Africa

Trafficking cartels are minting millions of shillings from desperate Kenyans looking for work in foreign capitals especially in the Gulf countries. With promises of well-paying...

African governments and civil society should have both institutional and substantive expectations of the next UN Secretary General. The institutional expectations should focus on feasible...

By Caroline Njoroge An opening session with six East African regional energy ministries represented, an inspiring “Women in African Power” lunch, a unique gathering of...

A new Al Jazeera documentary finds:  Time is fast running out for China to pay off its bad debts China has more...

US Senate’s ‘Torture Report’ documented 119 victims of CIA torture • Al Jazeera speaks to the former secret prisoners, including two Libyans who opposed Gaddafi “In...

By BAMUTURAKI MUSINGUZI Maskarm Haile was born in Ethiopia in 1974 during one of the most devastating famines in the country’s history. “There was nothing extraordinary...

Nigeria has postponed its 2019 presidential elections. The presidential and parliamentary votes have been rescheduled for February 23rd and the gubernatorial, state assembly and federal area...

In our first OkayAfrica 100 Women event of 2019, we are bringing 100 women honorees NYT-best selling author, Clemantine Wamariya, and celebrated phototgrapher Laylah Barrayn for an evening...

Nairobi, August 31, 2016 - Tanzanian authorities should immediately lift a ban on two privately owned radio stations and allow them to resume broadcasts...

HARGEISA,  (Somalilandpress) -- Officials in Somalia's self-declared independent state of Somaliland are concerned over a rise in human trafficking in the region....