A man in Zimbabwe who killed his adversary, and ate his heart, was sentenced to 18 years in prison last Wednesday (April 29). Andrew Chimboza murdered 62-year-old Mbuyiselo Manona last June, after what he says was an argument over a woman.
Today marks 21 years since the start of the 100-day Rwandan Genocide, which left between 500,000 and 800,000 dead with historical accounts pushing that number closer to 1 million. The mass slaughter in Rwanda was the byproduct of the ruling government’s quest for dominance over another clan in the African nation.
Long-running CBS news series 60 Minutes is under fire from a group of journalists and scholars responding to recent reports from the show primarily focused on the Ebola outbreak in Africa. According to the group, the program’s approach to Black Africans and the fight over the deadly disease comes across as outdated and “anachronistic.”
A Chinese restaurant in Kenya was shut down by the government after its racist policy of refusing to serve Black patrons after 5PM went public. The restaurant was nestled in an affluent neighborhood in the capital city of Nairobi and was under operation despite not following proper protocol.
At least 10 people were confirmed dead Sunday (Feb. 15) after a teenage girl detonated a device in an apparent suicide bombing in northeast Nigeria. The blast occurred at a busy bus station, and Boko Haram could be connected as it has used similar attacks in the past.
Boko Haram has been suspected in a series of of abductions over the weekend in northeast Nigeria. A local chief says around 30 children were taken from his village over course of two days.
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has been battling a public relations nightmare after the passing of his country’s Anti-Homosexuality Act, with officials saying that the law was misunderstood earlier this summer. President Museveni, feeling the economic pressure of the trade sanctions and halted international donations, is considering taking a new look at the controversial law.
The passing of an anti-gay law in Uganda this past February has officials in the African nation scrambling to refurbish their image to the global community – and restore financial support. Leaders say that the finer points of the Anti-Homosexuality Act were, in their words, “misinterpreted” by the masses.
In Nigeria early Monday morning, a car bomb attack suspected to be the actions of an Islamist militant group killed 71 people and injured dozens more. The blast happened at a densely populated bus station in the country’s capital city, Abuja.
Yasiin Bey has become quite the globetrotter, this after making the country of South Africa his home after a visit last May sold him on leaving his hometown of Brooklyn. During a chat at the Music Exchange conference in Cape Town over the weekend, the artist formerly known as Mos Def broke down why he […]
The Internets went crazy this week when a photo of an African woman promoting skin lightening cream turned viral. Dencia, a Cameroonian/Nigerian singer wearing a blond wig and bikini with her skin several shades lighter than its original hue, was promoting the Whitenicious cream thus angering many in social media.
Yasiin Bey continues to tease fans eagerly anticipating anything from the artist formerly known as Mos Def. The elusive Brooklyn MC released a new video today teasing an upcoming performance called “Time Is Always Now” in honor of boxing legend Muhammad Ali‘s 72nd birthday this Friday (January 17).
