Culture & Sports

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Senegalese superstar Youssou N’Dour and Grammy-winner Angelique Kidjo of Benin were among a galaxy of talent brought together for a virtual concert to raise awareness of the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 100…

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Liberian President George Weah has released a coronavirus-themed single, using music to raise awareness about prevention measures in the West African state.  In his Let’s Stand Together and Fight Coronavirus, Weah…

VOICE OF AMERICA Nairobi’s Kariobangi neighborhood became home to a football team in 2000. Later named the Kariobangi Sharks, the team was a bright spot in an informal settlement marked by poverty, crime and crowded living conditions.…

REUTERS South Sudanese wrestler Kur Bol Jok strode into the arena, puffed out his chest and faced his opponent, bracing for the fight. Wrestling is popular in the world’s youngest nation, which has been devastated by five years of…

BBC NEWS AT BBC.CO.UK/NEWS In a field in central Goma, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 36,000 people got the chance to forget fears about insecurity and enjoy some top music acts at the Amani Festival. The…

VOICE OF AMERICA In Africa, hundreds of indigenous languages are on the verge of extinction. That includes at least 13 languages in Kenya. Kenyan civil society groups are proposing a bill to help preserve and safeguard these disappearing…