
Zambia’s August 2026 presidential election stands as a vital geopolitical watershed for Southern Africa. Strikingly contrasted against Zimbabwe’s executive overreach...




In late 1980s Harare, township kids and exiled freedom fighters jostled in chaotic bread queues. Decades before modern Afrophobia took...

















Gachagua has made history as Kenya’s first deputy leader to be impeached.

Mboweni leaves a legacy of a successful transformation from a freedom fighter to a businessman, central banker and politician.

US-based Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson were recognised for their work on the vast differences in prosperity between nations.

African news media have continued many of the damaging norms of how western media report on the continent. It’s time for a rethink.

Recent damning revelations about Zimbabwean superstar, Oliver Mtukudzi’s paternal negligence divided public opinion. This piece revisits the songs Tuku wrote in the heat of his family...

There are still very few female hip-hop artists in Senegal, but they are asserting their talents and strong personalities to shape the rap scene.

Ugandan author, book critic and poet, Philip Matogo interrogates and lauds Andrew Chatora’s debut short story collection for bringing to the fore aspects of contemporary Zimbabwe...

Fanon’s famous book was translated to isiZulu by South African writer and scholar Makhosazana Xaba.

The violation of the human rights of protesters in Ghana has been condemned by Africans Rising.

‘Inside Harare Alcatraz and Other Short Stories’ is a collection of eleven neatly written stories that are pulsating with global urgency—the heat, anger, and frustration weaved...