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




During African Liberation Week, Africans Rising affiliates in 54 countries across the continent and its diaspora took initiatives to campaign...














The Chinese model of peace differs fundamentally from that pursued by western nations.

Is Francophone West Africa’s proposed new currency a step towards a monetary future completely independent from France?

Beninese singer-songwriter, actress, and activist Angélique Kidjo won her fourth Grammy at the 62nd GRAMMY Awards for her album 'Celia'. The matriarch passed the baton in...

Kenyan marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge, Egypt's Mo Salah, Ghanaian reggae-dance hall artist Shatta Wale, Ivory Coast former Captain Didier Drogba, and South Sudanese Raptors lead scout,...

An oral history based biography of a survivor of colonial genocide in Namibia indicates instances of humanity during an entirely inhumane era.

The basketball, and sporting world has lost a giant with the death of legend Kobe Bryant, who perished in a helicopter crash.To remember Bryant, we celebrate...

Nigeria was ranked the fourth most corrupt country in West Africa and 146 out of 180 in the world. The ranking led to the country's anti-corruption...

A new literary magazine, Lolwe, founded by Kenyan writer Troy Onyango was launched on the 23rd of January 2020. Onyango has received support from writers on...

The 2019 FIRST Global Challenge brought attention to the troubling amount of pollutants that find their way into the world’s oceans. Participating teams learned about real-world...

Underlying direct or personal violence is structural violence that is entrenched in unequal power relations in society.