International

By Prinesha Naidoo, Michael Cohen and Amogelang Mbatha South Africa’s government unveiled a 500 billion rand ($26 billion) package to shore up an economy devastated by the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and support those […]

Nairobi, Kenya’s governor proposed an interesting coronavirus plan that he felt could be beneficial to the needy. During a press conference Tuesday, Governor Mike Sonko revealed that along with the food packages being distributed to […]

Since the start of the COVID-19, or novel coronavirus, pandemic, China has been the first country to start to lift their mandatory bans and are slowly going back to everyday life. However, not all residents […]

One of two French physicians has apologized for suggesting Africans test a repurposed tuberculosis vaccine to help find a vaccine for COVID-19. The televised discussion caused an uproar. Jean -Paul Mira, MD, a Paris-based intensive […]

By Nefeteria Brewster South African law enforcement officers are under scrutiny after videos of them assaulting citizens went viral following a call for the country to lock down due to the coronavirus. Since South Africa […]

By Hassan Isilow – South Africa steps up testing to contain spread and manage COVID-19 cases Johannesburg – South Africa’s top doctor announced Friday two more people have died from the novel coronavirus, bringing the total […]

By Edward Lempinen The first cases of COVID-19 emerged in China last November, and the virus has since moved inexorably to Europe and the United States. The virus didn’t arrive in Africa — home to 1.2 […]

By Bukola Adebayo, CNN Lagos, Nigeria — For many years, Rose’s clothing store was the destination of choice for Lagos women in search of a new outfit for a party or occasion. She traveled regularly to […]

African Americans find new home in Ghana – gateway of the brutal African slave trade to the US that began 400 years ago. Accra, Ghana – Afia Khalia Tweneboa Kodua, then a resident of Los Angeles, still […]

Students running from tear gas. (Global Information Network) By Global Information Network Instability is growing in the East African nations of Sudan and South Sudan while the U.S. pursues a military solution to a decades-long […]