Zambia’s peaceful polling day has given way to a far more precarious test: a nationwide suspension of vote counting, competing...
With remarkable creativity, young Kenyans used technology to organise nationwide protests. The state’s digital response has been equally remarkable, but...
Government’s ability to harness public trust is crucial for managing the COVID-19 pandemic and finding ways out of the crisis. This article takes a look at...
For all of the shortcomings of Nyerere’s regime, his ideas continue to inspire Tanzanians fighting for a more equal and democratic future, over 20 years after...
Fellowships should recognise that women may have different responsibilities when it comes to domestic chores and care of the family. This influences their academic opportunities and...
Cosmetics companies have agreed to remove racially offensive language from their skin products - but history, in Kenya and South Africa, shows they've done the same...
Barbara Gonzalez has no talent for bowing to the inevitable, neither does the word impossible exist in her vocabulary. At just 30, Gonzalez was appointed the...
Two University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers have been selected as finalists for the esteemed Newton Prize 2020.
A forensic archaeologist and former Zimbabwe police officer uses his investigative skills to find the missing and the dead in his homeland.
Detention centres and corrupt coast guards prey on migrants, but the EU continues to support Libyan border authorities.
Most efforts in Africa to date have been financially supported and driven from outside the continent.
Why doesn’t SADC intervene in dire political situations in the same way leaders in West Africa do?
