These diseases had once been extraordinary rarities. When HIV hit, they were everywhere. I remember how I blew up gloves into balloons to distract the kids, so small and polite, their hair neatly ...

Liberia, often remembered for its turbulent past, holds the promise of a prosperous future. It's time for Liberia to reclaim its narrative and reintroduce itself to the world as the Jewel of Africa-- ...

South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people died during a police siege, as a local volunteer described the horror ...

Workers at Firestone's rubber farm in Liberia say that extracting natural rubber comes with a high human cost.

It’s tempting to overcompensate for the absence of Black history by teaching only perfect, pristine, and pure histories.

The Chattanooga-based folk musician moved to the U.S. from his home country Liberia in the '90s during the country's civil ...

Liberia, often remembered for its turbulent past, holds the promise of a prosperous future. It’s time for Liberia to reclaim its narrative and reintroduce itself to the world as the Jewel of Africa— a ...

Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya's former president, told African leaders to consider Trump's freeze on foreign aid as a "wake-up call." ...

Author and academic Layli Maparyan, Ph.D., was recently appointed president of the University of Liberia. Before her appointment, she served as the Katherine Stone Kaufmann Executive Director of the ...

Cauridor, which lets merchants, banks, and telco operators move funds in and out of Africa through its payment rails, raises ...

In recent years, discussions around the role of foreign aid in Africa have intensified, with many questioning its long-term ...