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48-year-old Black mum and daughter with same birthday set to graduate from same university

A mother and her daughter from Louisiana who share the same birthday are set to walk the same stage during their graduation from Grambling State University.

Woman bolts out of swimming pool after snake decides to join her for a swim

An online user Hannah Stocking (@hannahstocking) shared a video on TikTok of a snake joining a woman for a swim at the pool but, she didn’t seem too keen at all

Meet the enslaved African Maths 'god' who did with his head what computers do now

Born in the Slave Coast of West Africa, present-day Liberia, and the Kingdom of Dahomey, now Benin, Thomas Fuller, became known as the Virginia Calculator.

Nigeria, other African countries hit jackpot as Europe rushes to Africa for gas supply

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created a huge energy crisis in Eastern Europe as more countries boycott Russian gas and oil and look up to Africa to fill it.

Meet the Black woman who has fed thousands for free for nearly 40 years

Kind-hearted Janet Easley has been serving Thanksgiving dinner to thousands of needy people in central Indiana every holiday for the last 38 years. Read more.

I keep hearing strange voices in the air - Man riding bike from UK to Lagos reports from Sahara desert

A young Nigerian man who is determined to reach Lagos from UK despite using a power bike as his means of transportation said he heard voice while in the Sahara.