In many parts of Africa, traditional beliefs include the existence both of powers to heal and powers to do harm. In northern Ghana, some women, accused of hurting others through witchcraft, are exiled and come to live together in so-called witches camps.
When the son of her husband’s second wife died of convulsions, Idrissa was accused [...]

The life of an African Albino is tough…even if you are just 7 years old. Watch video footage of the experience of a Tanzanian child who is on the run from human body-part harvesters…While he was able to escape, his sister wasn’t so lucky.

Nigerian-born Christine Ohuruogu won UK the 400m Olympic Gold Medial since 1924, and the first ever British female Olympian to win the medal has been honored with the MBE (Member of the British Empire) award by the Queen of England.

South Africa’s Helen Suzman, who died on Thursday at the age of 91, won an international reputation as a brave and tireless liberal opponent of apartheid.
During more than three decades as a member of parliament she was often the lone voice opposing the draconian legislation that embedded racial discrimination and transformed the country into a [...]

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said 2008 has been a disastrous year for Africans seeking to migrate to other countries in search of a better life - - “many Africans lost their lives, others ended up being exploited and abused”.
In recent days, about 2,000 migrants from Africa have arrived on the southern Italian island [...]

Africa is a land of enormous natural riches, this is a fact. It is also a statement of fact that mostly foreigners, not the locals, have built great fortunes off of Africa’s material riches and its people. Ian Fisher, via New York Times, presents “Paradox of Plenty“, a multimedia series highlighting the impact of slavery [...]

Members of the Rwandan Diaspora have started a ‘One Dollar Campaign’ charity initiative that will see approximately 20,000 Diaspora members mobilise a symbolic one dollar each to raise money to provide shelter for Genocide survivors in different parts of Rwanda.

Xmas is time to go on holiday. A time to take a long rest from everyday work activities, and a time to check daily the weather report for it must be a WHITE XMAS. We teach the children about Rudolph the red nosed reindeer, make them visit Father Santa Claus in his grotto, and give them gifts, yes make them laugh, make them happy, but no one remembers to sit the kids down and teach them the true meaning of Christmas.

A Sudanese refugee offers a message of hope as he tells Americans about his turbulent childhood in his war-torn homeland. The 27-year-old was one of thousands of so-called “lost boys” of Sudan who have settled in the United States.
Sudan in the 1980s was embroiled in a civil war fueled by religious and racial divisions, and [...]

I’m sick and tired of people acting like the only fraudsters in town are Nigerians. Whenever a scam (a.k.a. 419 or “yahoo yahoo”) occurs the world automatically assumes the perpetrator is a Nigerian hence making it hard for innocent Nigerians to transact business globally. So, to those who feel Nigerians are the only [...]