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At the Follow Your Roots dinner in New York City, five Black chefs cooked with ingredients that define the African Diaspora.

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“Life in the camp is a life of suffering and hunger,” said Christine Bwiza, one of the last people to leave camp Kanyaruchinya, which sits near the Rwandan border. There, residents had cobbled ...

At the 67th Annual Grammy Awards 2025, Nigerian singer Temilade Openiyi, known as Tems, secured her second Grammy, winning Best African Music Performance for her song Love Me JeJe. In a heartfelt ...

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has confirmed the passing away of three of its members following a mortar bomb attack by the M23 rebel militia near Goma Airport in the Democratic ...

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Six South African U.N. peacekeepers were killed in the fighting, with one of their armoured vehicles seen abandoned and on fire near Goma. M23 rebels have been making significant territorial gains ...

pointing to a buildup of Congolese forces near the border. U.N. experts estimate there are up to 4,000 Rwandan forces in Congo. Last year, two South African soldiers were killed by a mortar round ...

Fighting raged in the region despite calls from the international community for the M23 to halt its advance on Goma, the key city in the east and home to over a million people. Armored vehicles ...