The Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (ZIDERA) was signed by US president George W. Bush into law in December...
Every South African who cares about the future of the country will agree with former president Mbeki that, to avert...
As expected on 7 May, the ANC – as the only viable party to run the country – was handed another five years in government by...
In political, academic and other analyses of Africa, the North is often either removed from the continent or treated as fundamentally different from “black” aka “real”...
As presidential candidates enter the last leg of campaigns for Malawi's top job, a survey has revealed that the election outcomes are too close to predict...
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and rebel commander Riek Machar signed a ceasefire deal on Friday after coming under growing international pressure to end ethnic fighting...
What does it mean to be Nigerian at a time of so much uncertainty? Am I grateful to be a Nigerian? Yes. Would I wish to...
In some rural areas in southeast Madagascar, if a woman gives birth to twins, she is expected to abandon them as they bring an evil curse...
Why are we still putting chemicals in our hair? It’s 2014, black people have supposedly shaken off the chains of mental slavery, yet when it comes...
As South Africans go to the polls, “Miners Shot Down”, a new film about the Marikana mine massacre (in which 112 miners were shot by police...