Say what? Kanye West says 400 years of slavery a ‘choice’
A teenager's prom dress sparks a backlash for cultural appropriation while Kanye West stokes anger by suggesting that slavery was a choice.…
Gebru Jember Endalew, Chair of the LDC Group at UN climate negotiations
Gebru Jember Endalew, Chair of the LDC Group at UN climate negotiations, sends a message to the Paris Agreement signing countries at the UN climate negotiations in Bonn.…
Facebook to unveil dating feature
Facebook Inc. will add features around dating and be building long-term relationships on its social platform, Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday at the company's developers conference.…
Kenya High Court considers decriminalizing homosexuality
Gay sex is illegal in 32 African countries, including Kenya, where it is punishable by up to 14 years in jail. Kenya's High Court will soon deliver its ruling on a case…
Air pollution kills 7 Million people a year, WHO reports
Nine of 10 people around the world are exposed to dangerously high levels of pollutants that can lead led to an early death, according to a new World Health Organization report.…
Anger in Uganda over plans for tax on social media
Uganda's government plans to introduce a tax for using social media sites in the near future but as Francis Maguire reports that's drawn criticism from human rights campaigners and businesses.…
Kenya’s plastic bag ban
Kenya's plastic bag ban is already yielding results, eight months after it came into effect. Initially considered draconian because of the stiff penalties, the country is now the better for it.…
Mosque blasts kill at least 27 in Northeast Nigeria
Explosions in and around a mosque in northeast Nigeria killed at least 27 people on Tuesday (May 1), a hospital official said, in the latest in a spate of attacks by militants…
Kanye West says his feud with Jay-Z was because he missed his wedding
Kanye West says his feud with Jay-Z was because he missed his wedding in an interview that he released with Charlamagne Tha God, West revealed the reason for his fight with the…
South Korea wants U.S. troops to stay regardless of peace with North
South Korea clarifies it wants American troops to remain on the Korean Peninsula whether or not a peace treaty is signed with North Korea.…