When people think about family planning in Africa, they often picture women visiting clinics, women making decisions, and women bearing the responsibility. Yet family planning affects both men and ...

Africa, often referred to as the Motherland, offers an expansive tapestry of cultures, landscapes and experiences that make it an ideal destination for a family vacation, especially for Black families ...

A number of successful FOBs have made effective use of credit to scale their operations, becoming the well-known brand names that today span Africa’s sub-regions, including Dangote in Nigeria, Groupe ...

A poster featuring an all-white male panel of speakers from Europe, the US and other regions circulated online, promoting a pan-African conference on African Family Values. The main speakers were from ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. When Robert Joseph Taylor was a young child, he had a familial ...

A new report finds that gaps in family laws in most African countries are fueling discrimination of women and girls. The report from the international NGO Equality Now says laws that favor men in ...

Family Day in South Africa is an expanded version of Mother’s or Father’s Day—a time for all kinfolk to get together. South Africa’s whites and blacks last week celebrated the holiday in ironically ...

Calling a friend "cousin" might not be just a term of affection among some African Americans. Now, a mathematical model shows that there is a good chance there is some type of family connection ...

Social conservatives in Africa are pushing a charter that rejects longstanding international human rights standards and could roll back protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ people. Participants ...

The fourth African Regional Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family Values and Sovereignty is convening in Accra, Ghana, this week. There, parliamentarians and civil society leaders from across ...