On Screen
Tyra Banks Expands ‘Next Top Model’ Franchise To Africa
We’ve enjoyed 19 seasons of “America’s Next Top Model” and now Tyra Banks’ hit reality competition show is headed to Africa. According to reports, “Africa’s Next…
Tag: Africa
Top News
Two Men Tie the Knot In Africa’s ‘First Traditional Gay Wedding’
Two 27-year-old South African men, Tshepo Cameron Modisane (pictured left) and Thoba Calvin Sithole (pictured right), tied the knot Saturday in a ceremony that is being heralded as the nation’s…
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Zimbabwe Claims its Accounts are Bare
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe‘s finance ministry said it has just $217 left in its accounts after paying the nation’s civil servants and government employees…
News
Obama Plans More Trips to the Motherland
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — President Barack Obama promised to visit his father’s homeland — Kenya — before the end of his presidency, but of the 51…
Entertainment
Nas Sued by Concert Promoter for $10 Million
Concert promoter Patrick Allocco says he was taken hostage at gunpoint and held for ransom, because Nas was a no-show for a gig in Africa.…
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South African Whites Earn 6 Times More Than Blacks
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — White South Africans earn six times more than black South Africans nearly two decades after the end of apartheid and much remains…
Health and Wellness
Mysterious Nodding Disease Afflicts Young Ugandans
KITGUM, Uganda (AP) — Augustine Languna's eyes welled up and then his voice failed as he recalled the drowning death of his 16-year-old daughter. The…
National News
Hunt for Joseph Kony Lacks Troops, Equipment
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The head of a planned African Union force to hunt warlord Joseph Kony said on Wednesday that he can't start his…
National News
Ghana’s President Atta Mills Dies
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — President John Atta Mills vowed to spread Ghana's wealth stemming from newly discovered offshore oil fields, but his death Tuesday came…
National News
Obama Touts $3B in Pledges to Help Feed Africa
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday said the United States has a “moral imperative” to lead the fight against hunger and malnutrition in…
