Reassessing Mandela is a reminder that even the most admired leaders operate within constraints.
The Nigerian military carried out a drone strike on its own innocent citizens who had gathered for a religious festival. Africans...
Tanzania’s new president seems to be steering the country back towards democracy, but consolidating power won’t be easy.
The news that My Octopus Teacher had won an Oscar for the Best Documentary at the 93rd Academy Awards was met with elation in the Cape...
No matter what tactics are used to muzzle, restrict, limit, or censor information, trustworthy information that serves the public good can still find its way to...
Digital media shutdowns in Africa will lead to higher economic costs and greater public outrage.
Lady Justice Koome Martha Karambu has made history after being nominated Kenya’s first woman Chief Justice by the Judicial Service Commission. Justice Koome is set to...
Behind the multi-racial composition of the elite European teams competing in the tournament lies a complex and painful history.
There may be significant limitations to the political reform that can be realised by new president Samia Suluhu Hassan.
Since Zimbabwe’s transition into a migratory nation, many Zimbabwean authors have dealt with the migrant question, Brian Chikwava’s Harare North and Sue Nyathi’s Gold Diggers being...
A scathing report commissioned by the Rwandan government says France bears “significant” responsibility for “enabling a foreseeable genocide”. The 600-page report says the French government “did...
Zimbabwean writer Andrew Chatora stares back at the white gaze and immigrant alienation in his debut novella, Diaspora Dreams. The English-teacher narrator is increasingly alone between...
