
In exile, he imagined a different Africa in his music, while being exposed to new realities abroad.




The African Union compares well to other continental unions. It accomplishes more than the Commonwealth or the Francophonie.

















“Sexual cleansing” is a common harmful practice in several African countries where a woman is expected to have sex after her first period, after becoming widowed,...

Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 was in the air for six minutes before it crashed on 10 March 2019. Among the souls it took with it was...

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet, flight number ET 302 has crashed on a flight from Addis Ababa to Nairobi, Ethiopian Airlines confirmed. 149 passengers...

Since 2012, three Husband Schools in Sierra Leone have taken on the struggle against domestic violence by teaching men about women's health, gender issues and how...

The visibility of #MeToo makes it easy to overlook the very powerful campaigns against sexual violence in Africa.

Uganda's tourism ministry has launched a beauty pageant to use local women to attract tourists.

The annual Freedom in the World report, which ranks nations according to civil liberties and political rights, shows which countries are "free", "partly free" and "not...

The Africa Centre for Strategic Studies has declared that human trafficking has become a multibillion-dollar business in Africa, one that African governments have been slow to...

Rwanda has embraced technology and is now preparing its young population for the future by launching a coding academy. The school's motto "born to code" encourages...

Demonstrations against the current regime have opened up a space for debate and self-expression in Algeria, recalling the crucial need for a free and involved civil...