Emmanuel Kiyonga, a Ugandan pharmacist and researcher based in South Africa, has developed a drug that may end breast cancer.
President Captain Ibrahim Traore continues to surprise the world with a new initiative: monthly stipends for all university students in Burkina Faso.
Joy Gborie is a Sierra Leonean photographer, girls' rights advocate, and media personality who is attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the Longest Interviewing Marathon.
Rashid Dumbuya Esq. is a notable Sierra Leonean legal practitioner and human rights activist who is widely recognized for fighting and challenging societal injustices and human rights violations.
Sierra Leonean defender Abdulai Juma Bah delivered a stellar performance for RC Lens against Saint Etienne in a 1 nil win.
Aminata Kabba is a Sierra Leonean student who decided to give back to her community by organizing a cemetery cleaning.
Captain Ibrahim Traoré has accomplished all of this in under three years. During this period, he has survived 16 assassination attempts.
Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo was born on December 26, 1980, in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.
On March 20, 2025, in Laongo, in the municipality of Ziniaré, Plateau-Central region, President Ibrahim Traore opened the Sino-Burkina cement factory in collaboration with China
Using a motorcycle engine, a young Ethiopian high school student has developed a vehicle that travels 40 kilometers using one liter of fuel.
Dr. Oluyinka Olutoye is a distinguished pediatric surgeon and fetal surgery specialist known for his expertise in complex surgical procedures on unborn babies.
A 76-year-old Ethiopian woman, Embeyte Medhin Hagos, has given birth to her first child after decades of trying to conceive.
Sierra Leonean tech geek, Mohamed Alpha, has been named one of the ten award winning finalists for the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) Africa Innovation Challenge 2025.
The United States has expelled South Africa’s ambassador to the U.S., Ebrahim Rasool.
Ronald Ervin McNair was born on October 21, 1950, in Lake City, South Carolina.

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