
Reassessing Mandela is a reminder that even the most admired leaders operate within constraints.




Scapegoating immigrants will not result in significantly improved healthcare service provision, reduced crime or less unemployment.














On 22 August 2014, the #BringBackOurGirls advocacy group, acting as a nation’s conscience against poor political will and citizens’ forgetfulness, organised a protest to mark the...

Today, South Africa celebrates Freedom Day to commemorate the country’s first democratic elections in 1994. The journey to freedom and democracy has been arduous. As South...

In an exclusive interview with the PSC report, Ambassador Fred Ngoga Gateretse, head of the AU’s Early Warning Division, spoke about dealing with problems before they...

Matatu is the name of the public transport used in Kenya. Many countries in Africa like Senegal, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Tanzania have transport systems like...

Senai Wolderufael is a former Ethiopian Airlines employee turned entrepreneur. His company, Feed Green Ethiopia, produces and exports Ethiopian spices and dry food items to different...

Two Wednesday's ago, I got a phone call from a reporter at one of Italy’s major newspapers, la Repubblica. It was the second anniversary of the...

The Jalada Translations Issue is a statement to the effect that African languages can find their place in dialogue among themselves; exist with equal power alongside...

Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan has called on African leaders to leave office after serving their mandated constitutional terms. Annan warned that while the number...

That the head of Libya’s optimistically named Government of National Accord (GNA) could only arrive in the country on 30 March via a military operation –...

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has made a formal request to members of the country’s legislature to approve laws to pull Kenya out of the International Criminal...