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




The future and fate of Nigeria depends on the strength of character and dedication of the incoming president.














South Africa: Corruption Watch announces project to hold police accountable. The new website will allow people to report police corruption.

The return of South Sudan's opposition leader is likely to solidify the permanent ceasefire.

At birth, humans enter a world that is rife with widely held, fixed and overly generalised beliefs. Regrettably, stereotypes across races, cultures and gender are misconstrued...

Cameroon's Anglophone crisis must be addressed by the president within the first hundred days.

Counting is under way in Madagascar after millions of people cast their ballots. The voter turnout stands at about 40% and so far no major anomalies...

Paul Weinberg is furious that his famous photo of Mandela voting has been linked to institutional racism.

Anti-gay rhetoric has steadily been on the rise in Tanzania since President John Magufuli took office. It is not the rhetoric that citizens need to be...

Uganda's President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni recently declared, "the head of the home never goes into the kitchen." In 2018, when cooking is a basic life skill,...

America’s midterms have been the populace’s chance to exercise power at a time when they feel powerless. In this election, the desperate need for representation has...

Today we celebrate Ilhan Omar who has made history becoming first Somali American, and first refugee ever to be elected to Congress. Omar, together with Rashida...