After 40 years in office, Cameroon’s 89 year old Paul Biya is the second longest serving leader in Africa. He...
Explorations of form and sound in jazz are essentially political. They challenge the status quo in society by interrogating categories and barriers.
Lucara Diamond has discovered a 327-carat diamond at its mine in Botswana, just two weeks after the discovery of a 472-carat diamond this month. The latest...
Female runners with high testosterone must use hormones to reduce those levels or they will not be allowed in international races between 400m and the mile,...
In a surprising development the conservative southern African country of Zimbabwe published a licensing regime that will allow the legal cultivation of marijuana. After Lesotho it...
Think twice before posting the story of your love online, says Tiffany Mugo
The removal of Jacob Zuma from power is to be welcomed but, it's not the answer to South Africa's problems.
South Africa marks 24 years of freedom amid continuous contests over over governance, economic justice as well as reconciliation and inclusion.
As Rwanda marks the 24th anniversary of the 1994 genocide, much more needs to be done to unite the country
Authorities have in the span of two months closed more than 6,000 churches and 100 mosques across Rwanda, including 714 in the capital city of Kigali,...
South African universities are removing the names of colonialists and racists and renaming important buildings in honour of anti-apartheid struggle icons and activists. Rhodes University has...
