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    Harare Voices and Beyond Promotional Image
    Arts, Culture and Sport2 days ago

    Harare Voices and Beyond: A story of the predator, the prey and everyone else in between

    Borderless Africa: Free movement in Africa is a step towards complete decolonisation
    Politics and Society2 days ago

    Borderless Africa: Free movement in Africa is a step towards complete decolonisation

    The Chagos Archipelago comprises over 60 islands in the Indian Ocean about 2 000 km north of Mauritius – and only about 1 000 km south of the Maldives.
    Politics and Society6 days ago

    UK seems ready to return its ‘last African colony’

    Costa Titch
    Arts, Culture and Sport6 days ago

    Costa Titch: the rising white South African rap star who embraced black hip-hop culture

    Women protesting the failure of the gender equality bills on International Women’s Day in 2022.
    Politics and Society4 weeks ago

    Gender equality in Nigeria: Three reasons why women aren’t represented in politics

    Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera
    Politics and Society4 weeks ago

    Is Malawi’s Chakwera actively stifling his corruption buster?

    Nigerians protesting
    Politics and Society4 weeks ago

    Will Nigeria’s next president answer to the public?

    Paul Mashatile
    Politics and Society4 weeks ago

    Paul Mashatile is set to become South Africa’s deputy president: what he brings to the table

    Chagos Archipelago on the map
    Politics and Society4 weeks ago

    5th Anniversary of the final forced deportations of the indigenous people of the Chagos Archipelago

    The Zangalewa Dance Troupe, inspired by the Cameroonian band Zangalewa, performs in a prison in Kenya.
    Arts, Culture and Sport1 month ago

    Jean-Paul Zé Bella: the cunning Cameroonian soldier who became a global music legend

    Delegates at an African Union summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, in 2022.
    Politics and Society1 month ago

    Pan-Africanism remains a dream – 4 key issues the African Union must tackle

    Record numbers of displaced Africans face worsening prospects
    Politics and Society1 month ago

    Record numbers of displaced Africans face worsening prospects

    Angola's Queen Nzinga of Ndongo
    Arts, Culture and Sport1 month ago

    Upcoming Netflix series spotlights legendary African matriarchs

    An Indonesian military honour guard marks the 60th anniversary of the Asian-African Conference in Bandung in 2015.
    Politics and Society1 month ago

    When two elephants fight: how the global south uses non-alignment to avoid great power rivalries

    Young people in Nigeria seek freedom from repression and other governance failures.
    Politics and Society1 month ago

    Nigerian elections: Eight issues young people want the new government to address

    Wind turbine, solution.
    Politics and Society1 month ago

    Portugal to use Cabo Verdean debt to fund climate and energy transition

    A statue of Kwame Nkrumah.
    Politics and Society1 month ago

    Ghana’s Nkrumahist parties keep splitting – a threat to their strength in the 2024 election

    AKA performing in 2015, at the height of his fame.
    Arts, Culture and Sport1 month ago

    AKA: slain South African rapper was a once-in-a-generation pop culture sensation

    Nigerian super artist Tems (Temilade Openiyi) 
    Arts, Culture and Sport1 month ago

    Nigeria and South Africa triumph at the 2023 Grammys

    Supra Mahumapelo, former premier of North West Province, former president Jacob Zuma and current president Cyril Ramaphosa at an ANC celebration in 2016.
    Politics and Society1 month ago

    South Africa’s ruling party has favoured loyalty over competence – now cadre deployment has come back to bite it

    Cartoon | UK High Court upholds a controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda
    Politics and Society3 months ago

    Cartoon | UK High Court upholds a controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda

    Politics and Society8 months ago

    Benin’s 30m ‘Amazon’ statue honours the women warriors of Dahomey

    Arts, Culture and Sport6 months ago

    Women behind the decks: The rise of South Africa’s female Amapiano DJs

    Politics and Society10 months ago

    Alliance High School appoints new head — the smooth transition marks a new dawn

    Politics and Society5 months ago

    Saudi Arabia is a modern slave hub and graveyard for African migrant workers

    Cartoon: Nigeria elections 2023
    Politics and Society1 month ago

    Cartoon | Nigeria elections 2023

    Beyoncé performs in Dubai in 2023.
    Arts, Culture and Sport1 month ago

    Beyoncé is going on a world tour. Why she shouldn’t ignore Africa

    African identities6 months ago

    Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) continues discriminatory ban on queer content

    A person reading the bible
    African identities1 month ago

    What does the Bible say about homosexuality? For starters, Jesus wasn’t a homophobe

    Angelique Kidjo on stage in Paris in 2021.
    Arts, Culture and Sport2 months ago

    Angelique Kidjo: the diva from Benin could win a record sixth Grammy Award

    Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari and Godwin Emefiele, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, present the redesigned banknotes in Abuja.
    Politics and Society2 months ago

    Nigeria’s currency redesign and withdrawal limits: questionable policy and bad timing

    Nigerian super artist Tems (Temilade Openiyi) 
    Arts, Culture and Sport1 month ago

    Nigeria and South Africa triumph at the 2023 Grammys

    Tottenham Hotspur play Arsenal in a Premier League match in 2023
    Arts, Culture and Sport1 month ago

    South African Tourism wants to sponsor football club Tottenham Hotspur – is it a good idea?

    Winky D, wearing Lionel Messi Argentina shirt
    Arts, Culture and Sport2 months ago

    Three Silences of Winky D

    Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election: 10 factors that could affect the outcome
    Politics and Society2 months ago

    Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election: 10 factors that could affect the outcome

    South Africa wins the Women’s African Cup of Nations in Rabat as the women’s game grows
    Arts, Culture and Sport3 months ago

    6 moments in African football in 2022 that will be talked about for years to come

    Nigeria’s national men’s football team
    Arts, Culture and Sport3 months ago

    Nigeria failed to qualify for the World Cup 2022 – blame their disdain for football school structures and development

    Politics and Society3 months ago

    Liberation in our lifetime: Towards an African socialist movement manifesto

    Senegalese Jollof Rice
    Arts, Culture and Sport2 months ago

    UNESCO picks a side in the unceasing Jollof rice war

    Lifestyle2 years ago

    Obituary: TB Joshua, Nigeria’s controversial Pentecostal titan