The BRICS group of emerging economies (made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) gather at the 5th annual BRICS summit in Durban, South Africa. It is the first time the summit is being held in Africa – and rightly so – as the theme for this year [...]
On February 28th, Pope Benedict stepped down as pope. Now, Vatican City observers, 1.2 billion Catholics, the media, and bookies have all been left with one question–Who will be the next pope? We at Africa.com ask, will it be another African pope? In our slideshow below, we look at [...]
What is Africa? Applause Africa invites its audience and panelists to answer this multi-faceted question on Saturday. Its event at the Brooklyn Museum entitled, “African Exchange: What is Africa?” also celebrates African Innovation, a new exhibit at the museum. Introducing the topic will be Africa.com’s short film Africa Straight Up. [...]
If Nigeria is home to the most private jets on the continent, then Kenya is land of the high-end television set. Late last year, Sony and Sharp released Ultra Definition television sets valued at 1 million Kenyan Shillings. Not to be outdone, home appliances maker LG has recently released the first ever 84-inch Ultra [...]
The Guardian reported on Monday that Islamist rebels fleeing the north set fire to a library in Mali. Some of the manuscripts lost dated back to the 13th century. “Of course, human casualties are a tragedy,” a colleague said. But there is just something about irreplaceable ancient artifacts being destroyed [...]
January 25 marks the two year anniversary of the Egyptian Protests that eventually toppled former President Hosni Mubarak. To really wrap your head around the significance of that fact, consider the following: from 1953, the year Egypt gained independence from Great Britain, until 2011, there had been only 3 presidents: Gamal Abdel [...]
So you’ve seen the headlines and heard the reports about Mali. If you are visiting Africa.com, we assume you care about the situation, but may still need a brush up on Mali and what is currently happening there. It’s Friday, so here are 10 facts and figures about Mali that’ll [...]
There is only one day to go until the 2013 edition of the African Cup of Nations. In between reliving great matches, and anticipating opening match ups–Morocco and South Africa, anyone?–we took some time to look at numbers significant to the African Cup of Nations. 1957- The first Afcon ever is [...]
The African Cup of Nation kicks off on January 19th in South Africa. It used to be that you had to wait every other year for the African Cup of Nations, but for the first time since 1963, we have an Afcon in a consecutive year–to avoid conflict of schedule [...]
Last month, the 20th annual African Diaspora International Film Festival opened in New York City. Whether you are a first time attendee or a trustee of the film festival attending your 20th, there is always something at ADIFF that’ll keep you coming back. Even if you haven’t ever attended, here [...]
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