The Hiragasy is a musical tradition in Madagascar

Why Madagascans have long tongue-twisting names

Life Style Oct 18
In 2014 when newly elected president of Madagascar Hery Rajaonarimampianina made it into the record books as the head of state with the longest family name, it sparked renewed interest in why the island country has a history of long names.
File photo: The Ebola outbreak mostly affected eastern DR Congo
WHO names team to probe DR Congo sex abuse claims
Life Style Oct 17
The World Health Organization (WHO) has appointed two women leaders to head investigations into allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation by aid workers during the recent Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The fires have been raging since Sunday
Tanzania to use planes to put out Kilimanjaro fire
Life Style Oct 16
Tanzania says more helicopters and planes will be deployed from Thursday to put out the fires on Mount Kilimanjaro, which have been raging for five days.
Authorities are battling to contain fire that broke out on Mount Kilimanjaro
Africa’s highest mountain Kilimanjaro is on fire
Life Style Oct 14
Firefighters and hundreds of volunteers in Tanzania are battling to contain a reported fire outbreak on Africa’s tallest mountain, Kilimanjaro, the country’s National Parks Service (TANAPA) confirmed in a statement on Monday.
Mr Amanuel has not been seen or heard from in 19 year, since he was arrested
Jailed Eritrean poet wins English PEN award
Life Style Oct 14
The free speech organisation English PEN has given its 2020 award for International Writer of Courage to the Eritrean poet Amanuel Asrat.
Alyson Rae Lawson is the first black woman to own a 7-Eleven franchise in her community
Meet the only African-American woman to own two 7-Eleven stores in Texas
Life Style Oct 13
Alyson Rae Lawson’s end goal was to become a franchise holder just like her father. Her dad franchised three McDonald’s in the Oak Cliff area when she was younger. As fate would have it, she is now the CEO of RaeLawson Enterprise LLC, franchisee/operator of two 7-Eleven convenient stores with gas stations located right across the street from each other in Arlington, Texas.
Goree island - which lies offshore from Senegal's capital city Dakar
Senegal’s Gorée Island reopens post Coronavirus lockdown
Life Style Oct 12
Senegal's Goree island - a former slave-trading port city turned tourist attraction, opened on Saturday following a seven-month lockdown to protect the roughly 2,000 inhabitants in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.