
“The Facebook post is important because it is instant.” Stella Nyanzi and the making of a social media icon

Defining a continent – or any place – by its icons simplifies its politics and diminishes its people and such is the African narrative.

On this day in 1911 acclaimed Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz was born. He is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of Arabic literature, publishing...

Zimbabwe's new government ordered Thursday that land confiscated from a white farmer to give to an ally of former president Robert Mugabe must be returned.

Britain on Wednesday expressed cautious optimism after the military took control of Zimbabwe, but warned against any transition "from one unelected tyrant to the next".