Zambia’s August 2026 presidential election stands as a vital geopolitical watershed for Southern Africa. Strikingly contrasted against Zimbabwe’s executive overreach...
The regime once seemed untouchable. Now anything feels possible.
They have championed sexual and gender minority rights, risked their lives to live boldly, educated their communities, and created art that depicts queer realities. Meet some...
The decolonisation process was to take place rapidly during the reign of Elizabeth II.
Zimbabwean public intellectual Dr Alex Tawanda Magaisa died on Sunday, June 5, aged 46. He was best known as a prolific columnist on Zimbabwe’s ongoing democratic...
Lifting awards at film festivals is just the start of the journey for documentaries like The Last Shelter (Mali), No U-Turn (Nigeria) and No Simple Way...
Was German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s trip more about Africa or Ukraine?
Despite it being a natural reproductive cycle, menstruation is still a basis for stigmatisation, abuse, exclusion, and shame. Additionally, period poverty and the inability to afford...
Just as Christians in the 1800s were persecuted for embracing foreign teachings, today the regime in power vilifies civil society and opposition political parties as foreign...
Blood Sisters is untypical of Nollywood’s normal fair in a number of ways. It chooses thrill over romance and challenges taboos.
The country’s discriminatory laws and societal attitudes towards queer people mean each bit of help they do receive requires caution, patience and a network of sympathetic...
Globally, only 25 percent of all national parliamentarians are women, and only 4 countries have 50 percent or more women in parliament. In Kenya, the statistics...
