How an ‘urban zoo’ project in Kenya is helping unpack the...
There are fears that Africa’s next major modern disease crisis will emerge from its cities. Like Ebola, it may well originate from animals. Understanding...
Four million face starvation in South Sudan as conflict drags on
Four million people in South Sudan now face hunger, despite the beginning of the harvest season, as the protracted conflict in the world’s newest...
We will not over-print bond notes- Zim Central Bank Governor
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor, John Mangudya, on Friday said he would never do anything that would hurt the country, vowing that the central...
Sudan liberation movement leader calls on Trump to end Darfur genocide
The leader of the Sudan Liberation Movement faction (SLM-MM) has called on the President-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, to stop the “ongoing...
Namibia introduces bill to ban foreign ownership of land
The Namibian government has tabled a new land ownership bill that seeks to bar foreigners from owning agricultural, commercial and communal lands.The Land Bill...
Explainer: a tour of Robert Mugabe’s early and later legacies
Robert Mugabe spoke eloquently as Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Elect in March 1980. He offered a message of hope and unity to a population ravaged...
Ghana University row re-ignites debate about Mahatma Ghandi’s racism
The statue of Mahatma Ghandi is to be removed from the University of Ghana campus after a campaign by academic staff based on claims...
‘My workers spend too much time in the toilet,’ says ex-Namibian...
Former Namibian trade minister, David Namalenga, says the workers at his textile factory spend “too much time” in the toilet because they do now...
Human Rights Watch demands investigations into high school student shooting
Human Rights Watch on Wednesday demanded that the Government of Kenya investigates the shooting of a high school student, her mother and three other...
Gunmen kill four in South Sudan as civilians flee en masse
Four people have lost their lives and hundreds of civilians are fleeing after an attack by armed men in Yambio, the capital of Gbudue...