Nigeria: Do Nigerians Want a Young President?

Since the return of democracy in 1999, Nigeria's burgeoning youth population has made the headlines come election time. This year's election, the sixth in the current 20-year-long… Read more »

Senegal: Three African Countries Providing Solutions in Fight Against Female Genital Mutilation

While Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has been declared illegal in some African countries, it still persists. Patrick Egwu in Nigeria, Annie Njanja in Kenya and Mamadou Lamine Ba… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Tsitsi Dangarembga Opens Up About Being Raped

Zimbabwean soldiers allegedly raped 17 women and brutally assaulted many others during the state crackdown on protests against a 150 percent fuel price increase in January 2019.… Read more »

Nigeria: #ArewaMeToo - Northern Nigerian Women Call Out Abusers

Is the tide turning in Northern Nigeria for men who have grown accustomed to abusing women with impunity? asks Sada Malumfashi. Read more »

Sierra Leone: 'Hands Off Our Girls' - Govt Declares Rape a National Emergency

Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio is fighting to end the culture of "indifference" and impunity surrounding rape and sexual violence by declaring it a national emergency.… Read more »

Kenya: Wanted - Dead or Alive - Caroline Mwatha

Missing Kenyan rights activist Caroline Mwatha has been found dead, police confirmed. Mwatha's death which has incensed many continues to raise critical questions. Caroline's… Read more »

Africa: PM Abiy Ahmed Ali Wins African Excellence Award for Gender

Ethiopia's Prime Minister showed off his African Excellence Award for Gender plaque at the closing ceremony of the recently concluded 32nd AU Heads of State summit. Read more »

Kenya: Artivism How Kenyan Artists Are Leading a Creative Revolution

This video is visual account of an event that was put together to celebrate the 70 years declaration of human rights in 2018, different artists came together and did a theatrical… Read more »

South Africa: Meet Nelson Makamo Whose Remarkably Striking Artwork Featured On Time Mag Cover

African artists are making their mark on the global stage with their creative expressions. Meet South African painter Nelson Makamo, from Limpopo whose remarkably striking work has… Read more »

Africa: Why We Need Another Bob Marley

Bob Marley died more than three decades ago, yet he is still a strong cultural and musical influence. We explore why the singer affects millions of people across the world to this… Read more »

Ethiopia: Remembering Emperor Haile Selassie - 10 Profound Quotes

The African Union (AU) honoured Emperor Haile Selassie I with a commemorative statue at its headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Selassie played a key role towards the… Read more »

Uganda: No More Sports Betting to Derail Uganda's Youth

The government of Uganda has announced that sports betting is now banned in the country, saying that "sports betting companies have diverted the attention of the youth from hard… Read more »

South Africa: South Africa's Soweto Gospel Choir Wins Third Grammy for Best World Music Album

We celebrate the news that South Africa's Soweto Gospel Choir clinched yet another Grammy Award. The Choir received the award for the Best World Music Album for their album… Read more »

South Africa: South African Designer Lukhanyo Mdingi Debuts At New York Fashion Week 2019

Lukhanyo Mdingi designs distinctive fashion for his eponymous label. His steady rise has led to his debut at the New York Fashion Week: Men's and Women's Fall/Winter 2019, adding… Read more »

Senegal: Remembering Cheikh Anta Diop - 8 Quotes From His Seminal Works

Today we remember, and celebrate Cheikh Anta Diop, a pre-eminent Senegalese academic, anthropologist, physicist, politician and historian whose groundbreaking research and writing… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Fighting to Reclaim Rights to Indigenous Food Staple

According to the European Patent Office, teff flour and associated food products were "invented" by a Dutch man named Jans Roosjen in 2003. This is despite the fact that teff has… Read more »

Africa: Dear Clitoris - You're Gone and I'll Never See You Again

'Why did they cut you when you didn't pose a threat to anyone? Why did they deny me sexual pleasure by getting rid of you?' Read more »

Africa: 7 Bob Marley Songs On Pan-Africanism, Freedom, Peace and African Unity

Bob Marley's culturally powerful, spiritual and socially conscious music has continued to unite and inspire people from across the world. Marley' songs of African unity,… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia and Rwanda Frontrunners of the #carfreedays Initiative

African cities take part in Car free days with Rwanda and Ethiopia taking the lead. The monthly or bi-monthly event is promoted by local NGOs and governments to promote a healthy… Read more »

Africa: Voices of Africa Makes Europe and Asia Listen

A largely unknown South African band is blazing the trail for African a capella in Europe and Asia. Read more »

Malawi: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind - Film Based and Set in Malawi to Debut On Netflix

"The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" is the story of a Malawian boy who puts his education and science to work to build a wind turbine, saving his village from famine. The film, set to… Read more »

Ethiopia: African Union Set to Unveil Commemorative Statue of Emperor Haile Selassie I

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 and semi-deity… Read more »

Africa: Internal Rejuvenation - the Panacea for Africa's Wealth Creation for Youth

By Richard Munang and Robert Mgendi on January 31, 2019 - "The ruin of a nation begins in the homes of its people", this African proverb speaks of the power of a people to make or… Read more »

Nigeria: Meet the Social Activist Who Advocates for and Upgrades Lagos Slums

Gani Taiwo is a 41-year-old artist and social activist who paints colourful murals on public toilets in the Ijora Badia slum of Lagos to help improve the settlement's profile and… Read more »

Nigeria: Anti-LGBTQI+ Attitudes Remain Unchanged in Nigeria

Despite the increasing decriminalisation of same-sex relationships across the continent, some countries - like Nigeria - they are still outlawed remain unchanged in their… Read more »