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




In the wake of the death of Dida, an elephant aged between 60 and 65 years believed to be Africa’s...

















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...

Following the Pan-African writers’ collective Jalada Africa’s translation of “The Upright Revolution: Or Why Humans Walk Upright” by Ngugu wa Thiong’o, described as ‘the single most...

A recent climate change report suggests that the globe is headed for a 2,9°C to 3, 4°C warming, a scenario that could spell disaster for the...

Today Africa joins the world in observing World Aids Day. We stand in solidarity with the 78 million people who have become infected with HIV and...

As the world mourns the loss of Cuban revolutionary, Fidel Castro, who passed away at the age of 90, Hakima Abbas reminisces on Fidel the dream,...