President Robert Mugabe, the elderly and controversial leader of Zimbabwe known for his excessive spending, has donated one million USD to the African Union Foundation. The donation did not come directly from President Mugabe’s pockets; the amount was raised through a series of cattle auctions organized by a number of Zimbabwean farmers. President Mugabe used…
Madonna has a long history with Malawi. She has adopted four children from the nation, most recently four-year-old twin girls Stelle and Estere. She also founded the charity Raising Malawi, an organization devoted to helping Malawi’s one million orphans, with a focus on health, education, and community support. The latest venture for Madonna and Raising…
The dust is only now beginning to settle over the 2017 G20 Summit in Hamburg and, as expected, US President Donald Trump stole most of the headlines. However, in spite of much of the focus being on Trump and his relationships with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the most recent…
When the National Football Team of Ghana played a recent friendly match against the United States, all eyes were on Samuel Sarfo, a player who has gone from police corporal to team security guard to central defender. The Black Stars fell 1-2 against the Stars and Stripes, but this match was a personal victory for…
Earlier this year a young, single, attractive, and progressive businesswoman shocked the political status quo of the Rwandan Republic by throwing her hat in the ring of the presidential election. Rwanda is no stranger to women participating in politics; in fact, this democratic nation has the highest level of legislative female representation in the world,…
The 2017 G20 Summit is set to be held today and tomorrow in Hamburg, Germany, and based on current evidence it seems likely that the annual meeting between the leaders of the world’s 20 most powerful economies will not be without controversy. In this sense, all eyes are sure to be focused on US President…
On May 29th, the Rwandan National Electoral Commission (NEC) made the unsettling announcement that it would oversee social media use by candidates in the upcoming election. This was widely perceived as a means of handicapping the opposition candidates. President Paul Kagame has handily won two prior elections, and analysts are giving him very high odds of…
African rock art, or petroglyphs, are cultural and historical treasures. Many of them are among the oldest human artworks on Earth. They provide a window in time, giving us a glimpse of the lives, worldviews, and even the climate of our distant ancestors. Some petroglyphs are straightforward depictions from prehistory, while others are deep mysteries.…
For the past few weeks, much of the New York City media has been focused on the luxury high-rise apartment complex known as One57, which is set to be the scene for the biggest residential real-estate foreclosure in the city’s long and storied history. Speculation was rampant about who actually owned the 79th-floor penthouse condo,…
Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank and former Minister of Agriculture in Nigeria, is the recipient of the 2017 World Food Prize, an award that carries similar prestige to the Nobel prizes. The award was announced during a ceremony hosted by the United States Department of Agriculture on June 26. Dr. Adesina…
