Liberia: Libfest Draws Hundreds in a Display of Liberia’s Culture and Tourism
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia — Hundreds of people celebrated Liberia tourism on Sunday, December 18, 2022 on the grounds of the Paynesville City Corporation (PCC) in the country’s first ever, annual national tourism festival. Held at the start of Liberi…
Nigeria: Looted Artefacts – Germany Returns 22 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
[Vanguard] The Federal Republic of Germany yesterday at the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Abuja, handed 22 Benin Bronzes to the Nigerian government. The artefacts, which had stayed outside Nigeria for 125 years, were looted from Benin by the British and ov…
Nigeria: Benin Bronzes – Germany Returns 20 Looted Artefacts to Nigeria
[Leadership] Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has handed 20 artefacts looted in the 19th Century back to the Federal Government of Nigeria at a ceremony in the capital, Abuja.
Tanzania: UDOM Students, Instructors Win Chinese Language Awards
[Daily News] Dodoma — THE Chinese Embassy in the country has awarded 30 students and two instructors from the University of Dodoma (UDOM) who have performed well in Chinese Language course offered by the Confucius Institute at the university.
Rwanda: American Filmmaker Urges Africans to Tell Their Own Stories
[New Times] American-African filmmaker, Charles Perry, is set to screen his film, “The Black Cowboy”-a history you cannot hide.
Nigeria: Davido Hints At Releasing Album Next Year
[Vanguard] Afrobeats superstar, David Adeleke, professionally known as Davido has hinted at the release of a new album in March 2023.
Nigeria: After 125 Years, Germany Commences Return of Stolen Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
[Premium Times] “We are here to return the Benin Bronzes to where they belong- to the people of Nigeria. We are here to right a wrong,” Germany’s Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, said.
Nigeria: German Museum Returns 92 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
[Leadership] The Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum in Cologne, Germany, has handed over ownership of 92 Benin bronzes to Nigeria.
Africa: Creative Industries Flourish At Us Africa Leaders Summit
[Afropop] Afropop Worldwide’s executive producer Sean Barlow received hard to get Secret Service vetted media credentials to cover the historic, just concluded U.S. Africa Leaders Summit in Washington D.C.President Joe Biden hosted dozens of African he…
Ethiopia: ‘It Feels As If George Orwell Wrote About What Oromos Continue to Go Through… ‘ – Translating ‘Animal Farm’ Into Afaan Oromoo
[Addis Standard] Amenti Bonja was born in East Shewa zone of Oromia, in a rural area called Qilee Dooyyoo, where he spent the first seven years of his life. He started his first grade education at Qilee Dooyyoo Elementary School and then moved to a nea…