
Zimbabwe’s shift to biometric e-passports masks a critical vulnerability: digital sovereignty. With foreign firms building the state's digital identity infrastructure,...




Every year, African families pay almost nine billion dollars in fees to send money to each other. Bitcoin has cracked...

















Burkina Faso’s former President Blaise Compaore, who was sentenced to life in jail for the murder of revolutionary icon Thomas Sankara, has apologised to Sankara’s family...

Zimbabwe’s central bank should focus on tackling the underlying drivers of inflation rather than blaming the war in Ukraine.

A 170-carat pink diamond believed to be one of the largest rough diamonds globally has been found in Angola. The diamond was named the “Lulo Rose”...

Playing out in an animal kingdom, Glory is a devastating political commentary on Zimbabwe today.

It is time to end the rampant practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone is one of the world’s worst offenders for...

The country is still a very different political space. It’s a noisy democracy with a free media, lots of dissenting voices, and insulting the government doesn’t...

Kenya’s presidential running mates went head-to-head on July 19, 2022. Azimio’s Martha Karua was an easy favourite to dominate the Deputy Presidential debate but Kenya Kwanza’s...

What we say and where we say it matters for preventing discrimination, and social media is now a priority.

Russia is trying to normalise an international order where might makes right. And democracy and respect for human rights are optional.

Mark Ngwazi inherited a Sungura songbook which depended a little too much on folk wisdom and flat moralising. Humour, wordplay and counterintuitive observation could be Ngwazi’s...