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VOICE OF AMERICA South Africa’s Market Theatre is one of several African cultural institutions that has gone entirely online because…

BBC NEWS AT BBC.CO.UK/NEWS Tanzanian pop star Diamond Platnumz has become the first Sub-Saharan African singer to get 1 billion…

BBC NEWS AT BBC.CO.UK/NEWS Formula E auto racing wants to expand its operations in Africa. The series has one race…

ADF STAFF Apopular children’s cartoon by a Nigerian animator is promoting African culture and stories. The Bino & Fino cartoon…

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Senegalese superstar Youssou N’Dour and Grammy-winner Angelique Kidjo of Benin were among a galaxy of talent brought together…

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Liberian President George Weah has released a coronavirus-themed single, using music to raise awareness about prevention measures in…

VOICE OF AMERICA Nairobi’s Kariobangi neighborhood became home to a football team in 2000. Later named the Kariobangi Sharks, the…

REUTERS South Sudanese wrestler Kur Bol Jok strode into the arena, puffed out his chest and faced his opponent, bracing…

BBC NEWS AT BBC.CO.UK/NEWS In a field in central Goma, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the…

VOICE OF AMERICA In Africa, hundreds of indigenous languages are on the verge of extinction. That includes at least 13…