Africa

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The third rail of feminism

Michael Cook | 11 December 2012 |

tags: Africa, female genital mutilation, feminism

Why isn't the media interested in the facts about the controversial practice of female genital mutilation?

Free speech in America, death in Nigeria

Nwachukwu Egbunike | 28 September 2012 |

tags: Africa, free speech, Muslims, social media

It is time to stop defending inflammatory spite under the banner of free speech.

Barefoot power lights up rural Africa

Izael Pereira Da Silva and Boldewijn Sloet | 17 September 2012 |

tags: Africa, development, solar energy

Two Australian entrepreneurs are behind a company that is transforming lives at the bottom of the social pyramid.

A cry for purpose

Nicole van Heerden | 16 March 2012 |

tags: Africa, idealism, Kony 2012

Young people want to be part of a cause, especially if it is one their elders have seemingly ignored.

A bad case of charity envy

Alex Perrottet | 16 March 2012 |

tags: Africa, idealism, Kony 2012

Why sneer at a campaign which has harnessed the good will of so many young people?

Great story, pity about the movie

Nwachukwu Egbunike | 16 March 2012 |

tags: Africa, Kony 2012

Why are millions of people infatuated with a video which treats Ugandans as pets, asks a Nigerian writer.

Welcome to neo-colonialism 101

Nwachukwu Egbunike | 13 December 2011 |

tags: Africa, Nigeria, same-sex marriage

Why is America trying to force acceptance of gay rights upon African nations?

Heads in the sand over AIDS

Carolyn Moynihan | 02 December 2011 |

tags: Africa, birth control, HIVAIDS

How many more lives, how many billions of dollars, will be sacrificed to western sexual ideology?

Bad shot: when will WHO warn women about the contraceptive jab?

Carolyn Moynihan | 28 October 2011 |

tags: Africa, contraception, demography, HIVAIDS, WHO

The latest strong evidence that hormonal contraception is linked with AIDS finds experts still dallying.

Can Kenya’s invasion of Somalia be justified?

| 26 October 2011 |

tags: Africa, just war, Kenya, Somalia

There is a long history behind Kenya’s recent incursion into the territory of its northern neighbour.

Margaret Ogola: an African heroine

Carolyn Moynihan | 30 September 2011 |

tags: Africa, AIDS, heroes

One of four distinguished Kenyan women who died recently was a doctor who spent herself on the welfare of AIDS victims and strengthening the African family.

Where’s the welcome mat?

Martyn Drakard | 07 April 2011 |

tags: Africa, immigration, refugees

European hostility and xenophobia towards African refugees perplexes Africans.

Three ways of dying

Michael Cook | 08 March 2011 |

tags: Africa, euthanasia, India, US

How three women from three countries are dealing with mortality on International Women's Day.

Côte d’Ivoire needs to reach beyond the theatre of elections

Caroline Wells | 04 March 2011 |

tags: Africa, Ivory Coast

North Africa is in turmoil, but there is another hot spot in West Africa which could erupt into a civil war.

Time for the good news on poverty

Michael Kirke | 01 February 2011 |

tags: Africa, aid, Asia, poverty

Despite all the bad economic news since the Great Recession hit, there is some spectacularly good news on poverty

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