Analysis - Nigeria's new Electoral Act, passed in February 2026, is a significant attempt to overhaul the country's electoral framework.

Analysis - Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make up 98% of all businesses in South Africa. There are between 2.4 million and 3.5 million in the country. They play a vital role in creating an ...

The federal government has debunked recent media reports and commentaries that purport to misrepresent the findings of the latest World Bank Nigeria Development Update (NDU), particularly claims ...

Amnesty International, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and former vice president Atiku Abubakar have criticised the recent advisory issued by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), saying it ...

Analysis - Madagascar is home to seven species of baobab trees, of which six are found nowhere else on the planet. Many of the trees have been alive for well over 1,000 years. The ancient trees have ...

France this week passed a law to simplify the restitution of art and artefacts looted from its former colonies and now held in public collections, a move designed to speed up the response to requests ...

In the heart of Ethiopia's ancient walled city of Harar, more than 500 kilometres east of Addis Ababa, stands a museum dedicated to Arthur Rimbaud. It offers visitors the chance to discover a ...

The war in Sudan, now in its fourth year, has seen thousands of people killed and millions displaced. Alongside the human toll, there are concerns too for the country's abundant archaeological sites ...

Parents, students, and teachers at Kawanda Secondary School, a government-aided institution in Kawanda Sub-county, Sembabule District, have expressed strong dissatisfaction following the transfer of ...

The shortage of clean and safe water continues to trouble many villages in Bukomansimbi District, particularly in Bukomansimbi North Constituency, where residents are forced to share contaminated ...

Guest Column - Zimbabwe is marking 46 years of independence (1980–2026)—a journey that began on 18 April 1980, when the country attained majority rule and stepped into a future defined by ...

Analysis - Angola's minister of agriculture, Isaac dos Anjos, deserves a peculiar kind of congratulations. By speaking so bluntly, he has done the country a public service: he has stripped away the ...