Independent Africa

Nabila works 10 hours or more a day, doing the heavy, dirty labour of packing mud into moulds and hauling wheelbarrows full of bricks. At 12 years old, she has been working in brick...

Throughout his eight months in an Israeli prison, 26-year-old Palestinian artist Mohammad al-Azeez Atef found refuge in the calligraphy skills he developed from a young age.In his seven-by-four-metre (23-by-13-foot) rectangular room in Israel’s Ofer...

A United Nations tribunal in The Hague has opened the genocide trial of a Rwandan businessman captured two years ago after decades on the run, with judges saying the hearing must go on despite...

Soldiers are on the streets and heavy gunfire has been heard near the main military camp and residential areas of Burkina Faso’s capital.A large blast also rang out on Friday near the presidential palace...

Prize-winning Zimbabwean novelist and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga has been fined and given a six-month suspended jail sentence after a court found her guilty of “inciting public violence” during a 2020 anti-government protest.Dangarembga was tried...

The Kissi, Loma, and Bandi people who lived in the present-day border regions of Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea introduced the “Kissi money” or “Kissi penny” around the end of the 19th century. Its...

It is no secret that Nigeria has a lot of tribes. Being the most populous West African country, indigenes of some native tribes prior to western civilization are bound to be forgotten, but not...

The action is however against the provisions of Section 11 sub section 3 (b) of the Pension Reform Act (2014) which clearly states that: “the employer shall not later than seven (7) working days...

A Chicago man, who spent 25 years in prison after he was allegedly coerced to falsely confess to a murder he says he did not commit, will be paid $9 million by the City...

Authorities in Florida have brought several child sex crime charges against a pastor who also owns and runs a kung fu training academy.According to WESH, Palm Bay police said Roberson Douge – a pastor...

Grammy award-winning rapper Coolio passed away on Wednesday at the age of 59, TMZ reported. The West Coast rapper, who is best remembered for his 1995 hit song Gangsta’s Paradise, died at the Los...

After the colonial masters formally began to exit Africa around the 1960’s, many of the newly independent African nations quickly and sadly descended into a series of protracted power struggles as popular personalities, competing...

One of the respected traditional symbols of the Mende people of the West African nation, Sierra Leone, in initiation ceremonies is the helmet or sowei mask.In the Mende culture, the helmet mask is used...

Most festivals in Africa are celebrated to remember key fathers of old who made significant changes and contributions to society. While most of these fathers of old are categorized as myths by science the...

It recently emerged that the route used in transporting enslaved Africans to North America was through the main ports in Bight of Benin and West-Central Africans. Analysis of 2,000 samples from people in 57 settlements...

Campaigns for Presidential and National Assembly seats officially kicked off Wednesday, Sept 28, in Nigeria.In accordance with Section 94(1) of the Electoral Act 2022, campaign in public by all political parties “commences 150 days...

 The family of one Daniel Christopher of Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State has accused the Nigeria Police Force, Lagos State Command of arraigning and remanding their son in prison custody on an...

A rights organization has revealed that the Lesotho security forces have a "dangerous pattern" of mistreatment that includes torturing and illegal killings.Police allegedly killed and injured students at a protest in June, according to...

It will be a "huge dream," according to top scorer Sharon "Chumba" Chepchumba, if Kenya becomes the first African team to advance to the second round of the Women's World Volleyball Championship.Chepchumba was overjoyed...

Mozambique and the IMF team reached Monday a staff-level agreement on the economic and financial policies that could support the approval of the First Review of the program under the ECF arrangement.The ECF also...

The environment ministry has announced that the oldest chimpanzee in Guinea passed away at the age of roughly 71.Fana had been living alone as she became less mobile following a severe fall that paralyzed...

Mali's interim Prime Minister, Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga, is back home after his speech at the UN's General Assembly.In his speech, Idrissa Maïga praised the military junta's successes against the jihadists and his country's regained...

An investigation of one of Guinea's deadliest killings is being conducted by Moussa Dadis Camara, a former military leader.Following a 12-year exile, Capt. Camara returned to "clean his name which has been dragged through...

Today’s edition of Business Africa is specially dedicated to the role that business can play in solving some of the continent’s biggest challenges.The Global African Business Initiative which brings together key stakeholders in the...

Cameroon’s capital Yaoundé was the place to be for urban music fans and art lovers. The La Zone festival which is produced by the Douala art Festival (Domaf) was aimed to be a smaller...

"The Woman King, a historical epic about female warriors in a West African kingdom fighting slave traders, ruled the U.S. box office this weekend.The Sony film, which depicts the real-life warriors of the 19th-century...

