Tanzania has promised to build a nation where everyone should have the opportunity to get a high school diploma, except if you’re a pregnant teenage…
DOMAIN RUSH
The rush to claim the .africa domain may be tripped up by an online real estate dispute
It was a winding trek to the .africa domain name, but users are finally able to start claiming their piece of this internet real estate.…
HIDDEN TREASURE
Muammar Gaddafi’s lost treasure may be stashed in boxes hidden around Africa
The violent fall and bloody death of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 triggered an international treasure hunt for the riches of the wealthy and flamboyant Libyan…
CHANGING THE CORE
South Africa’s plan to create more black mining moguls was met with suspicion and tanking markets
For over century, the mining industry has been the bedrock of South Africa’s economy, but the industry has historically been run by a handful of…
AFRICAN LIVES MATTER
What birth control in 1970s Kenya and mobile phones today teach us
Ayo Ajayi remembers his first years as a doctor in the outpatient department of a Nigerian state hospital as frustrating. Now, about four decades later…
YET ANOTHER TWIST
Lesotho’s would-be first lady was gunned down just before her husband’s inauguration
The wife of Lesotho’s new prime minister was shot dead on June 14, two days before prime minister-elect Thomas Thabane was to be inaugurated. The…
AFRO-FANTASY
Black Panther has some impressive superpowers—solving cultural appropriation isn’t one of them
In less than two minutes, Marvel Studios generated international hype with the release of the Black Panther trailer. The film version of Black Panther follows…
AW SHUCKS
South Africa’s maize farmers who survived climate change are now drowning in debt
A bumper crop should have been good news for South African maize farmers, but market forces are saying otherwise. It’s been a rough few years…
UNWELCOME ATTENTION
Any hope in South Africa’s impeccably tailored finance minister is fading
With high energy and well-tailored suits, South Africa’s new finance minister, Malusi Gigaba, has worked hard to reassure anyone who cares to listen that the…
DISCOURAGING
Here’s South Africa’s desperately high unemployment in four charts
More than six million South Africans are without work. In a country of about 55 million people, and a labor force of 22 million, that…
NOTHING PLAIN HERE
The world is running out of cheap vanilla, thanks to climate change and crime
A combination of climate change, crime and market speculation has driven the price of vanilla to record highs, simultaneously damaging the quality of natural pods.…
SAME OL'
Scandal after scandal, but South Africa just can’t get rid of its errant president
On Monday morning (May 29), president Jacob Zuma addressed another political meeting. His voice calm, his signature giggle cropping up when necessary, he reiterated his…
