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West African heads of states have chosen Nigeria's newly elected President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to lead the Ecowas regional bloc for the next year, replacing Guinea-Bissau's leader Umaro Sissoco Embalo.

Uganda's Export Vision: $6 Billion Boost by 2028

Uganda's Plan to Boost Exports by $6 Billion: No More 'Blind Dates' in Trade

A new museum Alabama tells the history of the Clotilda — the last ship known to transport Africans to the American South for enslavement

The state-of-the art International African American Museum opened last month – can it effect radical change?

Strange, never-before-seen movements in the East Africa Rift Valley appear to be driven by super-heated rock from deep beneath Earth's surface.

From the girl gangs of Marrakech to the kings of Nigeria, Bedouin family portraits to the tumult of megacities, this superbly curated show of 36 artists unites an entire continent in remarkable detail

Kenya celebrates 60 years of independence this year. As a political scientist who has studied Kenya for the past 20 years, I consider a turning point from each decade that helped to shape the east African country’s post-colonial politics. I haven’t selected elections, assassinations or other moments that have enjoyed…

American groups have helped to establish global web who share ideas and funding in bid to restrict gay and trans rights