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




Libya’s competing domestic actors are being exploited by foreign powers seeking to downplay their role in the fragile country.










EU policies towards Africa and the rest of the Global South are unhelpful to the ordinary African. It is against this backdrop that we must see...

The Black Feminisms Forum (BFF) is scheduled to take place in early September this year in Salvador, Brazil, ahead of the 2016 Association for Women’s Rights...

Some call them angels of death, others call them the epitome of evil. There have been serial killers among us almost as long as there have...

African entrepreneurship is certainly on the rise and a Kenyan start-up, Enda Athletic (Enda means “go” in Swahili) has designed and developed world-class running shoes, which...

With climate change posing a serious threat to the livelihoods of millions, the future of the African continent depends on tackling challenges in governance, say Richard...

The Kenyan father of the most powerful man in the world forgot to mention he had a son and a wife while applying for scholarships and...

In what has been billed a ‘protest against a failed state’, people exercising their constitutional right to make their voices heard have been harassed and arrested...

The Financial Times and OppenheimerFunds recently announced the long-list for the second annual FT/OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices Awards. We introduce you to the works of African artists...

Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary general has rejected accusations that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is biased, and targets Africans. Anna said: African leaders “shouldn’t...

The Mechanical and Engineering Department at Tanzania’s Arusha Technical College (ATC) is hoping it can meet the Civil Aviation Authority’s regulations, and a prototype helicopter being...