Sudan's Wazza instrument ushers in the harvest season. This traditional instrument comes from Sudan's Blue Nile southern state and has been used for generations.The sound of traditional Sudanese instrument Wazza fills the air in the...

There is crisis presently between the Okumagba royal family of Okere-Urhobo kingdom and the family of Emmanuel Oritsejolomi Uduaghan, the “elema” of Warri kingdom over the alleged grabbing of over 30 hectares of land...

Preparations for the November Football World Cup are not going smoothly for all African teams.Friendly matches were held on Tuesday, September 27, as part of the Qatar World Cup preparations. The international tournament is...

Ukraine's progress in the southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia has been far more limited than its successes in the north-east. Front line positions come under regular fire as both Russia and Ukraine attempt to...

The fertile and lush lands of northern Rwanda are well known to infamous Felicien Kabuga.The 89-year-old whose trial opens in the Hague on Thursday grew up here in Nyange village before making a fortune.He...

Nigerian writer Molara Wood pays tribute to author and filmmaker Biyi Bandele, whose film premiered in Canada weeks after his death.Bandele's final film is an adaptation of Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka's play, Death and...

Lawyers for Guinea's former president, Moussa Dadis Camara, say he has been sent to jail ahead of his trial for his alleged role in a stadium massacre 13 years ago. His co-accused will also be...

Burkina Faso's government says 11 soldiers were found dead and around 50 civilians are missing following a suspected jihadist attack on a convoy. Twenty-eight other people, including 20 soldiers, were wounded in the Monday attack...

The UNAid's executive director, Winnie Byanyima, has lashed out at a Ugandan MP saying he lacks "the skills, competence & integrity of an MP". MP Mwesigye Frank had accused the opposition leader Bobi Wine of...

The Central Bank of Nigeria has raised interest rates for local bank lending to 15.5%, its highest level yet, just two months after it was pegged at 14%. It comes as Nigeria’s inflation continues to...

A leading rights group campaigning against torture says that law enforcement agents and militias in Libya killed at least 581 civilians between the start of 2020 and March this year. The World Organisation Against Torture...

Cuba is completely without power after Hurricane Ian pummelled the western end of the island, its government has announced.The electrical system is experiencing total collapse, officials said, after one of the main power plants...

Central London's historic Trafalgar Square is set to get a new statue on Wednesday.But this time, it is not a monument to one of the UK's war heroes or kings. Instead it will...

The Group Chief Executive Officer of Echo Network Africa (ENA), formerly Kenya Women Holding which is a woman-led, women-serving development institution, Dr. Jennifer Riria, has been nominated to be honoured at the 6th Annual...

Kenya's social media space has been the center of debate around the role of religion in politics.This follows an announcement over the weekend by First Lady Rachel Ruto that monthly prayer sessions will be...

Russian investigators on Monday afternoon, disclosed the identity of the man who killed 13 people in a shooting at a school in the city of Izhevsk.The 34-year-old man was once a student at the...

A former Edo State House of Assembly Speaker, Rt Hon. Uyinmwen Ativie, paid millions of Naira to be listed as the Labour Party’s House of Representatives candidate for Uhunmwode/Orhionmwon federal constituency in Edo State,...

Kenya’s President William Ruto on Tuesday, September 27, 2022, unveiled his new Cabinet two weeks after he was sworn in as Kenya's fifth head of state.At a press conference, Dr. Ruto stated that Deputy...

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has cancelled his two-day state visit to Cuba, citing bad weather.Weather reports indicate Cuba will be hit by Tropical Storm Ian, which has strengthened into a hurricane.President Mnangagwa travelled to...

Speaking at a charity event over the weekend in the US, Fatima Bio said that unknown individuals wanted to have her husband removed from power.Julius Maada Bio's wife, Fatima Bio, has said that because...

34 trainee medical personnel claimed they were refusing to work and charged the government with failing to provide them with the necessary safety equipment.Since an epidemic was reported last week, the World Health Organization...

Fifteen years ago, Patricia Farooq was a maths and science teacher at the Houston Independent School District but transitioned into entrepreneurship to bring in an additional stream of income.As a teacher, Farooq worked in...

For 27 hours, as the world came to the reality of what is now one of the darkest moments in American history, her body lay in the rubble, pinned down in a single position,...

A Jamaican woman was found dead after she reportedly consumed over 20 cups of an alcoholic beverage to celebrate her 21st birthday, The Gleaner reported. The deceased, identified as Shannoy Brown, was on Thursday...