Nigerian boy receives 40 scholarships in US, heads to Harvard
A NIGERIAN boy, Achunike Okafor, has received 40 scholarship offers after bagging an International Baccalaureate diploma with a record-breaking 4.625 grade-point average…
Spain coast guard spots boat during search for missing migrant vessel
The Spanish coast guard says one of its aircraft has found a boat during a search for a vessel carrying…
US Forest Service and historically Black colleges unite to boost diversity in wildland firefighting
Before starting college, Taylor Mohead had never been outside her hometown of Houston, Texas. Now, the recent Tuskegee University graduate…
Tunisia ‘expels hundreds’ of Black Africans to Libya border
Tunisian security forces have expelled hundreds of Black African people from Sfax to the border region with Libya, according to rights groups,…
Kiswahili: how a standard version of the east African language was formed – and spread across the world
Kiswahili originated in east Africa, spreading around the continent and the globe. It’s been adopted as a working language at the African…
Black artists and experts issue new warnings about A.I.’s bias against Black people
As new concerns about A.I. algorithms emerge, A.I. companies pledge to course-correct and increase the diversity of their tools. As…
International working group for UNAfrican Diaspora forum meets in Harlem
The International Civil Society Working Group (ICSWG) for the United Nations (UN) Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (PFPAD)…
Black Educator Creates Program Teaching Kids to Read in 40 Hours
A Black educator named Rosa Higgs has made reading easier for Black students in America. She created the Phonics workbook series “Read…