Omar Mohammed

Imagine this scenario. After losing the Democratic Party nomination to Barack Obama in 2008, Hillary Clinton refuses to concede defeat. She then calls a press conference and announces that she will defect to the Republicans and run for the presidency as their candidate instead. In response, the entire GOP establishment rallies behind her: John McCain, the Koch brothers, Mitt Romney, the Bush family, Newt Gingrich, you name it. All of them stand beside her and declare Clinton the future of their party.

The killing of Cecil, a protected Zimbabwean lion, by an American dentist, has inspired worldwide anger and disgust. And now it looks like someone—albeit not the dentist—is going to pay.

When people think of soccer legend Didier Drogba’s career, they remember that magical night in Munich when he singlehandedly won Europe’s Champions League for Chelsea.

When Muhammadu Buhari ascended to the Nigerian presidency last May, the moment was greeted with great fanfare.

The son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam, has been sentenced to death by a court in Tripoli.

When US president Barack Obama speaks in front of the African Union in Ethiopia today (July 28), he will address the delegation at the organization’s new, shiny headquarters—built by the Chinese.

Another week and another bank in Africa is entering the mobile money space.

As Barack Obama makes what is likely to be his last presidential trip to Africa, an interesting narrative has emerged about his relationship with the continent: He has been a huge disappointment. The first black president—or the first Kenyan-American president, as he describes himself—has done less for the land of his father’s birth than his predecessor, George W. Bush, his critics say.

FBME, one of Tanzania’s largest commercial banks, has been cut off from accessing the US financial system on suspicions that the bank has facilitated money laundering, terrorist financing, and organized crime.

When the film Eddie came out in 1996, the idea that a female limo driver and fanatical hoops fan (played by Whoopi Goldberg) would become head coach of the New York Knicks seemed far fetched.

Researchers have discovered what could be the oldest known manuscript of the Qur’an, Islam’s holy book—and it’s in England.

Burundians went to the polls yesterday (July 21) to vote in a disputed presidential election that the majority of the opposition have boycotted, claiming that it defies the constitution. With barely any competition, incumbent Pierre Nkurunziza is expected to win handily. The results are expected in a week’s time.

After ten years in power, Jakaya Kikwete’s presidency is coming to an end this October. With John Magufuli as the new Chama Cha Mapinduzi’s (CCM) standard bearer and the likely next president of Tanzania, Kikwete is increasingly becoming what Americans like to refer to as a lame duck.

Ashley Madison—the dating website whose tag line reads, “Life is short. Have an affair”—finds itself in an awkward position after hackers managed to steal users’ data. That includes “customers’ secret sexual fantasies and matching credit card transactions,” according to the BBC.

I am part Yemeni, part Baluchistani, part Indian, and part black African. In coastal east Africa, this is not particularly unusual. Thousands share similar backgrounds to mine. We are known as the Swahili people.

After more than a decade playing for 13 different teams, spanning three continents, Freddy Adu has signed for second-tier North American Soccer League (NASL) soccer team Tampa Bay Rowdies. Adu is washed up at the age of 26.

In the NBA’s first game on the continent, it’s Africa vs. the world.

Over the last few years, Kenya has been a victim of some horrific terror attacks carried out in the main by Islamist terrorist group Al Shabaab . But one assumes that of all the places in the country, State House is probably one of the safest.

The battle over Kenya’s mobile money space just got a little uglier.

Almost 60% of Africans believe that climate change is the single-most important threat facing the continent. They place this issue above fears about the economy or terrorism, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center.

Over the last few months, the value of some African currencies have been decimated.

For years, Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame has said that after his second term ends in 2017, he will leave office and retire. “Our constitution is clear on term limits. I have no intention, and no desire, to disrespect the constitution,” he once said.

Six years into his presidency, Barack Obama’s approval ratings in the US stand at a mediocre 46%.

John Pombe Magufuli, 56, a former math and chemistry teacher, was nominated today (July 12) by Tanzania’s ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), to be the country’s fifth president. He aims to succeed president Jakaya Kikwete, who leaves office after serving two five-year terms, in October’s general election. He made history by selecting a woman, Samia Hassan Suluhu, who hails from Zanzibar, as his running mate.