Reassessing Mandela is a reminder that even the most admired leaders operate within constraints.
Dangote refinery will reduce Nigeria’s dependence on imported petroleum products and create jobs. But it may not be the best...
Where should we place Mugabe among the pantheon of African nationalists who led their countries to independence?
Zimbabwe and Africa have lost an anti-colonial and liberation hero with the passing of former President Robert Mugabe (95). A colossal, brave and charismatic yet divisive...
Former President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe has died. Zimbabwe’s founding leader died in a Singapore hospital on Friday morning at the age of 95.
The frosty relations between South Africa, and its neighbours are likely going to continue to sour following the looting of South African owned retail shops in...
It's time for a new approach as it becomes increasingly clear that protests won't topple the Zanu-PF government.
26 year-old Thebe Magugu is the first African to win the prestigious LVMH prize. The fashion talent prize comes with a €300,000 cash award, and includes a...
In African mythology twins are approached with both awe and apprehension. Some ethnic groups view them as good omens while others fear that they represent impending...
The Booker Prize for Fiction has for years been criticised for favouring American novelists, and for four years running had no African writers in shortlist. Nigerian...
Visitors to these sites had one particular religious ritual that may strike some as strange: they carved graffiti in important and sacred places.
Several Nigerian artists have come out strongly condemning the violent xenophobic attacks in South Africa. The artists include Tiwa Savage who cancelled her impending show in South...
