More than two million girls around the world endure genital mutilation before their fifth birthday each year, and most women here in the West African nation of Sierra Leone have been cut.

When African women acquire green skills, this boosts the whole community's resilience to climate change. It speeds up ways of adapting to climate change and also drives inclusive economic growth.

How is Broadway doing? Who are the top contenders for awards? Our theater reporter, Michael Paulson, has some answers.

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Bloomberg’s inaugural list of African startups highlights companies developing innovative solutions to the continent’s many challenges.

President Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with false claims of genocide during a wild and heated Oval Office meeting.

Lizi Barrow — A Momentary Reprise For Lizi Barrow of Winchester, Mass., who is also a major in environmental studies, the act of painting is an act of inheritance. Senior Thesis Exhibition artist Lizi ...

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — American artist Kehinde Wiley unveiled a series of large-format portraits of African leaders in Morocco on Tuesday, building on his now famous 2018 portrait of former U.S.

As we enter International Black Women’s History Month, Black art has always been a means of documenting and creating history, putting out powerful stories that depict Black women’s experiences ...