On February 28, 2026, the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, assassinating Supreme Leader Khamenei. Iran retaliated with missiles,...
Women seem to be valued and judged more by their looks than expertise and online spaces are being weaponised to...
Namibia is currently having a land discussion, and is considering land expropriation. After the failure of the “willing-seller-willing-buyer” approach, the government is having a debate on...
South African Professor Bongani Mayosi was a great mentor to many. Losing him to mental illness is a reminder that we are all human.
Zanu-PF's more than two-thirds majority win in the parliament poll gives it the power to change the constitution if it wishes.
If the MDC-Alliance claims Zanu-PF and Zimbabwe's electoral commission rigged the elections, the onus is on them to prove it.
With National Women’s Day approaching and August being Women’s Month, the women of South Africa have chosen an auspicious time to take to the streets to...
After 13 years of working with CNN, Sierra Leonean journalist Isha Isatu Sesay has left. At a time when stories from the continent are under-reported Isha...
Togo illustrates the difficulty of moving away from personalised politics.
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is taking over from Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe as the new chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
The 2018 Mali election is set to go into a run-off after the main opposition candidate, Soumaila Cisse, stated that the “incumbent president can’t win in...
Nigerian author Teju Cole recently spoke about his work in a reading at Jazzhole, a bookshop in Lagos. Cole read an essay from Granta Magazine and...
