Kenya’s seven-member Supreme Court has ruled on the petition challenging Aug. 9 elections results in which Deputy President William Ruto...
Michael Brown, a young black man, is dead. The man who killed him, a white policeman, will not be punished. Because in America, white is always...
I spent eight years convincing myself that it was all a bad dream, and I am not alone in that response.
New evidence of a Rwandan killed in Germany last month has emerged and it points to xenophobia
An exhibition in Lagos highlights the importance of aso-oke, the premier fabric in Yoruba land. Artist Tunde Owolabi spoke to Oris Aigbokhaevbolo about the importance of...
Investigating crimes against humanity is a notoriously complex, slow and expensive business. Zimbabwe meets both these criteria. Basic human rights have been something of a luxury...
There is increasing evidence that rates of child sexual abuse and rape are disproportionately high in sub-Saharan Africa. A searingly powerful photographic exhibition hopes to break...
Since the 1990s, when multi-party politics was re-introduced in Kenya, the country has seen numerous political transitions. In 2010, a new constitution was promulgated, paving the...
Thomas Sankara's death nearly 30 years ago during a coup has never been fully explained. Burkina Faso's interim president, Michel Kafando, says he will allow an...
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
