
We have now moved beyond the Shock Doctrine. The empire is not executing a crisis. It is being executed by...




The division within the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, the fact that the race was very close, and turnout was...














Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina is the most high profile person to come out as gay in Africa, earning a place at the centre of the emotionally...

In February, Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina earned a place at the centre of the emotionally fraught debate over homosexuality in Africa. In this far-ranging interview, Mr....

South Africa's main political opposition party the DA has accused President Jacob Zuma of insulting former president Nelson Mandela's views on human rights through his failure...

After raiding the offices of Walter Reed Project for training homosexuals earlier, the Uganda Police have now alleged that the now closed Makerere University Walter Reed...

South Africa positions itself as a continental leader, but the domestic reality is very different with immigration policies becoming increasingly stringent. This not only sanctions xenophobia...

Nigerian church. Kenyan church. Wherever you are in the Diaspora, you will find – among the multicultural churches - many African churches filled with one particular...

Star Quest, the music talent show which produced major Nigerian music and entertainment stars like P Square, Asa, KCEE, Klint D’Drunk, Mr Raw, and helped kick...

Under colonial rule, traditional healers were deemed backward and outlawed. Little was done to investigate the legitimacy of what these healers actually did. Today the prejudice...

The son of a camel herder, Hassan Bashir knows how tough traditional life in Kenya's arid north is, where pastoralists rely on livestock herds surviving boom...

Recalculated GDP figures show that highly-populated Nigeria's economy grew to $453 billion in 2012, leapfrogging SA's $384 billion, according to the World Bank