Biden administration revives plan to put Harriet Tubman on $20 bill after Trump's administration blocked the plan

The Joe Biden administration has revived plans to put Harriet Tubman on $20 bill note after the process was delayed under Trump's administration.

Female judge in India rules that molesting children through clothes does not count as crime as she overturns the conviction of a paedophile

A judge in India is currently facing criticism after she ruled that molesting a child through their clothes does not count as a sex crime.

China rolls out anal swab coronavirus tests, says it’s more accurate than throat method

Authorities in China have introduced anal swabs as a new type of coronavirus test that could detect the virus more accurately as they struggle to contain rising infections ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrations.

Why I stopped attending churches in Nigeria – Chimamanda Adichie

Nigerian novelist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has said that she doesn’t attend the Catholic churches in Nigeria because activities became “way too much” about money, fundraising, and thanksgiving.

Larry King: Former CNN presenter dies at 87

Former CNN presenter, Larry King, has died at the age of 87. King conducted an estimated 50,000 interviews throughout a career that spanned six decades.

How Ivorian architect Sara Coulibaly is inspiring African children with her new brand of Black dolls

Sara Coulibaly grew up playing with light-skinned dolls, and even as an adult, the idea of still seeing such dolls on shelves in Ivory Coast was unsettling to her, especially when Black people are claiming their roots now more than ever.

Kenya battling with Chinese prostitutes, arrests 15 at brothel

The Kenyan government has launched a war against Chinese nationals engaging in businesses reserved for locals. The recent crackdown was at a brothel in the capital Nairobi where 15 Chinese nationals were arrested.

Five things to know about Amanda Gorman, the youngest poet to perform at a presidential inauguration

22-year-old Amanda Gorman is now the youngest poet to recite her original poem at a presidential inauguration and the sixth poet to perform at an inauguration following in the footsteps of other great poets like Maya Angelou and Robert Frost.

How the 36 states of Nigeria got their names

Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country and where one can find more Black people than in any other country on the planet, has a uniquely complicated colonial history.

Do you know what North Africans looked like before Islam and Arabs invaded?

There has been a fierce debate over the Africanness of Maghrebian North Africans as well as Libyans and Egyptians, for close to a century. One of the key drivers of this debate is their appearance.