Zambia’s peaceful polling day has given way to a far more precarious test: a nationwide suspension of vote counting, competing...
Aggrieved Chagossians must be heard in negotiations between the UK and Mauritius over who owns the Chagos Archipelago.
The continent’s young people should play the central role in Africa's development, which should not be outsourced to outsiders, says Dr Richard Munang.
With the “intention of widening political space”, Ethiopia’s government is freeing thousands of prisoners accused of a variety of charges, such as terrorism or incitement to...
Mauritius has been ranked in the top 20 of the world’s most peaceful countries in the 2018 Global Peace Index (GPI). In the 12th edition of...
Just two years ago, Rhodes University was energised by student activism, with protests, campus shut-downs and demands to transform the university and its culture. However, the...
The methods used to measure gross domestic product are being criticised for excluding the unpaid work done by women.
The Evora Africa festival hosted at the historic Palace of the Dukes of Cadaval in Portugal aimed to celebrate the ever-expanding wealth of Africa’s cultural heritage...
Senegalese musician Akon has started his own cryptocurrency Akoin to compete with bitcoin. Akon intends to go beyond just creating a cryptocurrency, and he also wants...
2018 is the 18th year of the World Refugee Day event, run by the United Nations Refugee Agency as a declaration that the world supports and...
Wider access to technology has increased possibilities to share stories via digital means.
Ozwald Boateng unveiled his new 'Africanism' collection at Arise Fashion Week in April 2018. “I wanted to push that connection between my cultural roots and my...
