Ethiopia’s legendary musician Mahmoud Ahmed has been making music for the greater part of his life, and five decades later, epically, he’s still at it. The regal looking 74-year-old charming Read More..
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The Displaced: a Performance Installation by Ghanaian artist Serge Attukwei Clottey
Stories of migration are rooted deep in our traditional and political histories. Many aspects of our different cultures intertwine at a point. This makes it clearly evident that there was Read More..
Singer, Akon, Launches “Solar Academy” in Africa
Senegalese-American musician, Akon, on Tuesday launched a Solar Academy, aimed at giving African engineers and entrepreneurs the skills needed to develop solar power. The star previously launched the Akon Lighting Read More..
The Surgeons of Mogadishu
Half way down the dimly lit main hallway of Mogadishu’s Banadir Hospital, a sign indicates the entrance to the delivery ward. It reads: “Women are not dying of diseases we Read More..
Tanzania Camp Overstretched by Burundi Refugee Influx
Kigoma, Tanzania – Tanzanian authorities say the camp hosting refugees who fled unrest in neighbouring Burundi is full and will have to be expanded. Isaac Nantanga, spokesperson for the Ministry Read More..
Meet Sada Mire: the First Somali Archeologist known to the World
Somalia sits on the horn of Africa with the longest coastline on the continent’s mainland, while its capital city Mogadishu is known as the ‘white pearl’ of the Indian Ocean. Read More..