From Addis Ababa to Abuja and Cape Town to Cairo, Africa is not a one-dimensional continent. The stories told about its trials, tribulations and successes should be told by its citizens, its authors and innovators, its creators and visionaries and not rely heavily on literature from the West. In the cover to the left, we have told just a few of the stories of development and history, but there are many more to be told.
It’s not only about how the outside world views Africa, but more importantly how Africans see Africa. Many agree that African nations are developing rapidly, building infrastructure and mega-projects, but will the conflicts and challenges of poverty and inequality, for example, hold it back?
The recent war between Israel and Hamas has transformed the moral calculus of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, African nations are working through the Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development to set the continent back on track with its developmental Agenda 2063.
While podcasting in Africa faces many challenges, including prohibitive data consumption costs and the digital divide, it offers the amplification of regional perspectives and audience expansion in return.
Egypt and Sudan continue to insist on a tripartite agreement to manage Ethiopia’s contentious plan to execute its Renaissance dam on the Nile.
Home to 54 unique countries, ancient civilizations and cultures, Africa is much more than meets the world’s eye.
Intellectual property waivers are key to dismantling global vaccine apartheid and providing equitable vaccination to Africa and other continents.
Africa is a continent with six of the world’s ten fastest-growing economies, but can it overcome its major challenges?
The Covid-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the tourism industry in 2020, but this year a slow vaccine rollout and new variants means it will take a while to recover to pre-pandemic levels.
Even though forced displacement is a global crisis, it is no more obvious than in Africa.
Malawi, like other African fruit producers, is drawing on local and global resources to combat a pest which threatens vital fruit exports.
To make clean water and sanitation truly accessible to local communities across the continent, African institutions must take the lead in understanding the specific challenges and opportunities they face.
