Speaking out for the first time, the son of a wealthy Pennsylvania dentist who murdered his own wife on an African vacation — and then tried to cover it up — says he didn’t believe his father, Larry Rudolph, could do such a thing until he saw “horrifying” photos from the scene and heard soul-crushing […]
A second-hand dealer has won a case to keep the €4.2m (£3.6m; $4.6m) proceeds from the sale of a rare African mask he found in an elderly French couple’s attic. He had been brought in to help clear the attic of the couple, who sold him the mask for €150 (£129; $165). The couple sued, […]
Militant Islamists linked to al-Qaeda have freed a South African paramedic taken hostage in Libya more than six years ago, a charity has said. Gift of the Givers said it had facilitated the “unconditional” release of Gerco van Deventer. The charity described Van Deventer as the longest-held South African hostage. He was seized by an […]
The News NAIROBI — African film and TV producers are bracing themselves for tough times and leaner production budgets in 2024, despite the industry’s continued growth. Success in 2023 was driven by several major releases of African titles as streaming companies including Netflix and Showmax bet on their African slates to drive growth on the continent. […]
Abdoulaye Diabate faced a life-threatening bout of malaria when he was just five years old. Diabate narrowly survived the mosquito-borne disease, but cousins ages three and four were not as fortunate. Diabate, who now heads medical entomology and parasitology at Burkina Faso’s Research Institute in Health Sciences, is developing an innovative technique that could potentially […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former President Jacob Zuma on Saturday denounced the governing African National Congress party and announced that he would vote for a newly-formed political formation in South Africa’s general election next year. Zuma, who was president of the ANC from 2007 to 2017, said that he’s backing the newly-formed Umkhonto we Sizwe party […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African court has overturned President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to recognize Misuzulu kaZwelithini as the king of the country’s 15 million-strong Zulu nation in what may spark a lengthy battle for the throne. Ramaphosa has now been ordered to launch an investigation into objections by some members of the Zulu royal […]
Emmitt Glynn teaches to a group of Baton Rouge Magnet High School students on Jan. 30, in Baton Rouge, La. On Wednesday, the College Board released an updated framework for its new Advanced Placement African American Studies course, months after the nonprofit testing company came under intense scrutiny for engaging with conservative critics. Stephen Smith/AP […]