WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Tuesday announced $14 billion in commitments from U.S. businesses to invest in Africa, as representatives from nearly 100 American…
President Barack Obama has gathered nearly 50 African heads of state in Washington for the 2014 US Africa Summit. Did you know that 6 out…
Imagine for a second that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was not assassinated in 1968 but was instead jailed by the federal government for treason.…
Few lives have been thoroughly chronicled as that of  former South African President Nelson Mandela, who died on Thursday at the age of 95. From…
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese police detained five women accused of violating the country’s anti-gay law, highlighting increased pressure on suspected lesbians in the deeply…
Africa — Courtesy to TBR — The hour has come. The auditorium is dark. Kirk Franklin has finally arrived in the Motherland. The crowd chants from the gallery high up the auditorium!  “We want Kirk! We want Kirk! The crowd is now on their chairs still chanting. Kirk is finally on stage with such power, […]
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — On the eve of elections in Zimbabwe, longtime President Robert Mugabe denied on Tuesday that his supporters have engaged in vote-rigging…
JOHANNESBURG — The Nelson Mandela Foundation is hoping that volunteers around the world donate just over an hour of their time when South Africa’s former…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia– The African Union is suspending Egypt from membership in the continental body after the military ouster of President Mohammed Morsi. RELATED: Muslim…
CAIROÂ — Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood called for a wave of protests Friday, furious over the military’s ouster of its president and arrest of its revered…
After President Barack Obama delivered his historic Africa address at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, NewsOne got the opportunity to speak with…
On a flight to South Africa, President Barack Obama sat down with veteran journalist April Ryan to discuss the future of Africa — on cultural,…
