Nigerian-American artist Osi Audu's exhibit at Opalka Gallery features bold geometric designs alongside traditional African ...

Famed entrepreneur George E. Johnson, best known for being the founder of Johnson Products Company (JPC) in 1954, which manufactured premium Black hair care and cosmetic products including Afro Sheen ...

From civil war to the Olympic stage: The road to glory for South Sudan's men's basketball team has been a journey of resilience and triumph. Now, the women's team is set to make their debut at the ...

Every planting season, women in our villages wake up before dawn, their hands rough from years of tilling the land. They labour tirelessly under the scorching sun, sowing maize, cassava, pearl millet, ...

Kirsty Coventry made history on Thursday, becoming the first woman and first African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), securing one of the most coveted positions in ...

Southern Africa’s desert nation of Namibia swears in its first woman president Friday after Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah won elections last year that extended the ruling party’s 35-year grip on power.

On Thursday, Kirsty Coventry, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and Zimbabwe’s current minister of sports became the first woman and the first African to be elected president of the International ...

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece — Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and became the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in ...

For all the historical significance of the election Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe as International Olympic Committee president Thursday, making the Olympic swimming champion the first woman and ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee, becoming the first woman ...

Being able to do the splits is a remarkable feat. If you're not quite bendy enough to strike the pose (it me), you might think the splits are reserved for a select few elite. Don't count yourself ...