While the intention may be to strip the oppressor of their power through laughter, this approach risks trivializing the genuine suffering of the victims by reducing their profound, painful struggle ...

For several decades, China has followed the One China Principle to carefully manage its diplomatic relationships with countries in the world. The Taiwan ...

Senior Ethiopian government officials say the country is making significant strides toward gaining full control of its national data ecosystem, as part of broader efforts to strengthen policy ...

Ethiopia’s search for secure and predictable access to the sea is a serious regional issue. It is not new, nor should it be dismissed as mere rhetoric. As a large landlocked country with a growing ...

The writer says South Africa’s anger at its own economic failures finds a convenient target in foreigners. Xenophobia isn’t born of pure hatred, it’s the mirror of national exhaustion.

Since its independence in 2011, South Sudan has maintained English as its sole official language to distinguish itself ...

In the span of her 16-year-old life, Betty has lived in more homes than some adults late in their years. She’s lived on-again ...

So lightly has the birth of a new state on the map of the world been taken that it's almost abhorrent! Somalia as a state ...

On May 21, 2007, a radio signal crackled to life out of the Voice of Nigeria newsroom in Lagos, carrying with it something ...

Uganda has positioned itself as an emerging force in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) market on the African continent ...

Father Richard Paul Wise, ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Atlanta in 1981, died May 13. He served numerous parishes ...

In that rainy, quaint town in northern Tanzania, there came moments when I relearned the meaning of the Quranic verse "Indeed, with hardship comes ease" (Quran-94:5). In November 2024, my mother and I ...