Remembering Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai in her words
Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, died of cancer on Sunday — in this 2007 interview, Maathai describes her life in environmental activism.
Hundreds of Israeli rabbis say they will personally hide African asylum-seekers in their homes
Rabbi Susan Silverman, the sister of comedian Sarah Silverman, is behind a movement to stop the deportation or imprisonment of some 40,000 African migrants living in Israel.
How this torture survivor from Chad made good on ‘a pact with God’
Police arrested 1,000 people as security forces fanned out across Gabon’s capital Thursday, after riots and looting erupted when President Ali Bongo was declared winner of disputed polls.