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




After years of censorship, opposition parties have to – all at once – rejoin public debates, reorganise and remotivate demoralised...














Weary Kenyans are entitled to wonder if the latest referendum push will be any different from the past two.

The world’s first bio-brick made using human urine was unveiled at the University of Cape Town, in South Africa recently. Researchers from UCT have been at...

Fellow African citizens, prepare to pack your bags to visit Ethiopia. The country has announced that effective from 9, November, 2018, nationals of all African countries...

In South Africa, transgender discrimination is worse if you are poor. Hormone therapy and surgery are expensive and out of reach for many transpeople

Africa's fifth-largest bridge has been opened in Jinja, the eastern region of Uganda, dubbed "Source of the Nile Bridge". The cable-supported bridge is 525 metres long...

Sahle-Work Zewde, an experienced diplomat and special representative of the UN Secretary-General to the African Union has replaced outgoing President Mulatu Teshome, to become Ethiopia’s first...

Can Obiageli Katryn Ezekwesili become the next Nigerian president?

An ongoing debate to stop the imposition of Value-Added Tax (VAT) on sanitary products; as this classifies them as luxury and/or non-essential goods; has ended in...

Liberia's President George Weah has declared that the University of Liberia and all other Public Universities in Liberia will now be free for all undergraduates. Do...

Jabulani Tsambo, better known by his stage name Hip Hop Pantsula, shortened to HHP and his nickname Jabba, a veteran South African rapper has passed away...