Bringing West Africa to Chicago, Victoria Boateng teaches workshops and classes featuring the djembe drum for people with autism and disabilities.

Here’s a roundup of upcoming local events, including Veterans Day celebration, Capital Food Fight, film festivals, concerts, ...

Leaders from Egypt and Somalia have met in Eritrea over tensions in the Horn of Africa ...

"SNL's" Season 49 host Ryan Gosling left the audience and himself in stitches as they laughed over sketches like the sequel ...

Launched in 2018, the initiative has supported a raft of emerging and more established filmmakers and their projects, hailing from Morocco, the Arab world, and Africa. Nichols – whose ...

South Africa is a middle-income emerging market with an abundant supply of natural resources; well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, and transport sectors; and a stock exchange ...

"Africa has contributed a tiny amount of carbon emissions globally, but is being hit the hardest by extreme weather," Kimutai said. The role of climate change in the floods was compounded by other ...

HIV/AIDS is currently the eighth leading cause of death in Africa, accounting for almost five percent of all deaths in 2021. At that time, HIV/AIDS was not among the leading 20 causes of death in ...

South Africa has asked Taiwan to move its de facto embassy out of its administrative capital, Pretoria. It has given Taipei six months to relocate its liaison office to the commercial hub of ...

(AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa has asked Taiwan to move its unofficial embassy out of the administrative capital, Pretoria, in a move that’s seen as appeasing ...

It could be easy to overlook the dangers of tensions rising again in the Horn of Africa. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s fixation on securing an outlet to the Red Sea, and his proven ...

Ha Ha Halton is inviting the community to join in on its first Halloween-themed event since the pandemic, for an afternoon filled with fun and laughter through their sketch comedy and improv show.