Accra, Ghana. Cheers erupt from the gathered crowd as a man’s name is announced. Clad in a red beret and a camouflage uniform, the national flag stitched onto his sleeve features a yellow star, not Ghana’s emblematic black one. Nevertheless, the ...
Meet Nyankhkhnum and Khnumhotep, two men buried together in the same tomb during the 5th dynasty in Egypt. Despite both having wives and families, the painting shows them embracing and touching noses. In Egyptian art, this act represents a kiss. This...
Located in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, ‘La Maison du Peuples’ (the House of the People) stands as an amalgamation of brutalist formidability and soft ornamentation. Its warm concrete facade blends into the surrounding rich-toned earth, while skyli...
As shoppers in the United States woke up early to score Black Friday deals on the day after Thanksgiving, in Nigeria the terrorist group Boko Haram carried out an attack which killed dozens. Although ISIL may receive more coverage by Western media, B...
As shoppers in the United States woke up early to score Black Friday deals on the day after Thanksgiving, in Nigeria the terrorist group Boko Haram carried out an attack which killed dozens. Although ISIL may receive more coverage by Western media, B...
Though the civil war that shattered Côte d’Ivoire has been over for almost three years, the nation is still struggling to piece itself back together. Since taking hold of the presidency in 2011, after four months of crisis and bloodshed, Alassane ...
Though the civil war that shattered Côte d’Ivoire has been over for almost three years, the nation is still struggling to piece itself back together. Since taking hold of the presidency in 2011, after four months of crisis and bloodshed, Alassane ...
On November 21, only a week after terrorist attacks rocked Paris and left 130 dead, heavily armed gunmen streamed into a hotel in Bamako, Mali, taking over 150 hostages and eventually killing 27 in the hotel. The hotel attack brought Mali back into t...
On November 21, only a week after terrorist attacks rocked Paris and left 130 dead, heavily armed gunmen streamed into a hotel in Bamako, Mali, taking over 150 hostages and eventually killing 27 in the hotel. The hotel attack brought Mali back into t...
Waves of protests on college campuses across the United States have opened urgent conversations about the presence of racism in higher educational institutions. This fall, students at various universities, including Yale, Missouri, and Brown, have co...
Waves of protests on college campuses across the United States have opened urgent conversations about the presence of racism in higher educational institutions. This fall, students at various universities, including Yale, Missouri, and Brown, have co...
Morocco’s first Ikea was scheduled for a grand opening in Mohammedia, north of Casablanca, on September 29. When the doors of the furniture store never opened that day, officials from the Moroccan interior ministry said the store simply lacked prop...
Morocco’s first Ikea was scheduled for a grand opening in Mohammedia, north of Casablanca, on September 29. When the doors of the furniture store never opened that day, officials from the Moroccan interior ministry said the store simply lacked prop...
Lalla Essaydi’s photographic art depicting Arab women emerges from a simple yet powerful idea for the image: women, their clothing, their setting and an interaction. The photography series is a result of a project several months long. She chooses t...
Lalla Essaydi’s photographic art depicting Arab women emerges from a simple yet powerful idea for the image: women, their clothing, their setting and an interaction. The photography series is a result of a project several months long. She chooses t...
For the past few weeks, students at the University of Cape Town have been demonstrating in protest of the Cecil Rhodes statue situated front and center on the university’s campus since 1934. The statue overlooks the rugby fields and sits at the top...
For the past few weeks, students at the University of Cape Town have been demonstrating in protest of the Cecil Rhodes statue situated front and center on the university’s campus since 1934. The statue overlooks the rugby fields and sits at the top...
When the residents of Juba, the capital of South Sudan, took to the streets at midnight on July 9, 2011 to celebrate the country’s independence, they expected a future of peace and order after decades of unrelenting conflict. Though the mood was op...
When the residents of Juba, the capital of South Sudan, took to the streets at midnight on July 9, 2011 to celebrate the country’s independence, they expected a future of peace and order after decades of unrelenting conflict. Though the mood was op...
For more than 150,000 Sahrawis, this year marks the 40th anniversary of the start of their life as refugees in the Western Sahara. There has been no fighting in the last 24 years, and a growing number of second-generation Sahrawi refugees have no mem...
For more than 150,000 Sahrawis, this year marks the 40th anniversary of the start of their life as refugees in the Western Sahara. There has been no fighting in the last 24 years, and a growing number of second-generation Sahrawi refugees have no mem...
The knife-wielding terrorists that have been appearing in our social media newsfeeds with alarming regularity over the past months do not distinguish between combatants and civilians. In their eyes, a British aid worker is as legitimate a victim as a...
The knife-wielding terrorists that have been appearing in our social media newsfeeds with alarming regularity over the past months do not distinguish between combatants and civilians. In their eyes, a British aid worker is as legitimate a victim as a...
Since its establishment in 2002, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has heard 22 cases and indicted 36 individuals, all of them from Africa. Now, in the midst of multiple ongoing ICC investigations in African countries, the continent has shot bac...
Since its establishment in 2002, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has heard 22 cases and indicted 36 individuals, all of them from Africa. Now, in the midst of multiple ongoing ICC investigations in African countries, the continent has shot bac...
On December 14, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Fatou Bensouda, announced the shelving of the Sudan case, and instead urged the United Nations to do more to address the situation in Sudan. The decision to suspend this case ...
On December 14, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Fatou Bensouda, announced the shelving of the Sudan case, and instead urged the United Nations to do more to address the situation in Sudan. The decision to suspend this case ...