By David Brooks The journalists at Charlie Hebdo are now rightly being celebrated as martyrs on behalf of freedom of expression, but let’s face it: If they had tried to publish their satiric... Read more
Yaya Toure is the first player to win African player of the year four times in a row. (ESPN) Yaya Toure has been named CAF’s African player of the year for a record-equaling fourth tim... Read more
Abuja, Nigeria, January 8, 2015 – An independent radio station that Gambian authorities ordered to stop broadcasting from January 1 to 4 after a failed coup attempt in the country has... Read more
By Eline Gordts & Charlotte Alfred /The Huffington Post A woman holds up a placard that reads in French, ‘I am Charlie’ as she and others gather at the Place de la Republique... Read more
Press Release Executive Chairman and CEO of Ebony Life TV, Africa’s first Global Black Entertainment and Lifestyle network, Mo Abudu was announced on Thursday 1 January, 2015 by Forbes... Read more
President Obama surprised Congress Tuesday when he attended the 114th Congressional swearing-in ceremony wearing an “I Can’t Breathe” T-shirt. Republican elected officials looked “stunned” a... Read more
By Editorial Board/Washington Post AFRICA’S MOST populous nation may be careening toward trouble. While Nigeria has recently captured international headlines for its battle against the murde... Read more
By Kim Hjelmgaard/USA TODAY An injured person is evacuated from the office of the French satirical newspaper “Charlie Hebdo” on Jan. 7 in Paris. Twelve people were killed and 10... Read more
By Zayyad I. Muhammad The emergence of Nuhu Ribadu as the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) will alter the traditional voting culture in the state. Nuhu’s emergen... Read more
By Philip Obaji Jr. Hauwa, 16, is from Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State in northeastern Nigeria, a region blighted by years of Boko Haram insurgency. She says fear is with her dail... Read more
