
Once a symbol of global unity, the 2026 FIFA World Cup has transformed into an awkward echo of Cold War...




His songs about the rights of the Oromo people in Ethiopia lifted the spirits of a downtrodden people and his...

















Most people’s impressions of South Sudan are likely to have been formed by the pictures of anonymous rebels, soldiers and refugees they keep seeing in the...

The bust of former president Nelson Mandela unveiled at Parliament on Monday shows how far South Africa's democracy has come in a short space of time,...

The South Sudanese government on Thursday announced it is dropping its case against four politicians who are accused of attempting to oust President Salva Kiir in...

Next month in Norway a 'human zoo' will open, a re-enactment of the voyeurist exhibitions of Africans that took place during the colonial era. The organizers...

Michael Ighodaro is a Nigerian activist and LGBTQ rights advocate based in New York City. In response to the anti-gay law passed by President Goodluck Jonathan...

France has in a statement vowed to "do all to uncover the truth... and will not leave this unpunished" after Islamist group claimed to have killed...

Nowhere else in the world is maternal mortality and the low use of contraceptive higher than in West Africa, says Malian Dr. Cheick Touré who is...

Recently a young South African man lost his penis. The member in question was lost during an initiation ritual and when he attempted to ask the...

The Kenyan government has thrown a security cordon over a part of the city of Nairobi most populated by the Somali. Why? Because al Shabaab operates...

Last week the organization I work for – the Consumers Protection Association – published a joint report with Oxfam that shows how a health public–private partnership...