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




Miscalculations in handling accusations that arms were provided to Russia could cost South Africa dearly.














The results of the inquiry into the 1 August 2018 shootings reveal Zimbabwe’s lack of reform.

Human Rights Watch calls for decriminalisation. Many of the sex workers described cases of rape, corruption and harassment by police officers.

Ghana is banking on a much needed boost to its tourism sector from its call to Africans in the diaspora.

This year Forbes released a list of the wealthiest individuals on the African continent. The tycoons who made the list were worth $68.7 billion, making an...

A Kenyan MP was ejected from parliament after she brought, and tried to breastfeed her baby in the house. Zuleikha Hassan brought her five-month-old baby into...

Turning towards Africa has yielded positive results, but does Mauritius really want to be part of the continent?

Working with bone artefacts from archaeological sites in South Africa's southern Cape region, we've been able to show that some implements might have been used for...

It is an offence to now "annoy" President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. This was one of the charges filed against Ugandan Member of Parliament, and "Ghetto President",...

With her writing, and her work as a publisher, Morrison brought the African-American experience to the fore in the US and around the world.

A reread of an article published in September 1985 by West Africa, a weekly magazine shows that Nigeria is facing the same economic, and political challenges...