There are contentious circumstances surrounding the building of a luxury hotel. These circumstances raise questions about the relation of West African corruption to West African culture. There are several versions of the story.
This is the story of Pulen Motsoeneng a South African woman who not only managed to recover from the devastating consequences of apartheid but also to influence her community in a positive way through the NGO where she works, Ntataise.
With a wave of democratic revolutions sweeping the region, how eager is the Ethiopian populace to follow suit? The Prime Minister seems to have stopped talking about democratization,but what do the people think?
Kenya’s press freedom credentials are among the best in Africa, making the country a beacon for beleaguered journalists from elsewhere on the continent. But with the wane of investigative reporting, and the government's threatening 2010 Media Bill, can this reputation last?
In April 2006, the great Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka published his long-awaited memoir You Must Set Forth at Dawn. Its appearance coincided with a critical moment in the effort to
As citizens prepare to return to the polls in 2007, Nigerias future hangs in the balance. A current initiative to change the constitution so that President Olusegun Obasanjo could
