Kumi Naidoo on the five biggest challenges facing Africa today
At International Civil Society Week in Bogota, Colombia, various organisations and individuals have come together to discuss some of the biggest challenges to people's...
Sleigh queens: meet the Nigerian bobsled team making history
Seun Adigun, Ngozi Onwumere and Akuoma Omeoga are three names you need to know as of right now. They are the three members of...
Academics weigh in on whether a common African policy on China...
On Thursday, a number of experts on Africa-China relations from civil society organisations and think-tanks met at the University of Witwatersrand to discuss a...
West Africa has high levels of Illicit Financial Flows but what...
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development released a report on illicit activities in West African states. The report, titled Illicit Financial Flows: The...
China’s plan to strengthen peace and security in Africa
China will hold an open debate on enhancing Africa's capacity in peace and security at the United Nations (UN) on July 19. But what...
Kenya rushes to contain cholera outbreak
On Monday Kenya’s ministry of health launched a 21-day plan to contain an outbreak of cholera in Nairobi. More than 336 cases of cholera...
Coup in Zimbabwe: Confusion and consternation online
On 15 November, Zimbabwean soldiers were deployed on the streets of Harare and seized control of the state broadcaster and several other institutions. This came...
Bloody repression in Ethiopia and why #FeesMustFall should take notice
Over the past few months, students, in solidarity with farmers resisting land grabs in the Oromia region of Ethiopia, faced off with security forces...
The testimonies of these rape victims in Kenya show the failure...
During Kenya’s 2007-2008 post-election violence, hundreds of women and girls were raped as part of a broad pattern of violations against communities. Sexual violence...
The Gambia descends into further political unrest
Just one day before The Gambia’s president-elect, Adama Barrow is set to take over from outgoing president Yahya Jammeh, the latter has declared a...
Inequality of yesteryear breeds inequality in SA’s future job markets
South Africa's education system is considered to be one of the worst in the world. A 2015 study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation...
#JusticeForNoura: CSVR Condemns Death Sentence For Abuse Victim
"We reject the verdict given to Noura Hussein for the reason that in our view Noura should not be treated as a criminal but...
Dividend or Disaster: UNICEF’s new report into population growth in Africa
The projected expansion in Africa's child population will necessitate an increase of more than 11 million skilled education and health personnel by 2030, if...
Kenyan authorities are cracking down on social media ahead of elections
Ahead of the general election on August 8, the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) announced on Monday that it would hold the administrators of...
“I believe that whoever will become Mugabe’s successor will do a...
The past week has been a chaotic and hopeful one for Zimbabwe following a coup that saw masses of Zimbabweans taking to the streets...
Is it over for Africa in the ICC?
Following on from South Africa, Burundi, and The Gambia’s withdrawals from the International Criminal Court (ICC) last year, there is talk about African states...
LGBT Malawians face discrimination and hostility when seeking healthcare
Dressed in a red checked shirt and a pair of camouflage shorts, sporting his signature mohawk hairdo, 18-year-old *Precious is already seated in the...
Calls for constitutional reforms in Togo
Protests against Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe are intensifying, with a march against the Gnassingbe family’s fifty year rule in the works. The Daily Vox...
Detained human rights activists in Tanzania could face “forced anal examsâ€
Tanzanian police have approached a court seeking an order granting them permission to perform "forced anal tests" on lawyers and activists in custody for...
A letter after visiting hyper-alert Nairobi
TENDAI MARIMA ponders how much has changed in Kenya as a result of the attacks by Al-Shabaab, and whether the increased security measures are...
