Homeless man shot by LAPD: Who was ‘Africa’?
On the harsh streets of Skid Row that became his home, he was known as Africaa name as vague and complex as he was. Surveillance footage, police and homeless community…
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On LAPD shooting, take a broader view
Over the weekend, Los Angeles Police Department officers shot a man known as “Africa.” The killing was caught on video by bystanders as well as by currently un-released body-cam and…
China Suspends Ivory Imports, But African Elephants Still In Danger Of Extinction
BEIJING — China on Thursday suspended the import of ivory carvings for one year, marking a small step toward limiting the ivory demand that drives the slaughter of tens of…
Bin Laden Aide Convicted of Conspiracy in 1998 East Africa Bombings
A Saudi who was accused of being one of Osama bin Laden’s earliest and most trusted lieutenants was convicted on Thursday of joining a global conspiracy to kill Americans that…
Fatality Rate in West Africa Ebola Clinics Is Dropping
SEATTLE — As the Ebola epidemic in West Africa wanes, physicians from Doctors Without Borders are confronting a mystery: More of their patients are surviving. They do not know why….
Why we still need Black History Month, even though #28daysarenotenough
In 1843 Noah Webster, said by some to be the founding father of American scholarship and education, was asked by black minister Amos Beman to share “some account of the…
Favipiravir, Experimental Ebola Drug, Seems To Prove Effective In Those With Low Virus Levels
An experimental antiviral drug shows some early, encouraging signs of effectiveness in its first human test against Ebola in West Africa, but only if patients get it when their symptoms…
Malaria in Widening Area Resists Drug, Study Finds
BANGKOK — The world’s best drug for treating malaria, a medicine that is the key to saving millions of lives in Africa and beyond, is losing its efficacy in a…
Forget ‘House of Cards!’ 8 must-see African shows you NEED to watch
Move over “House of Cards!” And “Better Call Saul” can wait. If you need a new obsession to binge-watch online, we’ve got a hot list of African TV and web…
A Brief Guide to Cricket Terms, From Beamer to Wicket
The Cricket World Cup is underway in Australia and New Zealand. But unless you are from Britain, India, South Africa or a few other places, you are very likely so…
Breaking the bank: Bitcoins hit Africa’s money transfer traditions
Money makes the world go round, they say, but what if notes and coins were replaced with online code? Bitcoin — the world’s much talked about cryptocurrency — is just…
These Photos Prove Nelson Mandela’s Legacy Thrives 25 Years After His Prison Release
On this day in 1990, massive crowds gathered throughout South Africa to celebrate the release of the nation’s beloved Nelson Mandela. It marked a momentous occasion and an even more…
4 essential things to know about Joburg history
Modern Johannesburg was born with the discovery of gold. Almost overnight, it became one of the fastest-growing cities in the world as fortune-seekers rushed in. The stories that make up…
U.S. bringing home almost all troops sent to Africa in Ebola crisis
“Today, around 1,500 of them are already back to their duty stations and nearly all will return by April 30. All have or will undergo established controlled monitoring procedures.” Kirby…
Obama to Bring Most Military Personnel Fighting Ebola Home, Officials Say
WASHINGTON — President Obama will announce Wednesday that he is withdrawing almost all the American troops who were sent to West Africa to help contain the spread of the Ebola…
Angelique Kidjo: ‘Do I LOOK like I have Ebola?’
“The driver just asked, ‘where are you from?’ Of course I have an accent, and I’m not going to hide the fact that I’m from West Africa. Then he said,…
Banking Giant HSBC Sheltered Murky Cash Linked to Dictators and Arms Dealers
Secret documents reveal that global banking giant HSBC profited from doing business with arms dealers who channeled mortar bombs to child soldiers in Africa, bag men for Third World dictators,…
Less Than Half Of The Money Pledged To Fight Ebola Reached Affected Countries Last Year
Nearly $2.9 billion has been pledged to help fight the Ebola outbreak since it swept West Africa last year, but a new study found a large discrepancy between the funds…
Africa Cup of Nations: A few good men stand up to be counted in ‘war zone’
Read: Violence mars Ghana’s AFCON semifinal victory Above a helicopter hovered over the Estadio de Malabo, the venue of Thursday’s Africa Cup of Nations semifinal between Equatorial Guinea and Ghana….
The Country Where People Literally Reach Out To Help Moms Breastfeed In Public
While moms in America are often starred at or shamed for breastfeeding in public, the opposite is true in Africa. – Sign up here for Live Today, HuffPost Live’s morning…
Web poet’s society: Site brings African poetry into digital age
“We have a rich oral tradition and it’s important that we document what is happening in history poetry-wise,” she explains. “Africa has a history of a lack of documentation and…
Massive gas discovery transforms Mozambique backwater into boomtown
The protected Bay of Pemba in northern Mozambique may look like a sea of tranquility, but this area is surging with change. As boats bob just outside the port terminal…
Ancient Skull Sheds New Light On Human-Neanderthal Sex
An ancient human skull fragment found in Israel may come from a close relative of the first modern humans to colonize Europe, researchers say. The finding sheds light on the…
14 Baby Girl Names Inspired By Strong, Adventurous Women
If when you hear the words “adventurer” or “explorer,” you get the image of a macho man in a pith helmet on a quest to discover new lands, here are…
On Slavery’s Doorstep in Ghana
Mandred Henry was a health care sales rep from Hartford whom people often stopped on the street, saying he was a dead ringer for Morgan Freeman. Throughout his life he…
Will Africa’s biggest wind power project transform Kenya’s growth?
The 300 MW Lake Turkana Wind Power Project, which is being developed in the country’s North-East, hopes to produce 20% of the country’s current installed electricity generating capacity when it…
Ancient Skull Adds New Insight to Story of Human Evolution
Anthropologists exploring a cave in Israel have uncovered a rare 55,000-year-old fossil skull that they say has a story to tell of a reverberating transition in human evolution, in the…
‘We Are the World’ at 30: Where are they now?
“We Are the World” was a way to raise money to fight a famine in Ethiopia and other parts of Africa, following in the harmonious path blazed by Band Aid’s…
Botswana Doctor Is Named to Lead W.H.O. in Africa
A defining moment in the life of Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organization’s new regional director for Africa, came when she was 9 and her father realized that her…
Algeria and Ghana progress from AFCON “Group of Death”
However, a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Algeria coupled with Ghana’s 2-1 win over South Africa ensured Alan Girese’s men would not be progressing to the quarterfinals. More to…