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For every rational human being, finding love is, arguably, one of the best things in life. And when that love enjoys the support of friends and family, the joy is fuller. But for Shalom Shoremi, finding love pitted her against…
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Student-activists that participated in the Fees Must Fall movement in South Africa are calling on the government to drop charges against their leaders arrested during the street protest. The key leader of the protest – Mcebo Dlamini – is currently…
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“Feminism as a way of life was born at my mama’s house, in a space that made woman power and intentional equality a survival strategy and mechanism to make up for oppression, the absence of men, and lifestyles that were…
Continue readingAt a period the Nigerian government was complaining about the excessiveness of a abusive unit in its police force codenamed “Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)”, the same police unit was forcing a journalist with a Nigeria-based online newspaper, Premium Times, to…
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari was elected in 2015 after emphasising his track record of tackling corruption, and his pledge to stop public officials from looting the country’s treasury, after he rightly declared: “if we don’t kill corruption, this corruption will…
Continue readingFour months into 2016 Ghana elections, IMANI provides a comprehensive and detailed policy-focused report on the state of affairs in the past four years and suggest how identified gaps should be filled in the next four years. The election year…
Continue readingRwanda has been called Africa’s post-conflict success story. More than two decades after a genocide that resulted in the deaths of at least 800,000 people, the country is seen as an example of economic growth and development. But in recent…
Continue readingThe world marked the International Day of zero tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation over the weekend and that provided an opportunity to evaluate the steps taken by African countries, where prevalence rates have been know to be high. Last year,…
Continue readingThey have it all; economic freedom, one of the highest Gross Domestic Product per capita in the world (53,203 US$D), the infrastructure is perfect and systems work like clockwork. So why are the Hong Kong citizens agitating for electoral reform…
Continue readingThe International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) yesterday sentenced former Minister of Planning, Augustin Ngirabatware, to 35 years for his role in organising and carrying out the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. The search for these fugitives will continue and…
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