The actors who play the sisterhood of stylists in 'Jaja's African Hair Braiding' sit down for a candid beauty-shop ...

The vast wildlife sanctuary, called the Sabi Game Reserve at the time, was re-christened in 1926 to honour Paul Kruger. He ...

South Africa's political landscape sees yet another reorganization as three minor parties—Rise Mzansi, GOOD, and ...

Cameroon’s president, seeking re-election after 43 years in power, is not an outlier among the continent’s leaders.

South Africa is home to over 400 registered political parties — a staggering number for a country of just over 60 million ...

This marks the first time an African state has hosted the annual meeting since the bloc was founded more than two decades ago ...

Two new books, on Kwame Nkrumah’s promise and Idi Amin’s tyranny, capture the soaring hopes and bitter aftermath of Africa’s ...

The expiry of AGOA is no cliff edge for African exporters. The deeper challenge lies in the shifting trade winds of ...

The face of Africa and its global perception are changing dramatically. Until recently, thanks to the efforts of the West and ...

Africa’s “leaders for life” are easy to mock. Mr Biya sometimes runs his country from the Intercontinental Hotel in Geneva.

To understand why, look to the part of the world where strongman rule is most common: Africa. For a time in the 1990s the ...

For most of the past 25 years, Chinese construction companies operating in Africa could count on generous financial backing ...