We have now moved beyond the Shock Doctrine. The empire is not executing a crisis. It is being executed by...
Hardi Yakubu recently visited the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa and paid a courtesy call to Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah. The...
People are calling it patently “racist”. Others say it has so many offensive stereotypes about Africa assembled in one piece it’s almost a masterpiece. That’s how...
A Nigerian engineer Timothy Addigi Terfa is set to launch a tractor, wholly designed and built in Nigeria, a laudable step in agricultural innovation. The invention...
What happens when the people who are supposed to protect you turn into your killers? That’s the question many Kenyans are grappling with after a well-regarded...
The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) movement in Kenya has suffered a significant setback following a recent ruling upholding the use of anal examinations to...
South Sudanese-Australian basketball sensation, 19 year-old Thon Maker has been selected by the Milwaukee Bucks as the team’s 10th overall pick in the 2016 NBA Draft....
Africa has lost one of its great writers, renowned Nigerian author, Elechi Amadi, popularly known for his debut masterpiece, The Concubine, which is widely considered his...
Sex education on the continent is blind to the realities of its many young people, Kagure Mugo argues. It’s time to get real and to help...
Oil spills have long plagued the Ogoni people living in the Niger Delta. President Buhari is finally doing something about the pollution. But there are flaws...
Muammar Gaddafi, the slain Libyan leader, still has a big fun club in Africa. This Is Africa received angry reactions to the published article “The truth...
Rising French music star, Jain, and Nigerian musician Femi Kuti collaborate on an afrobeat remix of her hit single ‘Come’.
