
Zambia’s peaceful polling day has given way to a far more precarious test: a nationwide suspension of vote counting, competing...




Figuring out how to get things done is a major constraint to African development.

















For the first time, the drug substance, or active ingredient for a COVID-19 vaccine - in this case mRNA - will be manufactured on the continent.

African literature and music have helped the continent face up to the othering gaze of the anthropologist, the missionary, the settler, and now, the winner-take-all multinationals....

Our continent’s economy needs to be extricated from the colonial peonage maintained by African and foreign elites. We need an economy that centers Africa’s self-determination, our...

The picture seems hopeless, but with mitigation and adaptation strategies and policies driven through COP26, southern Africa can reduce the impacts of climate change on local...

Sudan has needed and will require compromise and principled political goodwill to realise a difficult transition from military rule.

The time has come for African leaders to amplify their voices in a combined effort to demand that G20 leaders prioritize global vaccine access for the...

The AU should do more to pre-empt coups by sanctioning bad governance and attempts by presidents to extend their terms.

African countries cannot be ignored, or just listened to. Their needs should shape the agenda.

Kudakwashe Tagwirei, who is close to Zimbabwe’s president and his inner circle, leveraged his privileged access to fuel and mining markets to strike a lucrative partnership...

On October 14 and 15, Hivos’ African Crossroads will organize its fourth edition. The theme of this year's gathering is ECOEXISTENCE. At the end of Crossroads...