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The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan sees Romesh explore Africa in the fourth and final series of his BBC travelogue.

Charting the history of South Africa’s queer community starts with their gaze, says artist Zanele Muholi. Isobel Van Dyke meets them

In Zimbabwe, there is a long held public view that queerness is “unAfrican” and imported to Africa from the west. Even though numerous studies have proven this not to be true, reiterations of this lie by the state has led many to believe that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and…

It’s a bumper year for elections on the continent: by the end of 2024, 20 countries ought to have gone to the polls to vote in national elections. A handful of others are also scheduled to conduct local-level elections. As is the case elsewhere in the world, digital technologies have…

Unemployment, crime and access to electricity are some of the biggest issues on the ballot.

Township residents say the opposition Democratic Alliance is elitist and runs a city that functions only for the rich.

As the Niger guitarist releases a bristling new collection of protest songs, he explains how injustice puts the fire in his fingers, what keeps him loyal to the Strat, and why everybody in his hometown wants to play guitar

The Foreign Ministry will meet with diplomats from African countries to address concerns following reports that Thailand plans to sell 15,000 tonnes of 10-year-old rice to their countries.

Collins Nzovu says country’s plight is foretaste of disasters that will increasingly afflict region as climate breakdown takes hold

Political parties the world over use slogans, icons, colours, names and flags to establish their political and historical credentials. What happens when two political parties lay claim to the same history and the same symbolic capital?

There’s a growing global movement to ensure that researchers can get access to the huge quantity of data assembled and exploited by digital operators.