
Singapore built its anti-corruption success by engineering honesty as the rational choice—through ironclad anti-corruption laws, fearsome enforcement by an independent...




Former South African President Jacob Zuma says he is willing to return to politics if the African National Congress (ANC)...










Women deserve 360 degrees of recognition all year long. As honourable as Women’s Month is, women never get a day off from womaning, therefore universal acknowledgement...

Turns out Kenya’s ruling coalition is not completely sold on democracy. The Jubilee coalition, which is aiming to turn itself into a political party in September,...

Pupils at Pretoria Girls High in South Africa are protesting against alleged racist rules, which inhibit them from having hairstyles such as afros, bantu knots, dreadlocks...

Rita Nketiah outlines the ways respectability politics constrains African women and girls from expressing the totality of their humanity

Kagure Mugo looks into the hang-ups and taboos people share around sex when a woman is on her period.

In a landmark case, two teenage sisters from Tanzania who are living with albinism have been granted asylum in the U.S. with help from students at...

Blogging has become a phenomenon across the world, providing an informal platform that creates access to differing human experiences in numerous contexts. In our interests, we...

Opposition protests turned violent on Wednesday in central Harare as Zimbabwean police fired teargas and used water cannons and baton sticks to disperse demonstrators protesting against...

Tanzania has started a programme to train tailors in anticipation of plans to implement a regional ban on the importation of second-hand clothes and footwear by...

‘What practices of self-care and love have been replicated and shared by black girls and women in the styling and braiding of their hair? What collective...