Should Go Beyond Shows And Festivals

Social media is currently abuzz with debates on Ghana’s ‘Year of Return’

American Strike In Iraq Prompts Anti-War Protests In U.S. Cities

Groups of protesters took to the streets in Washington and other U.S.

A Man Dressed Up As A Christmas Tree Is Walking Around New York City

There’s a man dressed as a Christmas tree roaming the streets of

Nigerian Judge Declares Sex work Is Not A Crime

A Nigerian court has declared that sex work is not a crime

Brides Undergo Genital Mutilation ‘To Be Virgins’

Some women in Sudan are opting to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM)

Donald Trump Is Impeached And Faces Trial In The US Senate

Donald Trump has become the third US president in history to be

Kenya: Nakuru Commercial Sex Workers Donate Items To Police Stations

In a rare gesture, commercial sex workers cleaned two police stations and

The African Women Trafficked To India For Sex

BBC Africa Eye uncovered an illegal network that lures women to India

Women Are “Indisputably Better” Than Men – Barack Obama

If women ran every country in the world there would be a

Marine Officer ‘Drowns While On Rescue Mission’

A Ugandan marine officer drowned over the weekend as he tried to

Newly Married Couple Commits Suicide Over Wedding Debt

Two families in Kisumu are mourning their two children who together committed

Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed: Inside The Mind of This Year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner

Nobel Peace Prize winner Abiy Ahmed has shaken up Ethiopia since becoming

Rwanda Scraps Tax On Sanitary Pads

A tax on sanitary pads has been scrapped in Rwanda to make

Jersey City: Deadly Gun Battle Kills Six People

A police officer and at least five other people have died in

Czech Shooting: Gunman Kills Six At Hospital In Ostrava

 A gunman has killed six people in a hospital waiting room

Saudi Arabia Ends Gender Segregation In Restaurants

Saudi Arabia will no longer require restaurants to have separate entrances segregated

India Woman Set On Fire On Her Way To Rape Case Hearing

A 23-year-old alleged rape victim is fighting for her life after she

Mugabe Left Behind ‘$10m In Cash’

Zimbabwe’s late President Robert Mugabe left behind $10m (£7.7m) in the bank

Malaysian Minister Criticises ‘Obscene, Half Naked’ Tattoo Show In Kuala Lumpur

A Malaysian minister has called a tattoo exhibition “obscene” and ordered an

Eto’o Aims To Use Studies To ‘Give Back To Africa’

African football legend Samuel Eto’o says he wants to use his business

Passenger Plane Crashes Into Town In DR Congo

A plane with at least 16 passengers and two crew has crashed

Gun Tendered As Exhibit Goes Off In Court Killing Prosecutor

A prominent South African prosecutor was killed in court this week by

Kenyan Students Launch #CampusMeToo Campaign

University students in the Kenyan capital Nairobi have launched a campaign to

Pope Demands Big Tech Do More To Tackle Porn

Pope Francis has called on Facebook, Apple, Microsoft and Google, among others,

South African post office rapist and murderer given life

South African post office worker Luyanda Botha has been handed three life

‘We Failed To Reach Europe – Now Our Families Disown Us’

Most of the West African migrants who fail to reach Europe eventually

California School Shooting: Santa Clarita Attack Leaves Two Dead

Two students have been killed and three others injured by a gunman

Nigerian Woman Who Was Locked Up In A Dark Room For Two Years For Visiting Her Ex Husband Gains Her Freedom

It took her two years to re-gain her freedom from the shackles

Nigerian Chief Imposes Wedding Tax In His Village

No-one has got married in a village in Kano state, Nigeria, in

‘Her Dying Wish Was To Get The Kids To Europe’

For the sixth year in a row, more than 1,000 people have