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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Britain’s Prince Harry and retired South African archbishop Desmond Tutu have discussed charity work and community development over tea in South Africa. The prince’s office at Kensington Palace said Monday that Harry, who was recently in Lesotho to open a children’s center, visited Tutu at his foundation’s offices in Cape Town and […]

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Pope Francis is visiting a slum on Nairobi’s northwestern edge to press his call for adequate and dignified housing for society’s most marginal, especially in burgeoning megacities like the Kenyan capital. Francis has frequently insisted on the need for the three “Ls” — land, labor and lodging — and on Friday […]

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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe is no longer pressing for the extradition of James Walter Palmer, an American dentist who killed a well-known lion called Cecil, a Cabinet minister said Monday. Palmer can now safely return to Zimbabwe as a “tourist” because he had not broken the southern African country’s hunting laws, Environment, Water and […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — As world leaders descend on the United Nations this weekend, former President Bill Clinton will be taking them to East Africa through virtual reality. Viewers with special goggles will be able to follow Clinton’s travels in eight minutes. Footage was captured last spring with 360-degree cameras. What you see through the […]

According to Zimbabwe's environment minister, Oppah Muchinguri, the American hunter who killed Cecil the Lion should be extradited

Everyone should know who this douche is. #WalterPalmer http://t.co/oLGGeTMPCu — Dom zamprogna (@dom_zamprogna) July 28, 2015 Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer became “the most hated man”…

Today we’re making Akon our Human Being of the Week! The artist is working on an academy that will provide 600 million Africans with electricity. Listen to the audio player to hear more about his initiative and why it deserves just as much attention as any other story in the news. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! […]

Although he’s been absent on the music scene recently, Akon has been working to bring electricity to 600 million Africans with his initiative Lighting Africa. At…

In case you’ve been wondering what Akon is up to these days, he has apparently been busy with  launching a new academy that is set to…

In case you’ve been wondering what Akon is up to these days, he has apparently been busy with  launching a new academy that is set to…

Incredible X-ray shows eight-year-old boy hidden inside womans suitcase as she tried to smuggle him into Spain … pic.twitter.com/pwhomFK7sb — DailyNew5 (@DailyNew5) May 8, 2015…

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The White House announced Monday that President Barack Obama will make his first trip to his father’s native Kenya as President this summer. Obama will travel to Kenya in July for bilateral meetings and the 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Summit, an annual conference that connects entrepreneurs with business leaders, international organizations, and governments, reports CNN. “His […]