
Africa’s most famous funnyman and TV star, the South African stand-up comedian and author Trevor Noah, is leaving his job...














Today is Africa Day, the annual commemoration of the 1963 founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), which is now known as the Africa Union...

Twitter, the micro-blogging social networking site, which has previously been heavily criticized for its lack of diversity and gender inclusion in its workforce has appointed Debra...
Nana Ansah Kwao IV, juggles his royal duties with his job as radio host. He told What’s Up Africa's Ikenna Azuike, what it's like to be...

Nigerian hyper realistic painter Oresegun Olumide’s artwork recently made waves on social media. The oil paintings depict reality that many people could be deceived into thinking...

The South African government’s intention to pass new laws to criminalise racist behaviour and the glorification of apartheid is right-minded but wrong-headed.

Seychelles’ Parliament this week voted to decriminalize sex between consensual gay and lesbian partners, a major victory for the Indian Ocean archipelago’s LGBT community. The Parliament...

The UN has honoured Captain Mbaye Diagne, a valiant Senegalese soldier who served in UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda who risked and lost his life to...

Since news of his death broke early on Monday, heartfelt tributes and fond remembrances having been streaming in for Woldemeskel Kostre, the man who is credited...

Africa today has fewer conflicts than in the past, though violence continues to hold back development and generate significant costs to governments, business and societies.

While there is nothing wrong with being discreet about sex, it is nonsensical to still be so secretive about it. A recent art exhibition in Johannesburg...