Nadia Fall’s debut feature film “Brides” is inspired by a true story. In 2015, a young woman named Shamima Begum, and two other teenage girls, left their homes in London to join the Islamic State and ...

The Gambian-born and UK-bred rapper made a roaring comeback with his second project ’Afrikan Alien,’ a phenomenal 11-track ...

On today’s show, our friends from the podcast, Kerning Cultures, bring us Black Panthers in Algeria. Its the story of when Elaine Mokhtefi landed in newly independent Algeria in the early 1960s and ...

Ahmadzai wants to introduce more people to the flavors of her country. She’s perfecting a chutney she plans to sell as part ...

College Park resident Tori Cooper says Black Georgians who support limiting the rights of transgender people like her are ...

Valérie André, a French aviator and parachutist who became the first woman to become a general officer in France, has died.

The FBI says it arrested a 21-year-old Washington state woman in the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont.

An Afghan women's group is welcoming the decision by the International Criminal Court to arrest Taliban leaders for their ...

From left: Joy Mboya, Lilian Beauttah, Zani Gichuki and Esther Segero. These women are turning timber into Kenya's next ...

A scientific study with important implications for archaeology in Britain and France was published last week. Using ancient ...

Since seizing power in 2021, Afghanistan's Taliban administration has rolled back hard-fought rights won by Afghan women and girls during two decades of rule by American-backed governments.

Transgender athletes in women sports are a controversial issue. Here's what the debate around testosterone levels is, and ...