In June this year the bodies of 20 suspected illegal miners were found near an abandoned goldmine shaft just outside Johannesburg. The bodies, wrapped in white plastic bags, were severely bu... Read more

Jacob Zuma has achieved political ignominy as the first former president of South Africa to be sent to prison. His life as a free man – who enjoyed the perks of a former president... Read more

Although most of us who follow football are focused on the Euros right now, there’s another significant football championship that’s on the horizon. The Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) w... Read more

Catholic schools seized. Church-run clinics shut down. Eritrean Catholics say the government has – for years – been taking over their property. Primary schools are just... Read more

How do you force an entire country to go offline? By some estimates, internet shutdowns have become more common in parts of Africa. Just look at Ethiopia, where most of the Tigray regio... Read more

What does it take to end an insurgency? Four years of fighting have left deep bruises in the Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique. Those who were not killed in the violence... Read more

After sampling opinions of members on the race to the MCE seat here is the most likely voting pattern should the president nominate any of the three candidates? This information has been gat... Read more

So it came to pass that our Lord Chief Justice lodged a complaint before the General Legal Council (GLC) against Dr. Dominic Ayine, a former Deputy Attorney General. His issue with Dr. Ayine... Read more

The NPP after the 1992 election swung Abuakwa North Area into its stronghold and has consolidated its gains over the years, making the seat one of its safe areas in parliamentary elections.... Read more

The constitution of Ghana is explicit on the vetting of presidential nominees by the appointments committee of parliament as one of the oversight duties of the house to put the executive in... Read more

Ethiopia is poised to hold what its prime minister calls the nation’s first attempt at free and fair elections, but it is taking place amid deepening insecurity, a boycott by some lead... Read more

Can Ethiopia make this election count? A war, a possible famine, ethnic tensions: it’s fair to say the country’s got a lot on its plate right now. And yet, amidst all thi... Read more

Today marks World Environment day and it’s being celebrated under the theme Restoring Ecosystems. The ecosystem is simply a specific natural setting where a complex relationship between all... Read more

Sometime in the mid to late 2000s, I received a call from Akwasi Acquah (currently the Member of Parliament for Oda, and the man who gave me my first few gigs as a panelist on radio), that h... Read more