Reassessing Mandela is a reminder that even the most admired leaders operate within constraints.
The bloc’s first-ever troop deployment to a member country will test its capacity to resolve complex conflicts.
In Lagos, Nigeria, over 30 000 citizens living in the waterfront settlement of Otodo Gbame, Lekki, were rendered homeless when the state government’s task force demolished...
Corruption is at the root of what ends in angry commuter protests.
When Nigeria’s State Security Service arrested Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the modern secessionist group Indigenous People of Biafra, many thought that agitation for the defunct...
For some in Cameroon, you are either Anglophone or Francophone, either a victim or a benefactor of linguistic privilege. However, for Monique Kwachou and other ‘citizens...
Botswana lost its former president Sir Quett Ketumile Joni Masire yesterday. Sir Ketumile Masire was Botswana's second president and is credited for leading Botswana towards economic...
As a nurse in the colonial civil service, my maternal grandfather, Ndumma, travelled all over Nigeria and Southern Cameroons. Recently, we retraced Grandpa's journey from Ahaba...
Angolan writer José Eduardo Agualusa won the International Dublin Literary Award worth €100,000 for his novel A General Theory of Oblivion translated from Portuguese to English...
Ethiopia's high economic growth can be linked to the country's use of new technologies. The country recently introduced Africa's first smart parking system. This parking system...
The protection and safety of journalists continues to be a pressing issue across the continent. Within weeks of celebrating World Press Freedom Day commemorated on May...
"In Christ there is no male or female," but in many churches across Africa gender inequality is the norm, which is often justified. The church has...
