The Benin Empire was one of the oldest and most highly developed states in west Africa, dating back to the 11th century. The walls of Benin...
The Africa Centre for Strategic Studies has declared that human trafficking has become a multibillion-dollar business in Africa, one that African governments have been slow to...
Cultural icons like Achebe, Fela and Saro-Wiwa were among those who highlighted Nigeria's failings.
Opening up positions of political power to women will lead to effective and better implemented development policies.
Ethiopia has gone through a series of changes that's put the country on firm democratic footing.
The debate has been raging for the past eight years: Which African leader was the greater pioneer of Pan-Africanism – Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah or monarch...
The Zimbabwean government's brutal response to protests has dashed hopes for democracy under President Mnangagwa.
The latest Henley Passport Index, which periodically ranks passports for the level of travel access they offer, gives insight into which African passports currently provide the...
Birtukan Mideksa, a former judge and leading opposition figure has been sworn in as the head of Ethiopia's National Election Board. Mideksa becomes the latest woman...
The 11th extraordinary summit of the African Union concluded with the clear aim of making the commission more effective and performance based. These reforms depend on...
