News
-
Solar eclipse 2024 expected on April 8
A total solar eclipse will pass over the U.S. in April, casting temporary darkness over more than a dozen cities…
Read More » -
Africa On The Avenue unveils list of 2024 vendors
Africa On The Avenue, a celebration of the vibrant African immigrant community along Georgia Avenue NW, in Northwest Washington, DC, in…
Read More » -
Remembering Dr. Thomas Mensah, Ghanaian fibre optics pioneer
Thomas Mensah (PhD), a Ghanaian-American chemical engineer and inventor who gained global recognition for his pioneering work in fibre optics,…
Read More » -
Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square renamed to Sankofa Square
Toronto city council voted to rename Yonge-Dundas Square to Sankofa Square and recommended a host of other landmarks be stripped of the Dundas name…
Read More » -
Senegal’s Bassirou Faye now Africa’s youngest elected president
Few had heard of him a year ago, and now he is set to become president. 44-year old Bassirou Diomaye…
Read More » -
GBH podcast ‘What Is Owed?’ explores reparations efforts
The estimated amount the United States federal government owes to African Americans for reparations is $14 trillion, according to calculations…
Read More » -
District Bridges’ Chellee Walker talks Africa On The Avenue 2024
Chellee Walker is District Bridges Lower Georgia Avenue Main Street‘s manager in the Washington DC Metro area of the United States.…
Read More » -
Ogbonnaya Okoro translates first-ever Igbo Physics textbook
Renowned writer, linguist, and Igbo language expert, Maazi Ogbonnaya Mark Okoro has made a record milestone with the release of…
Read More » -
Meet world’s first surviving nonuplets from Mali
Considered miracle babies, the world-famous nonuplets (nine babies) from Mali were born on 4 May 2021 and achieved the Guinness…
Read More » -
Idris Elba to build smart eco-city in Sierra Leone
Idris Elba has embarked on a new passion project – turning a remote island off the coast of Sierra Leone into a futuristic…
Read More »