Angola

Sample portions of chicken and kale stew over rice

Maine’s largest school district serves up African-inspired dishes to get more students excited about school lunch

Food

In Portland, Maine, high schools are infusing North African flavors into school lunches as the district experiments with being more inclusive of its diverse student body.

Ghana has been producing commercial oil since 2010.

As global oil prices surge, some African countries may see a silver lining

A man sweeps the floor in a church being turned into an apartment

Refugees in Maine find it harder to afford housing as remote workers move in

Refugees
Protesters demonstrate against corruption in Luanda, Angola, April 7, 2018.

Angolans laugh a little louder as iron grip loosens

Conflict
Luanda is Angola's capital, site of the protest.

In a rare move, 200 march for abortion rights in Angola

Conflict
Princess Diana walks through a minefield in Angola, 1997

The day Princess Diana stepped into an active minefield

Conflict

In Jan. 15, 1997, Princess Diana walked through an active minefield in Angola. Here’s how land mine ban advocate Paul Heslop, who helped Diana detonate a land mine in front of an audience of international reporters, remembers the day.

Trump and sons

Comics might want to hold back on the ‘Trump is a dictator’ bit

Global Politics

Before Donald Trump was president-elect, Daily Show host Trevor Noah compared him to various African dictators. But the comparison doesn’t hold up all that well — well, until you get to the nepotism part.

Kelly Orians facilitates a weekly discussion group for formerly incarcerated entrepreneurs. Until their new space is fully renovated, they meet in the back of an events hall in New Orleans' Gentilly neighborhood.

Getting out of prison it’s hard to find a job. Why not help ex-prisoners start their own businesses?

Justice

Here’s a sobering statistic for you. When you’re looking at the highest incarceration rate in the world, it’s not China or Iran; it’s Louisiana.

Screenshot of man beating another man, who is on the ground

New footage shows diamond diggers being tortured with a machete in Angola

Conflict

“We are in 2016 and still have diggers being tortured with a machete,” says on Angolan journalist who has dedicated his life to covering blood diamonds.

Rap artist Nicki Minaj poses as she arrives at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles, California August 30, 2015.

Nicki Minaj joins new #SQUAD: Celebrities who perform overseas for human rights abusers

Music

The Glass Minajery: Nicki Minaj’s Angola concert was just the last well-paid date of entertainers before dictators and those who kill, imprison and torture their own people.