Annie Risemberg

Reporter

Keachia Bowers holds a photograph of her with her late father in their home in Accra, Ghana, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. Bowers' family of four relocated to Ghana from Florida and have obtained Ghanaian citizenship. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Come home, Ghana told the African diaspora. Now some Black Americans take its citizenship

Ghana recently granted citizenship to 524 people from the Black diaspora, and most were Black Americans. It was the largest group to be granted citizenship at one time since Ghana launched its “Year of the Return” initiative in 2019.

Senegalese sailors on their zodiac, background, approach a fishermen's pirogue to check during a mission to search for migrant boats near the coast of Dakar, Senegal, Saturday, Nov.16, 2024. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui)

On board with Senegal’s navy as it searches for migrants on a popular but deadly route toward Europe

The Associated Press had rare access to a night patrol by Senegal’s navy as it scanned the sea for a growing number of vulnerable boats making the risky journey towards Europe.

Senegalese women march through the Medina neighborhood in Dakar, Senegal during the fourth Women's March for Climate Saturday, Nov, 2, 2024.(AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

Senegalese women take aim at polluting countries in march for climate justice

Senegalese women marched in Dakar for climate justice Saturday, calling for what they call “polluting countries” to curb greenhouse gas emissions ahead of the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) on November 11.

Tunisian president and candidate for re-election Kais Saied joins his supporters after the announcement of the provisional results for the presidential elections, in the capital Tunis, Tunisia, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Anis Mili)

Tunisia’s President Saied wins second term after cracking down on the opposition

Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has won re-election in landslide victory after a campaign season saw his opponents jailed alongside journalists, activists and attorneys.

Aminata "Myamy TheAyGirl" Thiam, 31years - Old, poses for a photographs in Dakar, Senegal, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. Aminata Thiam is Senegal's first female beatmaker. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

In Senegal’s thriving hip-hop scene, this beatmaker insists women have a seat at the table

Aminata Thiam is one of Senegal’s few female beatmakers. Known by her stage name Myamy, she teaches women how to make beats, a type of music production that originated in the U.S. hip-hop scene and that has gained popularity in Senegal thanks to the proliferation of beatmaking computer software.

Mariama Sylla, sister of Ousmane Sylla, holds photos of him in their house at Matoto Bonagui, a suburb of Conakry, Guinea, Monday, April 8, 2024. Sylla had landed on Italian shores a year before his death in Feb. 4, 2024, one of tens of thousands of people who pay migrant smugglers hundreds or thousands of euros to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe. He had no visa, and had been ordered to leave after admitting that he had lied about being a minor. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Italy’s migrant jails are squalid and chaotic. A young man from Guinea was desperate to escape

The suicide of a young man from Guinea inside one of Italy’s migrant detention centers has shined a spotlight on the squalid, chaotic conditions. Lawyers and activists have described the centers as “black holes for human rights.”

A man carries brooms and dusters for sale at a market in downtown Durban, South Africa, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

South Africa’s opposition parties make a final call for historic change the day before election

South African opposition parties are making a final appeal to voters as the country faces the possibility of a landmark change in its young democracy.

Italy’s migrant jails are squalid and chaotic. A young man from Guinea was desperate to escape

A few moments later, the silence of dawn was shattered.