Singapore built its anti-corruption success by engineering honesty as the rational choice—through ironclad anti-corruption laws, fearsome enforcement by an independent...
The council was conceived in warfare – could that also bring reform, including adding a seat for Africa?
A crowdfunding initiative to support Ethiopian athlete Feyisa Lilesa, the Olympic men’s marathon silver medallist, who made a brave gesture in solidarity with Oromo protesters has...
British athlete Lynsey Sharp has raised the ire of social media with her remarks, which seems to suggest she lost to Caster Semenya because it’s “difficult”...
When Naseemah Mohamed, Kyomuhendo A Ateenyi and Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire started Writivism in 2012, its focus was on Uganda. Today, Writivism runs workshops all over the...
The recent death of Fatmata Turay, a 19 year-old girl from Makeni, Sierra Leone, who died after a botched female genital mutilation (FGM) operation has continued...
Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe has been ranked in the bottom ten tier of the Liveability Ranking released by research group, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)....
Since the rise of Boko Haram, the media have painted a picture of Borno State in Nigeria as a place of death and destruction. Photojournalist Fati...
Ain't no party like a This Is Africa website launch party! Just ask everyone in Nairobi where last week, This Is Africa put together the launch...
As part of the Samosa Festival 2016, a mixed bag of creatives not only produced public art that enhanced and uplifted a neglected community but interacted...
While the state deploys various forms of violence against their bodies, marginalised Zimbabwean women of lower economic and social status are using African feminist praxis to...
It was just under five years ago that the bubbly South African chef, Siba Mtongana, made her way onto our screens. Affectionately called the Queen of...
