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




Ruto says there is no room for homosexuality in a ‘republic that worships God’. But it’s not just about religion.














In this RNW Media/BBC Co-produced satire series, What's up Africa looks at the news from the African continent, from the plummeting Zambian Kwacha to Trevor Noah’s...

Two months ago, five albino children from Tanzania were in the US to receive free surgery and prosthetic limbs after being disjointed in brutal, witchcraft-related attacks...

Paduol Ater’s inspirational story is one of determination, hard-work and hope. Ater fled Sudan to escape a massacre which claimed his whole family, arriving in Australia...

The traditional underground homes are sometimes described as "troglodyte" structures. They are found in Matmata, Tunisia.

HRW report documents the testimonies of women and girls as young as 12, abducted and held as sex-slaves in ‘rape camps’

Today the world commemorates the birth of a global icon. 146 years ago Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi, or “Great Soul” was born....

Wangari Maathai may have passed on four years ago last Friday, September 25th, but it’s highly unlikely the spirit and the common sense that the founder...

The mega airport will surpass the new $475-million modern light-rail system and the project will only be second to the ongoing Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project

Why is it that people fake orgasms when it really does not help anyone? Social conventions have made it so that even when we do not...

Elijah Lemayan received a standing ovation at a United Nations meeting after sharing a moving story of living with HIV/AIDS