Akinlawon Ladipo Mabogunje was Nigeria’s first professor of geography. He has died at 90. He served as a consultant to...
You remember that Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s The Whispering Trees and Chika Unigwe’s NightDancer, two of the writers and books featured in the first part of these...
Religion plays a huge role in Nigerian society. It shapes daily life and social order. People who don't ascribe to religion are viewed as pariahs and...
Surgeons from South Africa's Stellenbosch University and Cape Town’s Tygerberg Hospital, have performed the world's first successful penis transplant
Tanzania has arrested more than 200 witchdoctors and traditional healers in its continued effort, to put an end to murder of albino people
It is the high time that African governments purposefully initiate youth-friendly development policies, which should be informed by young people themselves. Negotiation, dialogue and youth involvement...
Marriage is important to people but being the matrimonial outlier within a Kenyan family is both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand people...
A journalist turned activist who demanded Mugabe’s resignation is missing and feared dead
More and more Somalis living abroad are bringing their daughters to Kenya to have them undergo female genital mutilation despite the illegality of the practice in...
In South Africa, we have stumbled upon a new trend: that of disrupting the business of legislatures, be it the national Parliament or provincial legislatures. It...
The rumours around Paul Kagame seeking a third term are becoming more rife daily and an admirer of Kagame, Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire of TIA, writes an...
