A black moon is a rare occurrence. The next Black Moon will occur on Aug. 23, 2025. This is considered a Black Moon under the definition of the third new moon in a season of four new moons.

Ghana recently granted citizenship to 524 people from the Black diaspora, and most were Black Americans ... Their family relocated to Ghana from Florida and have obtained Ghanaian citizenship. (AP ...

It is the latest African nation to downscale military ties with its former colonial power. Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara said the pullout would begin in January. France has had as many as ...

Black rice is that rare trifecta of delicious, healthy, and aesthetically pleasing. This dark-colored rice, which is a deep purple-black, has alternate names including purple rice, forbidden rice ...

1. One of the new laws requires insurers to cover the cost of wigs for anyone experiencing hair loss due to a medical condition. Previously, the law only offered this coverage for people with ...

The AFRO honors their lives, celebrating the legacies and impact they continue to have on communities worldwide. Sign up for our Daily eBlast to get coverage on Black communities from the media ...

In his first term, Donald Trump denigrated African nations, but leaders there are hopeful his return will bring more investment and less pressure to uphold democracy and human rights. By Ruth ...

ANALYSIS | A new breakthrough study has identified the genetic risk factors that contribute to increased prostate cancer in African men. The study, the largest of its kind, recruited 7,500 men from ...

The Confédération Africaine de Football (“CAF”) wrapped up an extraordinary year of football in 2024, with major milestones in men’s, women’s, youth, and club football. From Côte d’Ivoire’s historic ...

According to a 2022 review, African American men have the highest incidence of prostate cancer in the world. In the United States, Black men have higher incidence and mortality rates from prostate ...

And she’s now campaigning to rename cowpeas “African peas.” Such a rebranding, she argues, is a long-overdue recognition that the black-eyed pea and its many cousins came from the African continent, ...

In the inner sanctum, there is a stone on which Khapri Deva had sat, and upon it is a black idol of an African figure adorned ... In the 1840s, the British abolished slavery in India (though African ...