We have now moved beyond the Shock Doctrine. The empire is not executing a crisis. It is being executed by...
As global powers seek support for their competing worldviews, will Africa capitalise on its rising strategic value?
It's onwards and upwards for Abderrahmane Sissako's epic film 'Timbuktu' which looks at the brief occupation of Timbuktu, Mali by Islamist militants. In addition to an...
It's easy to draw superfluous comparisons between working a '9 to 5' and slavery. And we often do when we joke about what we have to...
The Johannesburg-based Institute for Race Relations reports that South African police are detaining women to rape them
Treating unsafe abortions costs the Ugandan government Sh7.5 billion annually, according to Center for Health Human Rights and Development (CEHURD)
Black History Month is a time to reflect on the contributions various people have made, for the freedom of black people globally. Take a look at...
The government of Malawi has passed legislation which outlaws child marriage and lifts the legal age for a girl to be married to 18
In an audacious move that is to revolutionise Tanzania's primary and secondary education, the country's Ministry of Education and Vocational Training has decided to ditch English...
UNAIDS, UNICEF and its partners launched the 'All In' platform in Nairobi on Wednesday, to take action against the adolescent AIDS epidemic
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) organised a rally on Wednesday, protesting the power cuts in Ghana which the opposition party says is hampering the economy
Today the west African nation of The Gambia observes it's 50th year of freedom from British colonial rule. Freedom of the sovereign state should equate to...
