The film Zulu, 50 years on: classic or racist?

Malawi: Peter Mutharika sworn in as president

Peter Mutharika has been sworn in as Malawi’s president after the High Court rejected a request for a recount following allegations of vote-rigging. Outgoing President Joyce Banda...

Ugandan LGBT activists denied Canadian visas

According to Vice  a contingent of Ugandan LGBT activists were recently denied visitor visas to attend World Pride 2014, which will be held in Toronto this...

Zimbabwe changes black empowerment law

Under the law, foreign owners of mines in Zimbabwe were given an ultimatum to surrender more than 50 percent of their shares and find local partners...

White South Africans still do not celebrate Freedom Day

White people have benefited most from the dawn of freedom and democracy in South Africa. Nonetheless, at public events such as Freedom Day and the inauguration...

Yearning for an all-embracing African feminism

Does feminism in Ghana mean that the women who get most respect are either mothers or superwomen? Who will speak up for marginalised women – the...

Land Grabbing in Africa, the new colonialism

The silent recolonisation of Africa is happening on a mass scale. To address this issue, the first Africa Conference on Land Grabs is set to take...

Terrorism is now a fact of life in Nairobi

9/11 was but a dim memory of a TV spectacle until terrorists attacked the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi and we all went crazy about ‘insecurity.’...

Zim to tone down black ownership laws

Zimbabwe is planning to tone down a contentious equity law which compels foreign companies to give up a majority shareholding to local investors, Independent Online reported

Malawi president orders vote count to stop

Malawi president Joyce Banda has ordered the Malawi Electoral Commission to stop the counting of the votes from the May 20 election, citing many "irregularities" in...