We have now moved beyond the Shock Doctrine. The empire is not executing a crisis. It is being executed by...
Musaemura Zimunya and Marshall Munhumumwe’s culturally immersive and nationally minded writing and music have a foundational place in the Zimbabwean...
The President of Zambia, Guy Scott has been suspended by political party Patriotic Front for "not respecting the constitution." The leader will remain a member of...
Anti-retrovirals (ARVs) are supposed to be free for HIV positive people, but not in Harare, where some doctors sell the drugs on the black market
Ali Mazrui, one of the foremost African intellectuals for the last fifty years, died recently. Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire reflects on Mr. Mazrui’s five strategies for taming...
As the descendants of former slaves in the Caribbean face discrimination and a stripping away of their human rights and citizenship, we should all rally to...
It has been almost 3 weeks since Burkina Faso ousted its president, Blaise Compaoré, following his intention to exceed the legislated two-term limit on a the...
A 31 year-old Nigerian scientist has received a patent for his pioneering work of turning urine into flammable gases, raising hopes in a time of a...
Tanzania stands accused of going back on its promise not to evict Maasai pastoralists from their ancestral land in order to build a reserve for the...
20 years after the fall of apartheid in South Africa, the government has shifted policy to attempt to "balance out the scales" from the injustices of...
Hanging a woman or stoning her to death for committing adultery are the types of prescriptions one would expect to hear nowadays from places controlled by...
