This superstition about black cats and other black animals in general has shaped people’s preferences about animals. It’s left its mark on things such as lower adoption rates for black cats and ...

Women’s representation in parliaments in Africa increased by one point from 2021 to 2024, shifting the total from 25% to 26%.

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The African Disability Protocol (ADP) entered into force in August 2024, following its ratification by 15 nations, including five in the SADC region. The ADP has a distinctly African perspective on ...

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Persons with albinism in Nigeria have criticised Nollywood for its negative portrayal of their community. Speaking at a recent webinar, albinism advocates expressed concerns over the social stigma ...

Njeri Mugure, a 28-year-old deaf woman, was rescued from her mother’s house ... Case in point, in 2021, a Kenyan girl with albinism was denied a chance to join several high schools due to stigma by ...

Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee and become the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in global sports. The Zimbabwe sports ...

Jack Beresford is a Newsweek Senior Internet Culture & Trends Reporter, based in London, UK. His focus is reporting on trending topics on the Internet, he covers viral stories from around the ...