
Reassessing Mandela is a reminder that even the most admired leaders operate within constraints.




The violation of the human rights of protesters in Ghana has been condemned by Africans Rising.














Ghana’s civil society has contributed to taming the power of a strong state.

After a journey of struggle and hardship, an asylum seeker whose first job in South Africa was being a car guard is now pursuing his PhD...

With less than two months before Kenya’s elections, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC’s) credibility and modus operandi is on the line. How it handles...

The ancient Greeks had the same problems with populism, hate speech and fake news as Twitter does today.

Second-hand clothes carry both the individual and collective identity of their origin, that is, the fashion, style, and aesthetics. They go by different names in different...

Nigeria’s 23rd year of unbroken democratic rule will be celebrated on 12 June 2022.

The Nigerian footballer died young and in mysterious circumstances, keeping his legacy in the shadows. It’s been 10 years, though, and his skill and commitment to...

For relations with the DRC to truly improve, the Belgian state must acknowledge its historical responsibility more strongly.

With a government that fails to provide the much-needed relief available to a population that is increasingly desperate, the onus is on ordinary South Africans to...

Although it’s failed to deliver democracy to citizens, Nigeria is not the collapsed and disintegrated entity which a 2005 US National Intelligence Council analysis predicted it...