Using billions in public funds for private border security could be the latest chapter in government’s xenophobic fixation.
In this year’s Wimbledon Championships, Tunisia's Ons Jabeur became the first African-Arab woman in the modern era to reach a...
Zimbabweans who do not have one of the newly introduced Special Dispensation Permits risk problems on their return to South Africa from their annual holiday
We all saw the headlines and the cover art: The ever present silhouette of an acacia tree; the warmth of a rust-colored sun, setting slowly in...
They say God made Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve. Very cute, but because it rhymes doesn’t mean it’s true. If the creator, Obatala, can...
Clashes have broken out in three states in South Sudan. This comes only a few days after the country's warring factions had agreed to stop unconditionally...
Following the tumult that resulted in the end of Blaise Compaoré's 27-year tenure as President of Burkina Faso, we take a look at some of Africa's...
A Ugandan campaigner for gay rights has been honoured by LGBT charity Stonewall as this year's hero of the year
President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar have been given 15 days to reach a peace accord. This follows talks brokered by...
Last month we published “An Open Letter to African Intellectuals” which questioned the relevance to Africa of the sort of western-educated African intellectual praised in the...
When do women make most noise during sex? When they’re having an orgasm? Or when their man is about to come? Recent research reveals the truth