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    Politics and Society1 week ago

    William Ruto’s first year: he promised to make life easier for Kenyans, but things got worse

    Politics and Society1 week ago

    $5k grants are not enough to say you’re supporting youth-led organizations

    King Charles III (L) and The President of the Republic of Kenya William Ruto (R). Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage/GettyImages
    Politics and Society3 weeks ago

    British king acknowledges colonial atrocities in Kenya – here’s what could happen next

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    Politics and Society3 weeks ago

    Business in the wild! Help it thrive!!

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    Politics and Society3 weeks ago

    King Charles’ “sorrow and regret” are meaningless unless they are linked with formal apology and reparations for historical crimes

    Claudia Shilumani, public health specialist with VillageReach, a global health organisation with offices in DRC, Malawi and Mozambique. Photo: Supplied.
    Politics and Society3 weeks ago

    Breaking Barriers: Repositioning Africa in the global health architecture

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    Arts, Culture and Sport1 month ago

    Black and Female in Corporate America – “The Other Black Girl” TV show review

    Caine Prize 2023: Senegalese writers win for fantasy-horror story about dangers facing girls
    Arts, Culture and Sport1 month ago

    Caine Prize 2023: Senegalese writers win for fantasy-horror story about dangers facing girls

    Politics and Society1 month ago

    Call for Nominations – 2023 Africans Rising Activism Awards

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    Politics and Society2 months ago

    Africans Rising applauds the people of Liberia on peaceful elections

    Politics and Society2 months ago

    Africans Rising condemns ongoing genocide in Gaza and calls for immediate cessation of hostilities and the occupation

    Politics and Society2 months ago

    Fortress South Africa – open to the highest bidder

    Politics and Society2 months ago

    Kwame Nkrumah: memorials to the man who led Ghana to independence have been built, erased and revived again

    Africans rising2 months ago

    Africans Rising concludes reconstitution of governance structure – New Coordinating Collective takes office

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    Politics and Society2 months ago

    Yoweri Museveni: ageing Uganda president rides on the memory of his past heroics

    Politics and Society2 months ago

    If We Must Win: A Love Letter to My Little Brother

    Politics and Society3 months ago

    Thulani Maseko’s absence weakens Eswatini’s struggle for democracy

    Politics and Society3 months ago

    Putting the recent coups in the Sahel in broader perspective

    Arts, Culture and Sport3 months ago

    Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀’s new novel is a modern Nigerian tragedy about the rich and the poor

    Politics and Society3 months ago

    Zimbabwe heads to the polls amid high inflation, a slumping currency and a cost of living crisis

    Politics and Society1 year ago

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

    Arts, Culture and Sport2 years ago

    The Village Pope has passed: remembering Tsepo Tshola, Lesotho’s musical giant

    Politics and Society1 year ago

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

    Arts, Culture and Sport1 year ago

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

    A person reading the bible
    African identities10 months ago

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

    Politics and Society1 year ago

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

    Cartoon | UK High Court upholds a controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda
    Politics and Society11 months ago

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

    Scholar-activist W.E.B. DuBois in 1946.
    African identities10 months ago

    W.E.B. Du Bois, Black History Month and the importance of African American studies

    Lifestyle2 years ago

    South Africa approves the use of the Dapivirine vaginal ring for HIV prevention

    Nigerian super artist Tems (Temilade Openiyi) 
    Arts, Culture and Sport10 months ago

    Nigeria and South Africa triumph at the 2023 Grammys

    Borderless Africa: Free movement in Africa is a step towards complete decolonisation
    Politics and Society9 months ago

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

    The art in this dossier is based on still frames from the music video ‘IMF’ by Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 (Knitting Factory Records) featuring Dead Prez’s M1, directed by Jerome Bernard and produced by Duck Factory.
    Politics and Society8 months ago

    Life or Debt: The Stranglehold of Neocolonialism and Africa’s Search for Alternatives

    Cartoon: Nigeria elections 2023
    Politics and Society10 months ago

    Cartoon | Nigeria elections 2023

    LGBTQ+ rights: African Union watchdog goes back on its own word
    African identities8 months ago

    LGBTQ+ rights: African Union watchdog goes back on its own word

    Beyoncé performs in Dubai in 2023.
    Arts, Culture and Sport10 months ago

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

    Winky D, wearing Lionel Messi Argentina shirt
    Arts, Culture and Sport10 months ago

    Three Silences of Winky D

    Dr. Chifuntu smiling
    African identities10 months ago

    The kinky! It’s part of me

    Ghetto Kids: what’s behind the moves of the Ugandan dance troupe that stormed the world
    Arts, Culture and Sport7 months ago

    Ghetto Kids: what’s behind the moves of the Ugandan dance troupe that stormed the world

    Policeman Shane Naidoo, left, leads Thabo Bester from holding cells in Durban.
    Arts, Culture and Sport8 months ago

    Thabo Bester’s escape from a privately-run South African prison raises questions about corruption

    Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari and Godwin Emefiele, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, present the redesigned banknotes in Abuja.
    Politics and Society10 months ago

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