Reassessing Mandela is a reminder that even the most admired leaders operate within constraints.
A new music genre, originating from South Africa called Amapiano meaning ‘the pianos’ in Zulu language has taken the world...
Just two weeks before Africa’s maritime decision makers were due to meet in early November in Lomé, Togo for a summit on security, safety and development,...
Namibia is one of the driest countries on earth, and yet nearly all Namibians have access to clean drinking water. At the same time, however, only...
Within hours of Zuma’s imprudent announcement that he was appointing as minister of finance an ANC backbencher and former mayor to 200 000 people in the...
Discourses that shape reproductive and sexual rights in Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe is a predominantly conservative and Christian society which, akin to many countries on the continent, supports...
It's time to talk... about how #BlackLivesMatter and associated movements can support struggles on the African continent as well as African diasporan activists around the globe
In a case heavily criticised by rights groups, six Tunisian students were jailed for three years for homosexuality and banned from the city for five years....
One of the expected outcomes from the Paris Climate Conference (COP21) is that it will provide a framework for actualizing the 2030 Agenda on sustainable development....
Something did snap when President Jacob Zuma, in what appears to be an impulsive unilateral move, “redeployed” the minister of finance without informing his own cabinet....
Administrators at Abim Hospital last week suspended three nurses over allegations of revealing the poor state of the health facility on television during opposition candidate Kizza...
Cameroon has produced some of Africa’s best-known musicians, from Manu Dibango to Richard Bona, Francis Bebey to Sam Fan Thomas. Today the country is bustling with...
