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




The human rights crimes against the indigenous people of the Chagos Archipelago span 50 years. This year marks the 5th...














Botswana's High Court could finally decriminilise same-sex relations.

Ivorian chocolate maker Dana Mroueh is making organic, eco-friendly chocolate in an industry that poses a threat to the environment because it spurs the particularly aggressive...

African journalists and media should take seriously their role in changing the way in which African deaths are reported, locally and internationally.

US district Judge Laura Taylor Swain of the New York federal court has dismissed a lawsuit by Namibia’s Herero and Nama tribes seeking reparations from Germany...

Funmilayo Anikulapo-Kuti was a teacher, political campaigner, women's rights activist and traditional aristocrat in Nigeria. She was seen as the doyenne of female rights in Nigeria,...

Ethiopia is a storytelling nation in which Emperor Tewodros has a special place.

Despite an abundance of food when production conditions are favourable, the intermittent supply of power and poor storage facilities often mean that staple foods such as...

Seeking to mainstream the often othered narratives of queer women and non-binary persons “Dark Juices and Aphrodisiacs” is an anthology that explores the sensual lives of...

Locks of hair belonging to the widely revered Ethiopian emperor Tewodros II will be repatriated after a request from Addis Ababa, the National Army Museum in...

Professor Mashudu Tshifularo has conducted the world’s first surgical process using 3D-printed middle-ear bones.