Reassessing Mandela is a reminder that even the most admired leaders operate within constraints.
There have been countless attempts over the past 30 years to arrive at a ballpark figure for reparations. However, history...
Internet taxes could stifle Africa's free and vibrant social media.
Soham El Wardini, former deputy mayor of Dakar, has taken over the position of her predecessor, Khalifa Sall, who was imprisoned in March 2017 for corruption....
DJ Zhao travelled to Kampala, Uganda and Nairobi, Kenya. The following are personal observations and anecdotes, not meant to be definitive of the places described. These...
William Nicol Drive in Johannesburg, South Africa will be named after Mama Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in honour of the revolutionary anti-Apartheid icon. There are loud calls from...
Nigeria celebrates independence, but 58 years after liberation, its young people feel excluded from participating in governance and decision making. Even with the recently passed “not...
Once featured on many “top five greatest of all time” lists but now infamous rapper Kanye West says he is headed to Africa to finish his...
Music is an underutilised tool when it comes to steering curricula away from strictly Western and colonial models.
The 2018 UNHCR Nansen Refugee award was presented to South Sudanese medical doctor and surgeon Dr Evan Atar Adaha for his "20-year commitment in providing medical...
Cesaria Evora was a Cape Verdean singer and Grammy Award-winning artist known for singing the island’s little-known blues style, morna. She earned the nickname “Barefoot Diva”,...
Flooding seems to be an inevitable reality for Nigeria. But the risks can be minimised.
