Less than a third of Niger's vast territory has internet access, so the west African country is betting on satellite ...

When factoring in discouraged work seekers, South Africa’s North-West province has the worst unemployment rate with more ...

News is honoring Black history this February, including the West Virginia Black Heritage Festival (WVBHF), which is held each ...

For the next four years, the relationship between the United States and Africa will not be favourable. We must brace for tougher and rougher ...

A federal judge questions President Donald Trump’s motives for issuing an executive order that calls for banning transgender ...

The illegal trade of lion and leopard parts is growing in Senegal and threatening the lion's survival across West Africa.

By Louise Hunt Across southeastern Liberia, oil palms grow wild in the forest. Known as “country palm,” the Elaeis guineensis ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have captured two major cities in Congo’s mineral-rich east after a major escalation in their yearslong fighting against Congolese forces.

Liberia is at a crossroads. As West Africa becomes an increasingly critical hub in the global drug trade, the country’s ...

Docents referred to as griots – a West African term for storyteller – are sharing the knowledge from both locations to provide a greater context to help visitors really understand the exhibits.

For those who curate and present Black history in Palm Beach County, the effort to erase their past is hardly new. It goes back to when families were ripped apart during slavery and then later through ...

By Keith Stokes, special to What’s Up Newp. Originally published on Feb. 18, 2021 “If there was a watering-place in America where respectable, refined, and well-bearing-colored ladies and gentlemen ...