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Zambia’s Kundananji making history in women’s football

Racheal Kundananji, the world's most expensive female footballer, inspires women at home in Zambia and beyond. The 23-year-old's transfer to Bay FC in the United States set a new transfer record in…

1 month ago

by Abiodun Ogundairo

Tunisian female boxer hopes to make history in Paris

With her second Olympic qualification secured, Khouloud Hlimi aims to make history as the first Tunisian woman to win an Olympic medal in boxing.…

2 months ago

Sport

Briton makes history running length of Africa

Extreme marathon runner Russ Cook completed his run across the entire length of Africa in Tunisia on Sunday after traveling over 9,900 miles through 16 countries, becoming the first person to do…

3 months ago

Sport

History is ‘China’s most important psychological tool’

China is widely regarded as a millennia-old nation-state, but this is a misconception, journalist Bill Hayton claims in his new book. He spoke to DW about the nation-building process in China.…

3 years ago

News·World

Artist Titus Kaphar on filling in the blanks of art history’s narrative

Twisting, gilding and whitewashing the canvas: artist Titus Kaphar explores the omissions and the empty spaces in art history, and fills in the blanks through painting and sculpture. His latest exhibition at…

4 years ago

News·World

Ondo election 2020: Before Ondo goes to vote

As the 2020 governorship election draws near, history comes to play in the politics of Ondo state as the Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi (Zenith Labour Party) from the South District, burnt the…

4 years ago

GTV Exclusive

Nigeria at 60: Sixty key events that have shaped Nigeria

It has been a 60-year journey loaded with ups and downs. We have had moments when we suffered together, cried together, and laughed together. ⁣⁣⁣ We have been knocked down but, as…

4 years ago

GTV Exclusive

Covid-19: Sallah 2020 Eid-el-Kabir to hold under strict conditions over the world

This year's Sallah celebration will hold under strict conditions all over the world. The celebration always falls on the 10th day of Dhu-Hijjah and lasts for two days. This year, Sallah will…

4 years ago

GTV Exclusive

How IBB annulled the June 24, 1993 presidential election

On this day, June 24, 1993, military dictator, General Ibrahim Babangida, nullified the freest, fairest, and most peaceful election in Nigeria's history - the June 12 presidential election won by Chief Moshood…

4 years ago

GTV Exclusive

History of racism: A French taboo

As protests against racial prejudice continue across the world, we look at how discrimination and xenophobia materialise in specific ways in France. We begin with a look back at the history of…

4 years ago

Africa·News

The day the Berlin Wall came down

The Cold War, a global power struggle between dictatorship and democracy, ended in Berlin on November 9, 1989. The course of history, however, was set in motion by decisive events outside the…

5 years ago

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Zambia’s Kundananji making history in women’s football

Tunisian female boxer hopes to make history in Paris

Briton makes history running length of Africa

History is ‘China’s most important psychological tool’

Artist Titus Kaphar on filling in the blanks of art history’s narrative

Ondo election 2020: Before Ondo goes to vote

Nigeria at 60: Sixty key events that have shaped Nigeria

Covid-19: Sallah 2020 Eid-el-Kabir to hold under strict conditions over the world

How IBB annulled the June 24, 1993 presidential election

History of racism: A French taboo

The day the Berlin Wall came down

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