Using billions in public funds for private border security could be the latest chapter in government’s xenophobic fixation.
Thousands of plant species are used in African traditional medicine. Extracts from some of these plants are part of important...
40 years ago, "arguably the greatest sporting event of the 20th century" took place in Kinshasa, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo). The spectacle brought to...
Three years after the toppling of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime, Libya is far from the democratic state many had envisioned and hoped for. Instead the country finds...
Can you still have orgasms if your clitoris has been cut off? Certainly, say European researchers at the World Congress for Sexual Health, after studying African...
Former Zambian Vice-President, Guy Scott has been appointed the country's interim president following the death of the incumbent Michael Sata. Scott becomes Africa's first white president...
The president of Zambia, Michael Sata has died. According to local media, the 77 year old leader passed away on Tuesday evening in London
Following yesterday's violent death of Bafana Bafana skipper, Senzo Meyiwa, the issue of gun violence in the country has again appeared in the public consciousness.
In what is another signal that the purported ceasefire between Boko Haram and the Nigerian government has completely broken down, the insurgents are believed to have...
The Ebola virus seems to be reaching further as the West African nation of Mali confirmed its first case
President Paul Kagame on Tuesday asserted Rwanda's story as that of growth and not just "a country of genocide", emphasising the country's reconciliation and economic growth....
A solar farm in Tunisia could soon provide energy to around 2.5 million homes in the UK. It is said to be 20 per cent cheaper...
