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




Despite facing brutal repression, the wave of youth-led movements in Nigeria and Kenya that exploded last year have shown remarkable...














The UK’s plan to relocate asylum seekers to Rwanda is lawful, the High Court in London has ruled. In a partnership with Rwanda, the UK will...

In Kenya, the prevalence of female genital mutilation has dropped by 24.2 percentage points where an alternative rite of passage is being tried.

A historian counters the popular view that the 1989 collapse of the Berlin Wall set in motion talks to end apartheid. The process was unstoppable by...

A template for social movements and organisations across the African continent to look to the science and laws that can be used to change the time...

It has become increasingly clear that the country needs to start thinking of life without Ramaphosa - and the ANC - in charge.

Women seem to be valued and judged more by their looks than expertise and online spaces are being weaponised to devalue and damage the reputation of...

There was a significant shift towards African football as a business rather than football as development.

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has survived an impeachment vote in the National Assembly but faces a tough test to remain as the ANC party's president.

Judging by the first summit in 2014, this one can also be expected to produce some concrete outcomes.

Africa should push for extension of AGOA rather than bilateral trade deals with the US.