A Kenyan cosmetics line is pushing for beauty products that actually suit African women

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Africa is changing China as much as China is changing Africa

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These nine charts tell you what’s in store for Africa in 2018

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China’s ban on the sale of ivory is finally going into effect

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Beijing is cultivating the next generation of African elites by training them in China

ByLily Kuo

Early humans migrated out of Africa much earlier than we thought

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A guide on how not to act like a ‘white savior’ while volunteering in Africa

ByLily Kuo

Chinese manufacturing may not be moving to Africa all that soon

ByLily Kuo

South Sudan’s youth cope with war by partying in the day time

ByLily Kuo

Breakaway state Somaliland has elected a former rebel commander as its new president

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There’s at least one place in Africa where China’s “win win” diplomacy is failing

ByLily Kuo

There’s legitimate suspicion that China approved of Zimbabwe’s coup

ByLily Kuo

Chinese mines in Africa provide better roads but not more jobs for locals

ByLily Kuo

Only a third of Kenyans voted in the repeat presidential election

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Boycotts, weariness, and fear mark the start of Kenya’s repeat presidential election

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A Nairobi photographer captures the “beauty in the mayhem” of Kenya’s rainy season

ByLily Kuo

China’s “rogue aid” to Africa isn’t as much or as controversial as we thought

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Rare photos of life inside an ancient kingdom capture Nigeria’s transition to independence

ByLily Kuo

Google celebrates the life of former slave turned abolitionist Olaudah Equiano

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A museum in China put on an exhibit called “This is Africa” that compares Africans to animals

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