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




His band Zangalewa satirised Cameroon’s military from within - and helped create the football World Cup hit Waka Waka.

















Brigadier General Zakia Hussein Ahmed has become the highest ranking female in the Somali Police Force after recent promotion from her previous rank as Colonel. She...

Peace in Africa is not elusive and, while no one body has the final say on the blueprint for peace in the region, experiments can begin...

Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court has unanimously declared Emerson Mnangagwa’s victory in the presidential election last month valid, effectively declaring the incumbent the winner. The ruling is final...

Aida Muluneh is an internationally recognised photographer whose work told the story of Ethiopia long before it became a trend – and long before the tremendous...

The Rwanda Tribunal convicted people for indescribably horrific crimes and some are asking for early release.

Donald Trump has asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to “closely study the South Africa land and farm seizures and expropriations and large scale killing of...

After its 38th Ordinary Summit held in Windhoek, Namibia, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) endorsed the 23rd of March as a day to mark the...

Moving from her native Kenya to pursue a masters in Physics, Dr. Fridah Mokaya went on to join the University of Connecticut PhD program as the...

Thanks to France's role in the 1994 genocide, Rwanda has turned towards the Anglophone world. But not entirely.

Can you imagine a better award like the "Knight Grand Commander of the Humane Order of African Redemption” to be given to Arsène Wenger? Wenger will...