54° Across Africa

For decades, South Africans have complained of losing job opportunities to foreigners. A development that became more intense in recent years. And, on September 23, 2020, South Africans want to march to the embassies of countries of non-South Africans...

With many African countries easing lockdown and restrictions even with rising cases of coronavirus, questions are screaming to be answered? Did we get tired or was the lockdown ease as a result of controlled use of data to measure...

https://twitter.com/Aubameyang7/status/1305891166613917697?s=20 This video by Arsenal announcing that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has signed a new deal is everything. The emotion, the story, the vision, the dream, all of it screams of a commitment by the Gabonese forward to up his game for...

The people of Uganda are celebrating the birthday of their beloved President today and the country is filled with mixed feelings from citizens - those who love the President and those who just want him out. People have taken...

Kenya's 19-year-old comedian, Elsa Majimbo, who gained popularity for her monologues on Twitter and Instagram since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, says she has bagged a deal with Rihanna's fashion brand, Fenty. She received 'plenty Fenty' shades and has...

The comical response the Ugandan people are accustomed to giving towards sensitive issues just won't cut it when it comes to the problem of teen pregnancy. This preexisting problem has seen a huge surge lately owing to the pandemic,...

SOUTH AFRICA: Teenager sets up women-only taxi firm  A South African entrepreneur has set up a women-only taxi company to protect women from violence in public transport and other taxi-hailing companies.  Asiphe Mkhefa, 18, said and it was reported that taxis had...

Museveni: How to win friends and influence the youth  Yoweri Museveni, Uganda's septuagenarian president, has been speaking about the strategy he uses to win over young people on social media - including those who "abuse me, saying you are very...

Three of the eight candidates to become the next Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) are from Africa. What is a Director General's role? It is primarily one of an administrator, an African leader could help ensure that the...

ETHIOPIA: Polls open in Tigray in test for unity  Polls have opened for elections in Tigray in northern Ethiopia in defiance of federal authority, threatening to deepen a political crisis in Africa's second most populous country.  The Tigray People's Liberation Front...