
We have now moved beyond the Shock Doctrine. The empire is not executing a crisis. It is being executed by...




The new and old Kenyan MPs elected to the 13th parliament are united in demanding for a “just” pay for...














Zambia is rightly considered a haven of peace in the region. However, with the 11 August general elections less than a month away, there are concerns...

Is there something that artists should or shouldn’t be doing? And are we, the public, who are the consumers of art, the ones to decide what...

If we are to curb high rates of HIV infections and pregnancy in schools, condoms must be accessible.

Pictures of Zimbabwean graduates dressed in graduation gowns while vending on the streets of central Harare have gone viral on social media. The pictures highlight the...

In Africa and elsewhere, men earn considerably more than women do. However, women are steadily becoming the primary breadwinners in their homes as more corporations diversify...

Ongoing at the Gallery of African Art, London, is a solo exhibition by renowned Ghanaian artist, Emmanuel Yaw Obuobi. The exhibition titled ‘Threads of Art’ features...

The Gambian parliament has passed the Children's Amendment Bill bill banning child marriage, as part of the government's commitment to fight and prevent the practice. The...

Writer Enajite Efemuaye spends time talking to two girls who have been placed in a shelter for survivors of sexual violence in Lagos, Nigeria, and finds...

For generations, women, femmes and girls the world over have had to suffer the weight of patriarchy. No more, says writer OluTimehin Adegbeye; the time for...

“No force on earth can stop an idea whose time has come,” poet and human rights campaigner Victor Hugo once said. The late French’s Statesman’s words...