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NPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu continues his journey along West Africa's most ambitious urban corridor. In Togo, he meets the Nana Benz — icons of past prosperity in a region where opportunity is shifting.

Burned bone fragments found in northern Malawi have revealed the oldest cremation pyre ever found in Africa — and unearthed new mysteries that may be hard to solve. By analyzing the bones and pyre ...

A visit to the local thrift store left one South Carolina woman speechless when she laid her eyes on an absolute “masterpiece” – and it was only $30. Once the Christmas chaos was over, Amanda Lee ...

Ghanaian independent Cybele Energy is out to change perceptions after becoming the first African company – and first woman-led African energy firm – to secure an offshore oil block in Guyana. Founder ...

Bride Grace Gainey came up with the touching idea to honor two "amazing, influential" women in her life — her late grandmother and late godmother — by displaying their wedding dresses at her reception ...

Guinea has seen nearly 4,400 hectares (about 10,900 acres) of reforestation across 43 villages since 2021 under a project led by Switzerland-based arboRise Foundation, which employs hundreds of women ...

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