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




Coups attract attention and action, but the manipulation of polls is the real threat to electoral democracy.










The headscarf goes by many names in Africa. They call it the “gele” in Nigeria, the “duku” in Ghana and the “Kilemba” in East Africa. In...

Rob Boffard is an author, journalist, sound engineer, snowboarder, hip-hop artist and more. He recently sat still long enough for Tseliso Monaheng to chat with him.

Mozambique, which was poised to take off as the world’s third-biggest natural gas producer, is instead now teetering on the brink of a major sovereign debt...

Today the world commemorates the second International Albinism Awareness Day, a special day to celebrate the talents and achievements of people with albinism, and to join...

Albinism is one of the least understood conditions around the world. People with albinism face a number of problems, discrimination and violence because of the lack of...

Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah sits down with Ghanaian writer, nomad and digitial media consultant Jemila Abdulai

Cameroonian innovator Arthur Zang has won the second Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation for his heart-monitoring device, the Cardio-Pad. Zang’s remarkable invention could change the way...

Nigeria’s internal stability remains under threat from Boko Haram and other internal conflicts, the Global peace index reveals. Boko Haram, which became the deadliest terrorist organisation...

From its infancy as music for the urban elites to its heyday as the soundtrack for the liberation movement in Ghana, highlife music has remained the...

Former Nigeria’s Super Eagles player and coach, Stephen Keshi, died on Wednesday, 8 June. Keshi had a successful football career. He was one of two African...