
Reassessing Mandela is a reminder that even the most admired leaders operate within constraints.




Married couple Woppa Diallo and Mame Bougouma Diene won for their powerful short story A Soul of Small Places.














The Trump administration's policies affected Africa in detrimental ways. His administration’s “America First” foreign policy also meant disengaging from its obligations to Africa, which he infamously...

It wasn't just the film Rafiki - a joyful lesbian love story - but also the experience of going to watch it after it was unbanned...

Persuading men to participate more meaningfully in transforming gender relations is essential to shifting attitudes and behaviours linked to the “patriarchal dividend”.

The Royal Moroccan Federation of Football has reached a sponsorship agreement with the telecommunication company Inwi, which will see the entity come in as the sponsor...

In surpassing opposition stalwart Kizza Besigye, Robert Kyagulanyi has done what many Ugandans thought impossible. But can he topple Museveni?

Social norms, practices and attitudes in African societies hinder the lives, survival and development of girls.

“My dreams have always kept me going. I would have been dead a long time ago if it wasn’t for them.” At 32, Mourine has already...

Our findings suggest that it is time to take Kenyan youth seriously as politically important actors.

When pop star D'banj signed up to help get Goodluck Jonathan elected president, fans turned on him. But a hit song turned things around.

Cyril Ramaphosa handled COVID-19 well, but more could have been done on governance, security and violent extremism.