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Efforts to discourage girls from being cut in Tanzania have changed the cultural meaning and practices around the ceremonial rite of passage.
It’s critical to understand how mothers from all backgrounds navigate obstacles within the city as part of their daily lives.
The process of institutionalisation may be patchy and uneven. But one thing is clear: Africa is not without functioning institutions.
Not all African leaders are willing to be swept by the democratic reforms of the early 2000s.
The way Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is being remembered recalls the outpouring of grief and iconic status Eva Peron the First Lady of Argentina was accorded.
Poor countries aren’t receiving the most foreign aid. Why? And what should be done?
Unexpressed racism may be even more dangerous if it’s left lurking below the surface.
Stories from the ground highlighted the unmet needs of people who are vulnerable and who are left behind.
Now that President Xi Jinping’s presidential term has been extended indefinitely, African governments need to plan strategically for their future engagements with the Chinese.
The Democratic Alliance is potentially in a good position to challenge the ANC, which governs South Africa, for power.
The genocide memory in Rwanda is diverse and dynamic.
Facebook must confront deep challenges if it’s to become a force in the global fight against false narratives.
South Africans expect former president Zuma him to take responsibility and remedy his undemocratic and unconstitutional behaviour.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s political power stemmed from the visceral connection that she was able to make between the lives of the oppressed black people, and her own.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s struggle was for humanity, oftentimes waged in an inhuman way.
Past cases indicate that verbal crimen injuria is not that serious. But a landmark sentence in South Africa has changed that.
Italy’s first black senator, and the party he represents, won’t be advancing the fight against xenophobia.
Claims about Cambridge Analytica’s role in elections in Nigeria and Kenya have been overstated.
Former South African president Jacob Zuma’s proposed prosecution is a welcome reaffirmation of the principle that all are equal before the law.
A deal brokered by Ethiopia to develop the port at Berbera will have a ripple effect across the Horn of Africa.
South African investigative journalists and civil society played a crucial role in bringing a country in the clutches of patronage networks back from the brink.
Relations between the US and Africa are unlikely to improve while Trump remains president. But that doesn’t mean the continent should remain passive.
The US secretary of state’s visit to five African countries didn’t have much to offer by way of investments and commerce.
Some young East Africans believe that there is nothing wrong with corruption – except in Rwanda.