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




Africans Rising Coordinator Hardi Yakubu explains the methods and motivations of the Borderless Africa campaign to This Is Africa. This...














Nigerians took to the streets of Lagos, and other parts of the country, destroying and looting what they suspected to be South African owned shops, businesses...

“I don’t think I can stay here anymore. It is not safe and this happens every year” says Bangladeshi shop owner

Nigerians are disappointed with the slow reaction of their government to the xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has only addressed the country...

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa have condemned in the strongest terms, the incidents of violence...

The brutal murder of University of Cape Town student Uyinene Mrwetyana in Cape Town, South Africa inside the Claremont Post Office has shocked and terrified women...

Xenophobic attacks against African immigrants, specifically targeting Nigerian and Zimbabwean nationals in South Africa have hit the country. Shops belonging to African immigrants were looted and...

While sometimes intolerant of criticism, Nyerere tended to respond with argument rather than force.

Two doctors, Dr. Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, and Dr. Francis Gervase Omaswa, have been named as this year’s (third) recipients of the Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize. The award...

Churches in Africa have accommodated corrupt activities, exacerbated by the prosperity gospel. Beyond the prosperity preaching, what the continent needs are churches that encourage members to...

The ingenuity, brilliance and out-of-the-box project ideas pioneered by hundreds of young science enthusiasts from schools around the Mother City were showcased during the annual Cape...