A whirlwind of colour and art at the opening of this year’s Dakar ... Traditional boubous, wide-sleeved robes worn across West Africa, mixed with black suits and ties at the opening of the ...

The 2024 edition of Art Mumbai is all set to showcase modern and contemporary art from across the globe with a special focus on visual vocabularies from South Asia. The 71 participating galleries ...

China has published baselines for a contested shoal in the South China Sea it had seized from the Philippines, a move that’s likely to increase tensions over overlapping territorial claims.

There’s something about road trips that captures the spirit of adventure. For me, it’s not just about getting from point A to ...

CEO James Mwangi says the Group plans to triple its regional subsidiaries to 15 by 2030, starting with Ethiopia before moving into Zambia and Angola via the Lobito Corridor project. Nigeria: NNPC ...

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The best universities in Africa span 19 countries, from Uganda in the east to Nigeria in the west, Morocco in the north to South Africa at the southernmost tip of the continent, according to the Times ...

As every Southerner knows, this is pronounced “pimentacheese,” as if it were one word. Every pimentacheese recipe is different — some chunky, some smooth. Most favor their mother’s or ...

Because of its small size, South Padre Island is often grouped with other towns along the Gulf Coast of Texas, such as Port Isabel and Brownsville, both of which make great daytrips. The town of ...

Amitabh Bachchan also known as Big B and the ‘Shahenshah’ of Bollywood was born in Allahabad, UP. He was born to Teji Bachchan, a social activist and Harivansh Rai Bachchan, a poet. Amitabh ...

Aishwarya Rai was born in Mangalore, Karnataka. She enjoys a successful film career, winning the Miss World title in 1994 when she was 21-years-old. She made her film debut in 1997 with Mani ...