
Reassessing Mandela is a reminder that even the most admired leaders operate within constraints.




Ducking the crossfire doesn’t mean staying neutral – Africa should take independent, principled positions that support the UN Charter.













We remember an African struggle icon Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe. Sobukwe founded, and led the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), an anti-apartheid movement. Affectionately known as the Professor...

Today marks three years since former South African President Nelson Mandela passed away.

Lagos-based poet and mental health specialist Dami Ajayi writes about Yaba Left and the journey of a disused railway building from being an asylum in the...

Doomsday clock, a magazine founded by the people who built the atomic bomb, say we will probably edge closer to annihilation when Donald Trump takes over...

RwandAir has started operating its newly acquired Airbus A330-300, #Umurage “Heritage” the airline’s largest aircraft as part of the company’s strategy to expand its wings. RwandAir...

Today, we celebrate the life and achievements of Ghanaian soccer star Michael Essien who celebrates his 34th birthday on December 3. Here are some highlights from...

Nigerian poet and activist Wole Soyinka has revealed that he has fulfilled his promise to cut up his American residency green card in protest, after the...

With so many products and tips for natural black hair, it’s hard to know what really works. Now there’s a new haircare app to help you...

Gambians today are at the polls to choose their leader for the next five years. The country uses the first past-the post system, and the voting...

Ugandan inventor Philip Mukoza Mpaata has become the country’s first pharmacist to hold a patent for a drug dosing device. Mpaata’s safety dispenser for liquid medicines...