Activists and scholars must rethink their neglect of male victims if South Africa is to better understand and resist sexual...
My father’s ultimate lesson was this: Give your children “difficult” names. So the world may learn to unfurl its tongue and bow to all the languages...
ASAR ALKEBULAN traveled to Makoko, a nearly 200 year-old fishing village located in the heart of Lagos lagoon. Journey along, experiencing the sights, sounds and spirit...
Oba of Benin Omonoba Erediauwa has received two bronze works of art looted by British soldiers when they ransacked the city in 1897 in what was...
As part of its 50th Anniversary Declaration in May 2013, the African Union (AU) set itself the goal of ending all wars in Africa by 2020....
Uganda's government has dismissed sanction placed on them by the US for their tough anti-gay laws and denied reports that the legislation had led to an...
The editor of a Zimbabwean state-owned newspaper was arrested in a police raid on Thursday evening, with police saying it was for "publications that he did",...
Rights groups and journalists have expressed concern that media freedom in Nigeria has fallen worryingly below international standards after nationwide seizures of newspapers and restrictions on...
15 million Congolese out of a population of 60 million suffer from mental illness. After more than 20 years of political unrest, the psychological effects on...
It's a common misconception that Africans tended to go barefoot before the Europeans kindly turned up with shoes. This is far from the truth, and is...
There are quite a few reasons I've stopped attending church services, especially in South-Eastern Nigeria. These reasons include the preposterous and stifling rules imposed on women...
