
We have now moved beyond the Shock Doctrine. The empire is not executing a crisis. It is being executed by...




Leaders across 31 African countries are committing to fighting climate change, rural poverty, and the erosion of the continent’s biodiversity,...














The ills facing Africa today, including low agricultural productivity under a changing climate to Africa’s socio-economic growth, are widely documented. A consequence of low agricultural productivity,...

Businessman and hip-hop artist Akon says his ‘ambitious’ Lighting Africa’ project is bearing fruits with roots in 14 countries

In a world where countless studies have been conducted on women’s sexual pleasure and in which female ejaculation is no longer seen as a myth, some...

Taarab may be the oldest surviving genre of East African music, but what was initially a form of entertainment for the elitist classes has, today, evolved...

Road accident kills 13 and seriously injures 20 others en route to reed dance festival

On Thursday 20 August, Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza surprised many when he was sworn in for his third mandate six days before the inauguration was scheduled...
Kenyan writer, Yvonne Owuor will be at the 2015 Open Book Festival in South Africa to discuss violence, action and consequence, among other issues from her...

While some people are concerned with having a perfect dentition, the intentional removal of anterior teeth has become as equally important for various reasons

Pushing boundaries, a South African mother of two becomes the continent’s first black female naval combat commander

Having a bad hair day? How about a quick fix with some good old-fashioned cow dung?