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




Kenya is at a historic juncture – historical but not decisive. Food prices are at an all-time high and unemployment...














Ugandan academic and activist Stella Nyanzi celebrates her 45th birthday in jail. She has been in prison since November 2, 2018, where she has been detained...

The world – and fellow Africans – are ignoring the suffering of the people of Sudan and Cameroon, as was the case with the genocide in...

Here is a run-down on everything you need to know ahead of the championships.

By placing less emphasis on public opinion, and questioning public morality as the basis of its decision, the latest High Court decision shows that times have...

The Kenyan High Court has ruled that rape survivors have the right to an abortion and ordered authorities to pay almost US$30 000 in damages to...

The Ugandan social enterprise Smart Havens Africa is helping vulnerable communities acquire homes affordably and sustainably. In this way, founder Anne Rweyora, one of the engineers...

Botswana has decriminalised homosexuality. The country’s High Court overturned a colonial-era law which punished homosexual conduct by up to seven years in prison. The decriminalisation now...

June 12 is widely regarded as the most important day in Nigeria's post-independence political history.

Botswana publicised as one of Africa's most democratic nations outlawed homosexuality under the country's penal code since 1965 until now. The country becomes the latest African...

Money transfer platform Kaoshi was one of the technologies shortlisted for the fifth Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation is tackling the broken system of international money...