Reassessing Mandela is a reminder that even the most admired leaders operate within constraints.
The album Mr. Money With The Vibe, with its amapiano influences, is just 30 minutes long but it speaks volumes...
Kofi Annan left a rich and enduring legacy promoting peace and democracy. Here are 10 quotes from the 7th UN Secretary-General.
A Somali television journalist was killed by a car bomb in front of his children, relatives said, the fifth murder of a journalist in the war-torn...
“The Facebook post is important because it is instant.” Stella Nyanzi and the making of a social media icon
Defining a continent – or any place – by its icons simplifies its politics and diminishes its people and such is the African narrative.
Our #MCM this week is South African musician Cassper Nyovest. He recently filled up the FNB Stadium for a music show, becoming the first South African...
The second edition of the Abantu Book Festival took place this past weekend in Soweto, South Africa. These are snapshots from the festival.
On this day in 1911 acclaimed Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz was born. He is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of Arabic literature, publishing...
Zimbabwe's new government ordered Thursday that land confiscated from a white farmer to give to an ally of former president Robert Mugabe must be returned.
Britain on Wednesday expressed cautious optimism after the military took control of Zimbabwe, but warned against any transition "from one unelected tyrant to the next".
Built 10km south of Windhoek, the Heroes' Acre is an official war memorial of the Republic of Namibia. The monument is a symbol of the spirit...
