From childhood nostalgia to writing sleeve notes in exile, Takura Zhangazha’s devotion to Thomas Mapfumo faces its ultimate test. As...
How far Africa has come in the space age and what benefits does the continent stand to gain from its...
Last Tuesday, African Health Now honoured Kenyan artist/activist Wangechi Mutu, award-winning senior marketing executive/mentor Bozoma Saint John and podiatric surgeon and health advocate Dr. Samuel F....
About 500 shopkeepers and their family members who have immigrated from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Pakistan and Somalia have been forced to abandon their businesses and flee for...
How language relates to time is a philosophical humdinger. In his remarkable essay, ‘Midnight,’ South African novelist Imraan Coovadia writes that ‘science has yet to create...
The theme of the 2015 Lagos Photo Festival is ‘Designing Futures’ and photographers at the festival are stepping up to the challenge.
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has agreed, in principle, to employ its workers directly, and charges were dropped against 23 protesters. But at Wits, students...
Human Rights Watch has released a report documenting the abuse, beatings and involuntary treatment of people with psychosocial disabilities in Somaliland’s private and public health centres
Breaking new ground, 28 year-old Lieutenant Ouma Laouali, becomes Niger’s first female pilot to serve in the country’s armed forces
There has been outrage over plans to racially segregate fans after a shocking video of four black fans being attacked during a Champion League match emerges
With as many as 14 sub-Saharan African states taking to the polls, 2015 has been a critical year on the election calendar. On Sunday Tanzania, a...
The education minister Lazarus Dokora says pupils ‘will be instructed in the languages that have been accepted in our Constitution’
