2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (413+ words) Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom has named television news anchor Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma to succeed King Oyo Nyimba, ​who died last month at age 34. During a press conference in the kingdom’s capital of Fort Portal on Wednesday, the royal clan’s ​succession…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (519+ words) President of The Gambia Adama Barrow is calling upon citizens to remain calm over prolonged power cuts, indicating that his nation is not alone in facing an electricity crisis that has affected multiple parts of West Africa. Barrow’s words come…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (441+ words) Burkina Faso President Captain Ibrahim Traore has sounded an alarm to both religious leaders and the young people of his nation, indicating that there should be a pursuit of active work, rather than an overreliance on religion. Since Traore took…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (470+ words) While scrolling through her Threads feed in early August, Ashley La Bomme-Benson found a post from educator and kids’ advocate Ms. Rachel (real name Rachel Accurso). The post, made on August 11, urged Black businesses or entrepreneurs to share their business…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (407+ words) Former Dallas Cowboys player Emmitt Smith, along with several business partners, is facing a lawsuit from a Native American economic development agency in the Delaware Chancery Court. The agency alleges that Smith, the NFL’s all-time leading rusher, defrauded it of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (438+ words) Beyoncé has extended a hand of support to the residents of Indiana following the severe flooding the state faced. On August 31, her BeyGOOD Foundation shared on social media that it had donated $200,000 in aid to City Life Center and Angel…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (446+ words) Seven-year-old Jules Zion is already making waves in robotics. He recently completed an impressive robotics program at MIT, showcasing his remarkable talent and enthusiasm for technology at such a young age. His mother, Kiki Ayers, founder of Ayers Publicity and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (527+ words) Ron Kazooba Kawamara, King Oyo Kabamba Iguru IV’s cousin, said he has struggled to find words for the king’s death. Oyo, who became the world’s youngest reigning monarch when he ascended the throne in 1995, died last Thursday aged 34, the prime…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (431+ words) A South African airline has responded to criticism after two of its aircraft performed a conspicuous aerial maneuver over a packed stadium. According to the BBC, videos showed two Airlink aircraft flying in close formation as they performed an aerial…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (416+ words) A court in the Netherlands on Friday handed a life prison sentence to a 67-year-old man found guilty of committing war crimes and genocide in Rwanda in 1994. Per Reuters, the convicted man, identified as Eugene N., was handed the punishment after…...