Zambia’s August 2026 presidential election stands as a vital geopolitical watershed for Southern Africa. Strikingly contrasted against Zimbabwe’s executive overreach...
Aliko Dangote’s successful establishment of a private refinery stands out as a significant milestone the entire African continent should be...
There’s a new COVID lineage called B.1.1.529. It has a genetic profile very different from other circulating variants.
The world needs to learn to live with the virus. And governments must follow the science and don’t distort it for political expediency.
The new novel by Nigerian icon Wole Soyinka is at once satire, political thriller and tragedy. It is the work of a great writer that marks...
Can leaders balance Africa’s potential as a global green giant with its significant dependency on fossil fuels?
Skin lighteners are being used more than ever before, especially in urban areas and among men.
It took the man he was to bring white public opinion and the security forces to the negotiation table, but his apology for apartheid was too...
The Bidii na Kazi women cooperative, a gender-responsive sustainable agriculture project is generating income for scores of women and their families living in the forest area...
Thanks to the public events and the scholarly engagement with her life and work, Charlotte Maxeke has become one of the most visible South African women...
Macron’s approach to Africa policy emulates the 1950’s strategies. Why? A big part of the answer can be found in the fact that today’s global circumstances...
The coup on 25 October inflamed already rising tensions in the Horn of Africa, with the military assaulting and shooting demonstrators at mass rallies calling for...
