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It's truly incredible (and sometimes) really funny how similarly Black kids grow up everywhere in the world.

In his first visit to his father’s country since he became president, Barack Obama made his rounds with extended family, addressed economic development and announced…

Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ UCLA saga has finally come to an end. The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office has chosen not to file assault charges against…

Many of the schoolgirls who escaped the wrath of Boko Haram are now facing backlash within their own communities, CNN reports. Nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped by…

In case you’ve been wondering what Akon is up to these days, he has apparently been busy with  launching a new academy that is set to…

Incredible X-ray shows eight-year-old boy hidden inside womans suitcase as she tried to smuggle him into Spain … pic.twitter.com/pwhomFK7sb — DailyNew5 (@DailyNew5) May 8, 2015…

Al-Shabab gunmen ambushed a college campus in Garissa in northeast Kenya early Thursday, slaughtering 15, wounding 65, and taking an untold number of hostages on…

Officials in Nairobi, Kenya have closed a Chinese restaurant that reportedly banned African patrons after 5 p.m., reports the Daily Nation. The restaurant, named Chinese…

Officials in Nairobi, Kenya have closed a Chinese restaurant that reportedly banned African patrons after 5 p.m., reports the Daily Nation. The restaurant, named Chinese…

In the last few years, Uganda has come under almost-universal condemnation the world over for its Anti-Homosexuality Act (PDF), or its “Kill the Gays bill,”…

A federal jury last week awarded seven workers nearly $15 million in a racial discrimination suit after their bosses reportedly segregated them and called them…

Paranoia about Ebola making its way Stateside has caused many in the media to operate from the space of stupid. It’s not shocking, but no less frustrating.…