Egypt’s Nubians: We Want to Reclaim Our Homeland
ASWAN, Egypt – Last weekend in Egypt’s south, Nubians launched an unprecedented challenge to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s government by marching…
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Mr. Trump, Leave Us Alone; We Will Make Africa Great Again
Africa barely got a mention in the US presidential election. This is good. If Trump succeeds in purging the factions…
Meet the Sierra Leonean Fashion Designer Set To Change The World
Born in the Eastern town of Kono, Sierra Leone Isatu Harrison was raised by her entrepreneurial single mother with her…
Plans to Close the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Raise Concerns
It opened in 1991 as a temporary shelter for Somalis who were fleeing the civil war. Home to more than…
Meet Ilhan Omar, the First Somali-American Woman Running for Public Office in the U.S.
It’s not often that an East African woman gets elected to public office in the U.S. But that is likely…
Tanzania: Earthquake Survivors Face Task of Rebuilding
When the earthquake struck, the brick walls simply crumbled at the orphanage in Tanzania’s far northwestern Kagera region. Clutching one…