The Igbo Landing refers to the mass suicide of Igbo slaves in 1803 who chose to die than live a life of slavery.
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Mass Graves with 2,000 Bodies Discovered Two Decades After Rwanda Genocide | Time
The new discovery is being called the most significant in a long time in this East African nation that is still recovering from the 1994 killings of more than 800,000 people.
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Kelechi Udoagwu: Moving Fast and Breaking Things | She. Leads. Africa.
From Tinsel to Technology. Kelechi is changing the narrative of African women in the tech world.
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What next for the millions uprooted by Boko Haram? – photo essay | The Guardian
Over the course of nine years, the Boko Haram insurgency has fractured families and claimed lives across the Lake Chad region, causing untold suffering. Four photographers visited camps run by the Red Cross to document the impact of a conflict that has left 8 million people in dire need.
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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Is Dead at 81; Fought Apartheid | The New York Times
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, whose hallowed place in the pantheon of South Africa’s liberators was eroded by scandal over corruption, kidnapping, murder and the implosion of her fabled marriage to Nelson Mandela, died early Monday in Johannesburg. She was 81.
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Africa is not poor, we are stealing its wealth | Al Jazeera
If African countries are to benefit from foreign investment, they must be allowed to – even helped to – legally regulate that investment and the corporations that often bring it.
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Tony Elumelu Seeks Support to Boost Entrepreneurship in Africa | Africa.com
“This kind of intervention, is what we need to develop Africa…”
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‘Can You Dig It?’ Africa Reality Show Draws Youth to Farming | Atlanta Black Star
As a student, Leah Wangari imagined a glamorous life as a globe-trotting flight attendant, not toiling in dirt and manure.
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Exploited and Extorted, 30 Africans Drown While Trying to Return Home From Yemen | The New York Times
The mass drowning, in the Gulf of Aden, which separates war-ravaged Yemen from the destitute Horn of Africa, punctuated the lethal hazards facing migrants and refugees in an especially insecure part of the world.
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Liberia’s George Weah slashes his salary and vows to change ‘racist’ constitution | The Guardian
President will divert some of his wages to a development fund and seek to allow foreign ownership of property
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