The Egyptian Criminal Court sentenced our colleagues Ibrahim Helal, former director of news at Al Jazeera's Arabic channel, and Alaa Sablan, identified by the prosecution as an...
Just before the anti-corruption summit in London, British Prime Minister David Cameron made his now infamous public gaffe in a rather a silly, schoolboyish...
June days in South Africa can be dark, cold and short. The sun rises late and sets early. Highland frosts feel their way through...
Hlawulani Mkhabela
Simon Gatwech Dual, Chief of General Staff for SPLM/SPLA in Opposition (IO) in Juba- UN Photo/Isaac Billy
The most effective way to be heard...
A new book by Leo Zeilig focuses on one of Africa and the modern era’s most celebrated revolutionaries, whose views remain influential long after...
Eritrea marks 25 years of independence from Ethiopia this month. It is now one of the most underdeveloped countries in the world and is...
Stockholm, 24 May 2016
Sexual Violence in Africa: Reversing the Trends
In honour of Africa Day 2016, three Right Livelihood Award Laureates from Africa are speaking out to...
Prologue:
Since the publication of "The Lords of Poverty" much has been written, but little has changed. The colonial "AID" business, whereby the internal...
Tomorrow marks the first anniversary of the launch of The Conversation Africa.
We would like to thank you, our readers, for your support.
The website went...
By Eugenio Giorgianni
“The Kasaï Nightingale” was on stage, a flamboyantly dressed stage animal as always, when he collapsed from a sudden illness. The drummer...