City Council voted unanimously Monday night, April 21, to OK street closures for Taste of Ann Arbor and the Ann Arbor African ...

Government has called on eligible South African spaza shop owners in townships and rural areas who want to improve, expand, and sustain their shops to apply for assistance with the R500 million Spaza ...

Attacking the Fed: Mr. Trump renewed his attacks on the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome H. Powell, calling him “a ...

Several canoes paddle toward Makoko, a vast floating slum built on stilts in the lagoon at one end of Nigeria's economic hub ...

Thousands of young and old descendants of formerly enslaved people donned elaborate costumes Sunday to bring the rhythm, ...

Culture writer Taylor Crumpton says fashionable outfits and colorful hats are how to catch God's eye at Easter Sunday services. She shares with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe how Black families dress for Easter.

In a season marked by economic hardship, Kenyan churches reimagined Easter as a time not of feasts and fanfare—but of purpose, creativity, and compassion. Across the country, congregations shifted ...

A Pentecostal church in South Africa has celebrated Easter Sunday with mass wedding ceremonies for around 3,000 people, with many of them entering into polygamous marriages.

Christians in Nigeria face ongoing Islamist violence this Easter. One expert is urging the U.S. to label Nigeria a "country of particular concern" and halt aid.

It focused on how innovative food solutions address global challenges related to biodiversity, climate and land. The evening ...

Nigeria is a beautiful place to visit, with many reasons to do so. One of them is the diverse culinary heritage of its people ...

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