
Zimbabwe’s shift to biometric e-passports masks a critical vulnerability: digital sovereignty. With foreign firms building the state's digital identity infrastructure,...




Three southern African countries – South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia – will be representing the continent at the second of...

















The recent terrorist attacks in Paris and the large refugee wave washing over Europe’s well-manicured shores present the continent with a host of challenges.

Despite calls by activists for a systemic cultural shift to end the female genital mutilation practice, traditional chiefs in parts of Malawi have confirmed that the...

Djibouti touts herself as the capitale culturelle and the eventful Fest’horn Festival has, without doubt, been one of the instruments that is used to claim the...

This weekend, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will convene a double troika summit in Mozambique to receive the report of its commission of inquiry into...

Nigerian soul singer, Maka, recently released a hot new single, Mu Na Gi, off her forthcoming debut EP, The Truth. She recently spoke to TIA's Ladi...

For a government which stresses that FOCAC – the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation – is not about demanding handouts from China, South Africa has a remarkably...

In the southern part of Kalahari is where the spectacular nest images were captured. The Sociable weaver bird is responsible for the telephone pole colonisation.

Parliament of Uganda has become the first public institution to offer a breastfeeding facility in the country. The facility comprises of a play area, kitchen, sleeping...

Female genital mutilation and labia elongation practices in Africa.

Robert F. Smith, investment tycoon and the second richest African American has offered to sponsor the education of the girls who escaped from Boko Haram in...