Philip Tabane was unlike any other musician. His music was intimately woven into his cosmology and spirituality.

Social media presents a powerful platform for creating multiple stories about Africa.

Kenya: The death penalty and military intervention to combat poaching, isn’t the answer to saving endangered species.

Survey shows Zimbabwean policy makers need not fear a public backlash if they choose to abolition of the death penalty.

The medicinal plants that chimpanzees feed on in the wild could hold the key in dealing with common diseases. Africa has its own store of medicinal plants, such as those used in Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Scientists are finding new ways to exploit these plants for medicinal purposes.

As Addis Ababa develops into a modern city, beggars are increasingly being treated like public nuisances and criminals.

It’s not far-fetched to suspect that the common understanding of the idea of “mother tongues” in South Africa is coloured by outside influences.

More leaders in more African countries will abolish term limits unless organisations like the African Union take action.

Of the 72 countries that still criminalise gay sex today, at least 38 of them were once subject to British colonialism.

If the referendum goes President Pierre Nkrunziza’s way, it will also be a further blow to ordinary Burundians, who live in a state of hardship and adversity.