Legal frameworks that only regulate formal psychiatric facilities are written for a system the majority will not use.

When 22-year-old Wendy Faith shared a Valentine’s Day kiss with 21-year-old Alesi Diana Denise in Uganda — a country infamous ...

Kenya’s Rastafari argues bhang is sacred for meditation and healing, seeking legal protection for its use in spiritual ...

On Super Sunday, a 150-year-old tradition of painstaking craftsmanship is put on display in New Orleans’ streets with suits made of delicate beads and billowing ostrich feathers.

He made several trips to South Africa, and to other African nations, as a peace broker and a representative of Black America. By John Eligon Reporting from Johannesburg Jesse Jackson lobbied Pope John ...

Since 2004, the South African government has been working to restore spekboom thickets in a semiarid region of the country. This biome, anchored by the hardy, carbon-sequestering spekboom plant, has ...

Whenever Iran is shaken by nationwide protests, as it was just last month, analysts and activists are consumed by the same two questions: will the country’s regime finally fall, and what will come ...

*African beauty, often called “A-Beauty,” is changing the face of global skincare. It combines natural, time-tested ingredients with modern science. Inspired by African traditions, A-Beauty celebrates ...

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti – Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Powhatan-based 180th Engineer Support Company, 276th Engineer Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group, completed a historic ...

JOHANNESBURG, Dec 29 (Reuters) - The South African rand softened in early trade on Monday as investors booked profits from a precious metals rally. At 0740 GMT the rand traded at 16.7025 against the ...

JOHANNESBURG, Dec 12 (Reuters) - South Africa's African National Congress, the liberation movement that brought Nelson Mandela to power, said it was facing a crisis over corruption, poor governance, ...

In The Women’s Suffrage Movement, Dr. Rabaka lifts up the intertwined histories of women’s rights, abolitionism, racial justice, and democratic reform. This episode serves as a companion to Episode 23 ...