The album, recorded in prison by music producer Ian Brennan, captured the attention of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the US who hand out the hotly-contested prize. ...

She writes: “As I research, I see our debates, our racialized world view is built in a world where the black and white middle class play bumper cars. It is a rivalry for how history is understood and weighted. It is a rivalry about whose culture will rule the roost. ...

President Kagame was also quoted on Twitter, rebuking the naysayers: “Our actions do not correspond to the wishes of other nations. “ And Tahakabar Shaheed wrote: “Rwanda has come of age. It’s been a great walk of pain & tears & yet a great walk is ahead of Rwanda. ...

Heller, the U.N.’s Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights to Safe Drinking Water, toured close to a dozen communities, health facilities and schools in a recent 9-day trip. His findings were troubling. ...

“I’m in awe of what you’re doing to protect our planet,” Grylls said near the end, while Obama stated how impressed he was with the TV host’s commitment to the same cause, before the two prayed together and hugged. ...

CNN caught up with rapper Vince Staples in Washington, D.C., and the 22-year-old Long Beach artist weighed in on the importance of education and the drug-addiction epidemic that he said is "rampant" in rap music. ...

"Lamar's achievement is all the more impressive because he did so with 'To Pimp a Butterfly,' a rap album so challenging and musically complex that fans and critics are still chewing on it nearly nine months ...

A chorus of opposition to Pierre Nkurunziza is mounting in the international community, making the likelihood of an orchestrated removal of the embattled Burundi seem a distinct possibility. This past Friday, Kenya Airways cancelled all service to Bujumburu International Airport citing a “security incident.” The U.S. ordered all non-emergency personnel to leave violence-torn Burundi as soon as possible. Ear ...

The U.S.-based community of Oromos – an ethnic group from Ethiopia – is demanding an end to U.S. support for the Ethiopian government which, they say, has been seizing land from local farmers without compensating them. ...

He then added optimistically: “Together we are challenging the fossil fuel oligarchy, we are ushering in the era of solutions, and we are moving the political benchmark of what is possible.” ...