The story of Kunta Kinte

Nigeria 178 Boko Haram captives freed

Nigerian forces have freed 178 captives held by the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram during military operations in the country's violence-plagued northeast, an army spokesman said Monday.

What African entrepreneurs can learn from Obama

Inside Morocco’s blue city

MH370: Islanders search for debris

Steve Wang still listens sometimes to the last voicemail his mother left for him before she boarded Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

Cecil honored on Empire State Building

Cecil the lion was among a group of endangered species honored on a canvas 1,250 feet tall on the Empire State Building.

Confirmed: Jericho the lion is alive

Jericho the lion is alive and roaming his park habitat in Zimbabwe, the Oxford University researcher tracking the lion confirmed.

MH370: More debris found

A piece of wreckage that washed up on an island in the Indian Ocean is from a Boeing 777 -- the same type of aircraft as MH370, which vanished last…

Lessons from the lion I met

That morning in camp, our safari guides were abuzz. The Moremi Wildlife Reserve is one of the most highly protected areas in Botswana's magnificent Okavango Delta. Word was spreading rapidly…

Why scientists graffiti these tortoises

Cameroon: Boko Haram suspects with explosives arrested

Cameroon: Boko Haram suspects with explosives arrested. Special to USAfricaonline.com, and USAfrica multimedia networks, Houston. Follow USAfrica at Facebook.com/USAfricaChido , Facebook.com/USAfrica247 and Twitter.com/Chido247 Cameroon officials have arrested three suspects carrying…

Zimbabwe to U.S.: Extradite dentist

Zimbabwe calls on the U.S. to extradite the American dentist who shot the lion this month

Twisted logic behind lion hunts

Killing an animal to save it is nonsensical, morally wrong, economically harmful in the long-term, and disastrous from a biodiversity perspective.

Cecil the lion: Where is dentist Walter Palmer?

He hunted down Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe, sparking global outrage. But where is Dr. Walter Palmer?

Libyan symbol of freedom jailed

She personified courage as the woman who defied an iron-fisted dictator. Four years later, Eman al-Obeidi is just another inmate in a Colorado jail.