After heavy rains, we seldom take a second glance at the puddles of water that form on our roads. They’re usually an inconvenience, especially for pedestrians. Not for DR Congo-born painter and photographer Kiripi Katembo Siku…
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Cameroon has commenced trials on Africa’s first mobile system to transmit a cardiac signal over a mobile network, allowing heart patients in remote areas vital medical assistance. The system was invented by a local 26 year-old engineer.
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A new study has warned of a growing obesity problem in Nigeria and other sub-Saharan African countries, blaming this emergence on increasingly Western lifestyles
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In celebration of the beauty of Afro-Brazilians, we have listed a few of Brazil’s beautiful black women.
Lifestyle What’s floating in the water at Makoko? (Part 2)
ASAR ALKEBULAN traveled to Makoko, a nearly 200 year-old fishing village located in the heart of Lagos lagoon. Journey along, experiencing the sights, sounds and spirit of the people in this incredible water community and find what’s floating in the water at Makoko.
Lifestyle Psychiatric care in the DRC
15 million Congolese out of a population of 60 million suffer from mental illness. After more than 20 years of political unrest, the psychological effects on the populace has definitely been large
Lifestyle What’s floating in the water at Makoko? (Part 1)
ASAR ALKEBULAN traveled to Makoko, a nearly 200 year-old fishing village located in the heart of Lagos lagoon. Journey along, experiencing the sights, sounds and spirit of the people in this incredible water community and find what’s floating in the water at Makoko.
Lifestyle The triple burden of Africa’s FIFA World Cup
While African football players have done very well for the European teams that hired them, the question during every FIFA tournament remains the same: when will an African team become the world champion?