Once a symbol of global unity, the 2026 FIFA World Cup has transformed into an awkward echo of Cold War...
Singapore built its anti-corruption success by engineering honesty as the rational choice—through ironclad anti-corruption laws, fearsome enforcement by an independent...
If the continent wants positive outcomes, it must be more hard-nosed, prepared and ruthless than China.
Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole, opposition MPs, together with 14 other Nyatsime residents have now spent more than 120 days in pre-trial detention. Despite bail being...
Burkina Faso looks to be the latest west African state where Russian influence is on the rise.
Ghana’s sovereign risk has been downgraded to near junk status by ratings agencies in recent times.
Claude Grunitzky documented the urban culture scenes of different regions with his early media venture, TRACE TV. As lockdown put new emphasis on decentralised work culture,...
Nigeria’s Afrobeats stars love to identify with Fela’s activism and music - but their tributes are becoming opportunistic and empty.
Cricket is Rwanda’s fastest growing sport, and a tool to unite people after the horrors of genocide. Last month, the country’s Under-19 Women’s team qualified for...
Controversial South African band Die Antwoord illustrates the power relations that make cultural appropriation and blackface so damaging.
The African Court has strongly upheld the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic’s case – but diplomatic support is dwindling.
In the following interview, Memory Chirere chats with Austin Kaluba regarding the letter he wrote in 2011 in memory of Dambudzo Marechera. The letter is included...
