
The African Union needs to launch a credible, robust mediation process with mutually accepted mediators.














Is Africa, yet again, backing a ‘power sharing’ deal that in reality completely favours the incumbent?

I have said this before: one of the hardest tasks is to predict how Nigerians would react in any given situation. We are a perplexing bunch,...

It’s hard to imagine the country without him, but dos Santos’ departure could well set change in motion.

In the illustration Chinue Igwe, a biracial Nigerian-American lesbian woman discusses the complexities of coming out the closet. The illustration depicts the prevalent conservative social, cultural...

Kene Mkparu is the Group MD/CEO of FilmHouse Cinemas and FilmOne Distribution, a film exhibition company based in Nigeria. On the sidelines of the recently concluded...

In recent years, men’s fashion has been gaining popularity. It comes as no surprise that African prints are trending on menswear runways across the continent. We...

The argument for a basic income grant can no longer be ignored.

Whatever faults Barack Obama has, we cannot overlook the symbolic importance of a black man in the White House, especially now when a neo-fascist is set...

Several readers, reviewers, writers and critics have recently responded to the release of Cameroonian novelist Imbolo Mbue’s debut novel, Behold the Dreamers. Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire weighs...

“Black people don’t get depressed” is a refrain heard in some white circles. Yet depression and mental illness exist in black communities – something that is...