A Tanzanian commission investigating deadly unrest following the October 2025 general election has recommended national reconciliation, criminal investigations and fast-tracking…
For millions of people on the continent, motorcycles provide the most affordable and accessible form of transport, while also creating livelihoods for riders and small businesses
To call Mogadishu ‘garbage’ while extolling Botswana’s diamonds in the same sentence is not diplomacy; it is duplicity
The word Azania is used in this country by political parties and others as a symbolic rejection of apartheid and white supremacy
A Kenyan citizen was facing execution in Vietnam. Her ordeal began with lax security at Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport
Although these regions still have the highest figures for HIV, violence against women and girls and adolescent pregnancy, progress is being made
Interest in dugong conservation is surging beyond Mozambique, with regional initiatives being launched to protect the sea mammals
East African DJ Kampire has built a successful international career playing African sounds
The region has also seen an increase in its contribution to the continent’s broader economic growth
The old trade winds are blowing again and we must take notice, writes editor-in-chief Ron Derby
The world is changing and alliances shifting which presents opportunities for the continent if the citizenry is engaged
Nearly 350 000 South Africans used cocaine before Covid-19 in 2020, consuming about 18 800 tonnes
Anita Soina has written an easily-understood book called The Green War and started a grass-roots organisation to raise awareness and action to combat global warming
Regional and international insurance giants are tying the knot to grow the market
Despite stiff penalties provided by law, the country has seen an increase in pangolin trafficking, an investigation by Benjamin Jube shows
In a year defined by Covid-19, human rights violations, including massacres of civilians and crackdowns on opposition parties, have plagued these regions
The oil, gas and mining industries will benefit from the extractive industries transparency initiative in 2021
The conflict in Ethiopia could spill over into the entire Horn of Africa region. AU and regional leaders need to step up their efforts to de-escalate the situation
The aid worker allegedly called his security guard a ‘slave’
In East Africa, truck drivers are being attacked, robbed and used as diplomatic footballs
