Tanzania’s Diamond Platnumz breaks Davido’s YouTube Africa record within 8 hours

Tanzanian Bongo Flava sensation Naseeb Abdul, alias Diamond Platnumz, has been making waves both internationally and on the continent and his new song, ‘Waah’, featuring Congolese music icon Koffi Olomide adds to the already existing buzz around the artiste. The latest hit song gained over one million views within 8 hours of its release, breaking the record held by Nigerian Afrobeats artiste Davido.

5 things you should know about British-Zimbabwean actor Regé-Jean Page, star of Netflix’s new hit series Bridgerton

Almost everyone is swooning over actor Regé-Jean Page’s romance with Phoebe Dynevor in the Shondaland-produced Netflix series, Bridgerton. Based on the bestselling novels by Julia Quinn, Bridgerton arrived on Christmas Day and follows two high-society families in Regency-era London.

The three rebel queens of the Virgin Islands who led a fierce revolt against Danish rule in 1878

Denmark was a colonial power in the Caribbean from 1672 until 1917. In the Danish West Indies, chattel slavery was practised from around 1650 until July 3, 1848, when the governor issued an emancipation proclamation. Still, the Danish government went on to make rules that kept people enslaved by contracts for another two years.

Ndaté Yalla Mbodj, the last queen of Senegal who fought off the French, Arabs and Moors

Located in what is now Senegal and parts of Mauritania, the Waalo kingdom was one of the strongest and oldest kingdoms in Senegal existing since the 11th century. Before the invasion of the Arabs, the people practised the matrilineal system which gave women equal rights and privileges as men.

Do you want to go to this snake massage parlor in Egypt? [Video]

Why would anyone want to visit a specialist who is massaging people with snakes? According to the spa owner Sawat Sedki, snake massages offer both “physical and emotional” benefits to patrons if they are willing to overcome their fears and submit to the serpentine healing. Sedki is a snake massage therapist in his spa in Cairo, the capital city of Egypt.

Nicki Minaj agrees to pay $450k to Tracy Chapman to settle two-year-long copyright suit

Nicki Minaj has agreed to pay $450,000 to seasoned singer and songwriter Tracy Chapman to settle a copyright lawsuit the latter brought against her for allegedly sampling her song without her permission.

George Carruthers, the inventor whose camera took the first images of space

“He will be remembered as an amazing scientist, engineer, professor, and mentor.” Those were the words of the National Society of Black Physicists (NSP) when it announced the death of its member Dr George R. Carruthers, who passed away December 26 at a Washington hospital.

Wallace Henry Thurman the man who penned the phrase ‘the blacker the berry’

Wallace Henry Thurman was in the early 1930s acknowledged as one of the leading novelists, poets, critics, and playwrights of the Harlem Renaissance. Yet, he questioned the very existence of the movement.

Idubor, the giant warrior prince of Benin who could uproot palm trees with his bare hands

Idubor came into this world at a time Great Benin was an important state that flourished in southern Nigeria. Also known as Arhuanran (sometimes spelt Aruanran), Idubor would have been the Oba (king) of Benin in the 1500s had his birthright not been taken away from him and given to his younger brother, Esigie, who was born on the same day he was.

Supfrica messaging app created by a Sierra Leonean man could be Africa’s next Whatsapp

The social messaging industry is going through a crisis as more and more users become apprehensive of privacy invasion. WhatsApp, the world’s biggest messaging platform, is forcing its users to share personal data with Facebook, its parent company, before February 8.

Dr. Dre 'agrees to pay $2M temporary spousal support' to estranged wife Nicole Young

Hip hop mogul, Dr Dre has reportedly agreed to pay his estranged wife Nicole Young $2 million in temporary spousal support amid their ongoing divorce battle.

Tesla CEO, Elon Musk overtakes Jeff Bezos to become the world's richest person

Tesla CEO, Elon Musk is now the richest person in the world, with a net worth of more than $185 billion. An increase in his company’s share price on Thursday, January 7, pushed Musk past Jeff Bezos, who had been the richest person since 2017 and is currently worth about $184 billion.

Twitter bans Michael Flynn and Sidney Powell in QAnon purge

President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn and pro-Trump attorney, Sidney Powell have been banned on Twitter as part of a purge of QAnon accounts following the insurrection at U.S. Capitol by a mob of violent Trump supporters. 

Donald Trump permanently suspended from twitter after siege at Capitol that took 5 lives

Twitter has permanently suspended Donald Trump's account two days after the siege at the Capitol that led to the death of five people and a few hours after he tweeted that he will not be attending Biden's inauguration.

Tourist pictured near edge of Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe seconds before he fell 350 feet to his death

Roy George Tinashe Dikinyay pictured moments before falling off the cliff at Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. A tourist who was pictured near a cliff at one of the world's most famous waterfalls slipped and fell over 350 feet to his death.