France denies that the reason for this tension with Mali is due to the new anti-colonial mood. The French government...
A big rise in armed attacks in the Sahel - and the intensity of the attacks in recent years - is now seen as a major...
Ethiopia's new Minister of Health, Dr. Amir Aman is a young leader determined to set the country's health sector on the right track. His appointment comes...
Africa is celebrating World Press Freedom Day, a day to raise awareness on the importance of freedom of the press. We give you 7 quotes from...
Zimbabwe has high hopes for a post-Mugabe era, but it has some serious growing pains to deal with first.
Queerphobia is the factor that unites most of our African leaders. Be warned – your rights are next, says Joyline Maenzanise
The recently concluded week-long AfrikaBurn festival, an annual event for the past decade, has been described as one of Africa's most unique, unusual and mind-blowing festivals...
President Sirleaf was awarded the Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership for her post-conflict consolidation of Liberia’s democracy. In her speech in Kigali, Rwanda...
The protest song "Stimela" remains as much a song about present and future aspirations, as it is of the past.
The World Press Freedom Index measures the level of media freedom in 180 countries. Nigeria ranked 119 and Ghana, ranked 23 in the world and first...
Rwanda is one of the African countries that is not party to the Rome Statute and President Kagame has criticised the International Criminal Court for being...
