February 14, 2020
Botswana: Raffled Elephant Hunts Backfire on Community - Conservationists
Unethical hunting has exposed a community to dangerous, aggressive elephants rather than solving Human Elephant Conflict (HEC) Read more »
February 12, 2020
Africa: Coronavirus - Govts Should Do More to Support Africans in China
The death toll from the mysterious new coronavirus that originated from China has topped 900, and infections have skyrocketed to 40 000. Many comparisons are being drawn to the… Read more »
Tanzania: Govt Should Change Its Tune on LGBTIQ Health and Rights
"In short, we are dying," Victor, a 25-year-old gay man in Tanzania, summed up his story when we spoke in mid-2018. He had just outlined the litany of measures Tanzania's… Read more »
February 04, 2020
Mozambique: Growing Violence Keeps Northern Schools Shut
Unknown gunmen have attacked six communities and torched a teacher training college in Quissanga district, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, in the space of less… Read more »
February 11, 2020
Mozambique: Eyewitness Tells How Gunmen Burned Down Cabo Delgado College
Unknown gunmen have attacked six communities and torched a teacher-training college in Quissanga district, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, in the space of less… Read more »
Cameroon: Young Cameroonians Have A Message For Biya On Youth Day
Although Africa has a leadership disconnect when it concerns the age of leaders and citizens, some governments have cottoned on to the best plan to change their countries' fortunes… Read more »
February 10, 2020
South Africa: Punching Below Its Weight in the Information Economy
Africans from other parts of the continent who visit South Africa for the first time are often impressed with the country's apparently advanced technology and infrastructure. But… Read more »
Africa: South Africa Has a New Chance to Promote Good Governance in Africa
As South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa begins his term as chairperson of Africa's premier instrument aimed at promoting good governance among member states, his country has a… Read more »
February 05, 2020
Africa: Why Ending FGM Is 'Actually Not Hard', Says Activist Jaha Dukureh
Jaha Dukureh and her organisation Safe Hands for Girls have set themselves a date to end a war that has been going on for 15 years - ending female genital mutilation (FGM).… Read more »
Nigeria: U.S and Nigeria Talk Trade and Investment Despite Visa Outcry
Mike Pompeo, U.S. Secretary of State, has expressed hope that President Donald Trump's administration might be able to lift visa restrictions placed on Nigeria if the country takes… Read more »
Lesotho: Prime Minister's Wife to Be Charged with Murder - Police
Maesaiah Thabane, wife of Lesotho's prime minister Tom Thabane, is to be charged with murder in connection with the 2017 killing of the prime minister's former wife, police have… Read more »
February 04, 2020
Africa: Is the African Union Capable of 'Silencing the Guns in Africa'?
This year's African Union (AU) summit, which draws the continent's heads of state and government together in Addis Ababa in the coming days, is being held under the theme,… Read more »
South Africa: BREAKING NEWS - Arrest Warrant Issued for Former President Zuma
The warrant was issued due to the former president's failure to appear at his corruption trial. Read more »
February 03, 2020
Malawi: History Made in Malawi as Court Overturns 2019 Presidential Election
The Malawi Constitutional Court judge Potan has declared that President Peter Mutharika was not duly elected in the May, 21 2019 elections. He has ruled that fresh presidential… Read more »
January 27, 2020
Africa: U.S. Military in Africa Under Spotlight
Amid rising attacks by Islamic supremacists, the American military presence in Africa has come under scrutiny in U.S. policy circles, as well as among African analysts. Read more »
January 24, 2020
Africa: When Climate Crisis, Food Insecurity and Conflict Shakes Foundation of Peace in Africa
Former UK foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, linked climate change to the growing conflicts in Africa, during his five-day visit to the continent. Hunt stopped in Nigeria and raised… Read more »
January 23, 2020
South Africa: 5 Changes to Schooling to Empower The Class of 2020
“What society in a modern knowledge driven global community sets 30% and 40% as pass rates for its children and then sends them on their way with a Grade 9… Read more »
Angola: Africa's Richest Woman Isabel Dos Santos Charged With Fraud
A court in Luanda has charged Isabel dos Santos with money laundering and mismanagement during her time as chairwoman of state oil firm Sonangol, reports France 24. Read more »
January 15, 2020
South Africa/Morocco: SAFA Boycotts 2020 Futsal Over Morocco's Occupation of Western Sahara
The South African Football Association (SAFA) has announced its decision to withdraw the national team from the 2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations to be hosted in Morocco. Read more »
December 31, 2019
Angola: Court Orders Asset Freeze of Former President's Daughter Over Graft Claims
All assets of Isabel dos Santos, her husband Sindika Dokolo and Mário Filipe Moreira Leite da Silva, CEO of the Banco de Fomento Angola (BFA), have been frozen following an… Read more »
December 30, 2019
Nigeria: Revocation of Late Saraki's Land: 'Abdulrasaq Has Crossed the Line'
Former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has stated that Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has crossed the line of decency with his recent efforts to erase… Read more »
December 17, 2019
South Sudan: South Sudan Leaders Agree on Unity Govt
South Sudan's president Salva Kiir said he and former vice president Riek Machar have reached a deal on Tuesday to form a long-delayed unity government, reports Reuters.The deal… Read more »
December 12, 2019
Africa: Why Harnessing Digital Tech For Universal Health Coverage is Essential
Imagine a world where healthcare is less about the treatment of disease and more about health promotion, disease prediction and prevention. We would see innovation in medicine as… Read more »
December 09, 2019
South Africa: BREAKING NEWS: Passenger Rail Service Placed Under Administration
The troubled Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa, Prasa, has been placed under administration, Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has announced. Read more »
December 05, 2019
West Africa: In 20 Years, Will Five Arid Nations Be a Sahelistan or a Desert Rose?
Five countries in west Africa's Sahel region – Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger – are facing crises across multiple fronts, including the accelerated… Read more »