
A Ugandan campaigner for gay rights has been honoured by LGBT charity Stonewall as this year's hero of the year

President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar have been given 15 days to reach a peace accord. This follows talks brokered by...

Last month we published “An Open Letter to African Intellectuals” which questioned the relevance to Africa of the sort of western-educated African intellectual praised in the...

There are two types of blacks I’d let Winnie Mandela ‘necklace’ with burning tyres any day: the one who treats another like the white master used...

Namibia's Supreme Court says HIV-positive women have been forcibly sterilised after giving birth, in a ruling being hailed by rights activists as a victory for women...