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Nigerian chef Hilda Effiong Bassey has become a national sensation after cooking nonstop for 100 hours, in an attempt to set a world record.

A United States convoy was attacked in Nigeria on Tuesday killing four people, including two personnel from the US consulate and two police officers, according to local police and US officials.

The United States has imposed entry restrictions on more Nigerians for undermining the democratic process during the African nation’s 2023 election cycle, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday.

Ten lions have been killed in southern Kenya this past week, including six on Saturday alone, as human-wildlife conflict escalates in the region, according to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS).

The US ambassador to South Africa on Thursday accused the South African government of delivering arms and ammunition to a sanctioned Russian cargo vessel late last year, local media said.

For years, the people in the villages around of Chingola in Zambia endured frequent health challenges and dead fish floating around in their water source, but that was just the beginning of their nightmare.

Five-time Grammy winner Angélique Kidjo has been announced as one of three 2023 Polar Music Prize recipients, putting the Benin-born singer-songwriter in rare company.

In Tanzania, WoteSawa Domestic Workers Organization is helping children out of a life of domestic servitude.

March 11 marked the start of the new season for the Basketball Africa League, whose best players could end up joining the African stars already gracing the NBA.

The Benin Bronzes, displayed in museums around the world, have been steeped in controversy for more than a century. We’re talking about thousands of treasures stolen from the Kingdom of Benin, in present-day Nigeria, by British troops during colonial times.
Since the 1930s, Africans have campaigned for these artworks to be returned. For decades, some of those Benin Bronzes were on display at Smithsonian’s National Museum for African Art, in Washington.
The Smithsonian has now joined European museums in repatriating some of the looted artifacts in their collections. Hayde Adams, host of Straight Talk Africa, visited the museum to find out if their repatriation could change the way African art is acquired and exhibited in future.