
Zambia’s peaceful polling day has given way to a far more precarious test: a nationwide suspension of vote counting, competing...




A loss and damage fund to cover countries affected by extreme climate events was the main highlight of COP27. Coming...

















What does an African democracy involve and how different should it be from the Western democracy? Is it all about term limits? Many Western electoral observers...

Having learnt from previous general elections, Nigeria is fine-tuning modalities to conform to global standards of electronic voting ahead of the 2019 general elections, writes Valentine...

Bessie Head, an author, teacher and journalist was born to a white woman and black man on this day in 1937. Bessie and her husband, Harold...
Grahamstown in South Africa is hosting the renowned annual National Arts Festival, bringing together a wide array of amazing talent from across the African continent, and...

The University of Cape Town (UCT) will award an honorary doctorate (LLD honoris causa) to activist Abdurrazak ‘Zackie’ Achmat at a graduation ceremony scheduled for Friday,...

African youths have continued to prove that even without the right conditions, they can still make an impact and will excel given the right environment. 25...

Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, has donated 300 cows to raise money for the Africa Union (AU) Foundation to help stop dependance on foreign aid funding. President...

Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, has donated 300 cows to raise money for the Africa Union (AU) Foundation to help stop dependance on foreign aid funding. President...

This is the first in a short series of columns on what the “Gupta leaks” mean for South Africa.

The role of France in the Rwandan Genocide of 1994 has been a source of debate and controversy.