All three branches of government - the executive, the legislature and the judiciary - gathered in Cape Town, South Africa...

The African Diaspora Inaugural Ball in celebration of the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United...

Professor John Atta Mills was sworn in as the new President of Ghana during a ceremony in Independence Square, Accra...

TransAfrica Forum held its 2008 Awards Gala in Washington, DC on December 3, 2008. Among those honored were citizen-artists, pioneers...

Hundreds of thousands of people have been driven from their homes in recent fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

"Mama Afrika" was not only a singer but a humanitarian and an activist. This photographic tribute to her memory records...

Attendees at the inaugural meeting of the African Media Leaders' Forum in Dakar in 2008 included, from left, Eric Chinje...

Residents of Kogelo village in western Kenya erupt in joy on Wednesday November 5, East African time, upon hearing that...

Kgalema Motlanthe, deputy president of South Africa's ruling African National Congress, arrives in Parliament in Cape Town.

The downfall of South Africa's President Thabo is closely linked to controversy over a massive arms deal which included the...