54° Across Africa

Nigerians did a thing with the #EndSARS campaign and it is a no-brainer why Ugandans have summoned the courage to speak up against police brutality. A couple of them have taken to Social media and with the hashtag #StopPoliceBrutalityinUganda....

South Africa in recent times have been complaining about a number of things and creating conversations around these things. From conversations about the state of their economy to losing job opportunities to foreigners, and blaming certain social vices like...

Imagine creating devices made up of DNA material which can then be placed into human bodies to pick up information from the outside. This is what Doctor Mateus Webba Da Silva who was born in Luanda in 1965, is working...

Female professionals working in media and communications in Malawi have staged demonstrations in two different cities to protest against growing incidences of rape, particularly of young children. Donning purple outfits while carrying placards with messages condemning rape, the women under...

While we agree that Africans can only observe than participate in the U.S. Elections, it is important to note that in a few days, the U.S. would have elected a new President in office, or will continue with incumbent...

The ongoing tension between Ethiopia and Egypt over the Nile river has gotten to the point of needed international intervention. One one hand, Ethiopia wants to build a dam. It's proposed architecture boasts that it would be the biggest...

Julius Maada Bio, the President of Sierra Leone has repealed the 55-year-old Criminal and Seditious Libel Law which has been used by successive governments to jail journalists. "We have to make progress in this country. We have decided to...

"Congratulations to Egyptian director Sameh Alaa won the Palme d'Or for his short film I’m Afraid to Forget Your Face," the Cannes Film Festival’s official account tweeted on Thursday evening. "Alhamdulillah! We worked hard and God rewarded us," the film's...

Algeria The Algerian president’s advisor, Abdelmajid Al-Sheikhi, said on Tuesday that his country is considering resorting to international arbitration against France to restore the archives of the colonial period. Al-Sheikhi, who was appointed Algeria’s representative in negotiations with France, said in...

Africa, or do we just say the world, has definitely not had a rosy 2020. COVID-19 came and upturned normal processes, forcing everyone to change work and lifestyles, increasing poverty rates and, unfortunately, increasing the gap between governments and...