
Reassessing Mandela is a reminder that even the most admired leaders operate within constraints.




In the modern age, mobile phones are life partners and tools for literacy and positive socioeconomic progress. Expanding local language...














Both the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress appear to have settled on obfuscation as the name of the game in this election season....

The secure web service will allow individuals to send information “without fear of being compromised and exposed". Find out which African media houses partnered with afriLeaks

The African continent has made significant efforts to strengthen the capacity of states in better preventing and combating the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and...

Hundreds of school girls left their homes late last year so they wouldn't undergo female genital mutilation (FGM), which is still a social ill despite Tanzania...

This African Diaspora International Film Festival pick, is based on the true story of a white supremacist who terrorises a black family for a night

Presidential elections in Togo are scheduled for the first half of 2015. Important as they are, these polls should not overshadow the need for local elections,...

For the first time ever, oil giant Royal Dutch Shell will pay a huge settlement in Nigeria

Despite threats to their lives, gay rights activists in Uganda published a free new magazine (Bombastic), which shares the stories of Uganda's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender...

International singer, Madonna has come out to defend the posting of 'bondage photos' iconic figures such as Nelson Mandela on her Facebook and Twitter accounts. The...

Are you an unapologetic urbanite who hates going to your ancestral home? This post is for you.