In an analysis of gender based violence, Paula Akugizibwe shows how through actions or inactions, society is either reinforcing, or challenging social norms.

It’s as if the Samora Machel Monument wasn’t meant to be found. After the turn-off from a well-marked highway between South Africa and Mozambique, the road to the site of the mysterious plane crash of Mozambique’s first president twists and turns for miles.

As life’s delights go, visa-related red tape is right up there with root canals and Rick Ross. But it’s an integral part of life for holders of African passports. We are all-too-familiar with the tediousness of ticking one’s way through a relentless list of visa requirements ranging from your great-grandmother’s fingerprints to a sample of unicorn blood

A scientific study has uncovered a startling correlation between the presence of oil in any given area, and the likelihood of Islamic extremism in that vicinity. Dr Sara Ollo, the study’s principle investigator, gives TIA an exclusive interview.

A week before he died, Sankara said, “revolutionaries as individuals can be murdered, but you cannot kill ideas”. And so, for us today, the final challenge rests not in finding more Sankaras, but in becoming them – in bringing these ideas to life