Rush for C’wealth gold
Africans scramble for medals as the best athletes in the Commonwealth compete in Australia’s Gold Coast for the 21st ‘Friendly Games’
The (bad) American dream
Funkekeme Solomon worries about the direction of the world under the US presidency of Donald Trump
Forging Africa Caribbean ties
Jucilla Walters argues for the deepening of ties between Africa and the Caribbeans.
In search of the common good
Until we look after our own, the black race will continue to live in shit holes, argues Moffat Ekoriko.
Celebrating Buchi Emecheta
A special event in London celebrates the life and works of Buchi Emecheta, the late Nigerian female novelist
New dawn for Nigerian Insurance
Making people take out certain types of insurance is set to shake up Nigeria’s underperforming insurance sector .
Africa forms single market
Historic pact creates world’s biggest free trade zone fulfilling the pan-African dream.
Lungu under pressure
Corruption allegations, stalled economic growth and friction from within his own party are making life at the top hard for Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu
Nigerians prepare for the polls
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is gearing to contest for another term in office but it is unclear who is opponent will be. Peterclaver Egbochue in Abuja surveys the emerging polictical landscape
Southern Africa Spring
The exit of former liberation leaders from power suggests that a new wind of change is blowing through Africa . Vusa Sibanda looks at a process that began with Kenneth Kaunda in 1991 and ended, at least for now, with Zuma this year
African migration: an unstoppable human tide
Following Nato’s toppling of Gaddafi in 2011, Libya has become the main gateway for migrants and refugees from Africa and the Middle East attempting to get to Europe. Having created a lawless space replete with arms and trigger-happy militias, European leaders face a difficult task trying to turn back the tide. Hawwa Adam looks back at six years of a worsening crisis