Tillerson would be covering the same issues that have motivated similar African tours by every U.S. Secretary of State since the end of the Cold War. Realistically, Tillerson's ... Read more »
Interactions between African traditional medicines and prescribed medicines can potentially be exploited for good, writes Chrisna Gouws for The Conversation of Africa. Read more »
But I believe there's a silver lining to the dark cloud over Africa's politics. African autocrats are slowly being eased out. Incumbents might tinker with the rules of the game, ... Read more »
On his first official trip to Africa, Secretary Rex Tillerson will meet with leadership in each country, as well as the leadership of the African Union Commission based in Addis ... Read more »
Cassper Nyovest, Caster Semenya (South Africa), Davido (Nigeria), Emmanuella (Nigeria), Eddy Kenzo (Uganda) and Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania) will go head to head for the Favourite ... Read more »
Benin may have the best chance to date of getting them back, as French President Emmanuel Macron vows to make the return of treasures from former African colonies a top priority. ... Read more »
Oscar-winning actresses Lupita Nyong'o and Viola Davis will star in The Woman King, a film about women who rose up to defend their people in West Africa's Kingdom of Dahomey in the ... Read more »
Bashir Saleh Bashir, former chief of staff and reputed "banker" to the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, was shot in Johannesburg and the incident has again raised questions ... Read more »
The Botswana govt says President Joseph Kabila's refusal to hold long overdue elections is driving deadly violence and a growing humanitarian emergency in the country. Read more »
The U.S. treasury has included Abu Musab Al-Barnawi, a factional leader of Boko Haram, on its sanctions list for global terrorism. Al-Barnawi's group is suspected of being behind ... Read more »
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