Zambia’s peaceful polling day has given way to a far more precarious test: a nationwide suspension of vote counting, competing...
“We are not going to allow oil mining to exacerbate our climate change” says environmental activist.
President Adama Barrow has finally returned from Senegal where he was sworn in as the new leader at The Gambian embassy in Dakar. President Barrow’s return...
The AU should bolster the means and willpower of regions to use their militaries to enforce democracy.
Nude photography that explores body types and sexualities may not just be met with silent hostility in East Africa; historically, it has been met with resistance....
The AU Commission chairperson steps down this month, leaving behind a mixed bag of failures and successes.
In Borno, Nigeria, where the radical sect Boko Haram has masterminded a campaign of terror for almost a decade, the real estate sector is showing a...
Florence Onyebuchi “Buchi” Emecheta one of the most popular and celebrated African writers has died at the age of 72 in London. The Nigerian novelist based...
Last week, Yahya Jammeh boarded a private jet leaving The Gambia after 22 years at the helm of the small West African country. Jammeh’s departure came...
Here are 10 memorable quotes, and excerpts from the works of a great African literary giant, Buchi Emecheta. Emecheta was greatly respected and admired for her...
Ahead of a gathering of (grey) heads of state later this month at the first African Union Summit for 2017, Levi Kabwato remembers Mohamed Bouazizi, reflects...
The situation in Burundi is still deteriorating, and could lead to genocide, civil war or regional conflict. So where does Burundi go from here? The options...
