
Award-winning Zimbabwean novelist and cultural critic Andrew Chatora has entered a new chapter in his literary life, not by stepping...




US-based Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson were recognised for their work on the vast differences in prosperity between...














Ghana hasn’t been able to withstand economic shocks or manage its debt because it hasn’t dealt with structural economic problems.

The ruling party still sees the world as a battleground between neo-liberalism and revolutionary progressivism.

There are links between the #EndSARS protests and greater engagement among young Nigerians in the electoral process.

The economy has taken centre stage in Kenya’s 2022 elections, but political promises have fallen short of offering realistic solutions.

The UCT Special Collections had arguably the most valuable collection of African history documents in the world. It consisted of over 85,000 books and pamphlets on...

A digitisation project in Kenya is asking what other ways memory can exist. Can it exist in music, fashion, or landscapes? And how much is lost...

Former Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos died on July 8 in a clinic in Barcelona, Spain.

In this year’s Wimbledon Championships, Tunisia's Ons Jabeur became the first African-Arab woman in the modern era to reach a Grand Slam final while Kenya’s Angella...

For the last one-and-half years, Kikuyu council of elders have been busy executing their political installation duties. The various councils of elders usually reappear and are...

Thousands of plant species are used in African traditional medicine. Extracts from some of these plants are part of important pharmaceutical drugs.