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President Barack Obama’s town hall on Monday with 500 of Africa’s most promising young leaders provided an inspiring window in to what the future holds for Africa, and the world. The 500 participants in the Washington Fellowship program were selected from nearly 50,000 applicants from across Africa, as part of the President’s Young African Leaders Initiative […]

The will of the former South African President Nelson Mandela (pictured), who passed away last December, was read on Monday by his attorneys, and reportedly, the iconic leader divvied up an estimated $4.1 million amongst his family, the country’s African National Congress (ANC), and several local schools for scholarships, according to the Daily Mirror. SEE ALSO: Person […]

Uganda has just signed a bill that further criminalizes homosexuality, CNN reports. RELATED: British Playwrights Stage Play About Gay Ugandan Man Passed on Friday, the Anti-Homosexuality Bill calls for life imprisonment for gay sex involving HIV-positive individuals, acts with minors and the disabled, and for repeated “offenses” between consenting adults. The bill’s original 2009 version, named “Kill […]

Despite his convincing portrayal of the former South African president and activist in the film Invictus, Morgan Freeman is not Nelson Mandela. Unfortunately, no one was around to tell that to the folks of Coimbatore, a southern city in India, when a billboard was erected in the South African leader’s honor featuring a photo of Freeman instead of […]

A South African doctor that rose to infamy during the period of apartheid for his production of chemical weapons and drugs was found guilty this week of unprofessional conduct. Wouter Basson, who headed a controversial chemical and biological weapons program in the 1980s and 1990s, saw an end to a six-year inquiry by The Health […]

The new Miss France, Flora Coquerel (pictured center), has received a flurry of racist comments ever since she won the coveted pageant, Finnbay reports. SEE ALSO: Tulane University Student Elected Youngest Member Of MS House Of Representatives After Coquerel won the competition earlier this month, a firestorm emerged on Facebook and Twitter. Commenters referred to Coquerel, […]

  Ian West/Getty Images How many kids does Nelson Mandela have? Nelson Mandela has fathered six children with three wives, and the beloved former South African president and anti-apartheid leader has 17 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren, according to NelsonMandela.org. RELATED: Nelson Mandela Rushed To Hospital, In ‘Serious Condition’ Mandela had four children—two sons and two daughters—with […]

A scarlet fever epidemic has hit Hong Kong, infecting more than 400 people, China’s Health Department declared today. Two children have died from the illness, and the Health Department warns that the epidemic may get worse. People who are infected with scarlet fever typically have a high fever and there tongue darkens with red blotches, […]