
Ethiopia’s main religions need to take an emotional distance from politics and find a neutral space so they can get moral clarity.

He is the first writer from sub-Saharan Africa to lift the Prix Goncourt, one of the book world’s most important prizes. And his win matters.

Benin’s new abortion law will take a woman’s educational, professional and material situation into consideration.

Turnout was low. But not equally so across the board. Patterns show it was not a statement by all voters – it was a message from...

Jazz star Sipho ‘Hotstix’ Mabuse has turned 70. In 50 years, his music career has come to help define South African politics and popular culture.