
In exile, he imagined a different Africa in his music, while being exposed to new realities abroad.




Using billions in public funds for private border security could be the latest chapter in government’s xenophobic fixation.

















A solar-powered, “green” house designed and built by staff and students of the University of Cape Town (UCT) and Stellenbosch University (SU) has been awarded second...

Nigeria's youths continue to suffer under police brutality and extortion. The Nigerian Police was ranked the worst in Africa in 2017. Reforms were promised, but the...

Nigerians celebrated independence from Britain on October 1, 1960. The country has been plagued with leadership problems which Nigerian Afrobeat maestro Fela Kuti railed against. Fela...

Nigeria is in the throes of various economic, security and social challenges. However, the urgency to address poverty, unemployment and other pressing social and political issues...

Bobi Wine's distinctive red berets worn by his People Power Movement party members has been assigned to the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF), thus making it...

Somali social rights activist Ilwad Elman has been nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize. The Prize honours persons who have done the most or the...

The two African giants want to move on, but must first get past the difficult issue of xenophobia.

Torpout Nyarikjor, an engineering student at Dilla University in southern Ethiopia has invented a malaria detection device. The “Tor” which is the name of the device,...

Persecuting foreigners is contrary to SA’s constitutional promise that the country belongs to all who live in it.

The AU's new International Criminal Law Section offers a chance for the regional body to address root causes of conflict.