
African economies will register strong nominal growth in 2026. But many countries in the region will struggle to convert that...




As global powers seek support for their competing worldviews, will Africa capitalise on its rising strategic value?











Renowned scientist and biologist Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was last week endorsed by the Mauritian Parliament to be the first female president of the African island

The Wodaabe or Bororoare people are proud traditionally nomadic cattle-herders and traders from a small subgroup of the Fulani ethnic group who are scattered across the sub-Saharan Sahelian steppe...

Is the green economy the most sensible way forward for Africa?

In my life and work, I have been lucky to meet numerous young women who are active in social justice movements, have founded organisations that have...

Ugandan families have been subjected to bribery, trickery, and coercion for them to give up their children to United States citizens and other foreigners for adoption....

Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta is, despite expectations of alliance to the West, known for his marked anti-Western rhetoric, but that rhetoric may be more opportunistic than...

In Northern Ghana, the children of accused witches are often implicated and isolated along with their mothers in Ghana's witch camps and witch sanctuaries.

Leptis Magna was enlarged and embellished by Septimius Severus, who was born there and later became emperor. It was one of the most beautiful cities of...

There is no doubt that corruption remains one of the most significant challenges to good governance, sustainable economic growth, peace, stability and development in Africa.

In the latest Made in Africa series, Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire turns to online literary platforms to understand the African literary digital landscape.