Young African spends 6 years in Australia, stumbling in the dark, enduring semi-homelessness and accruing thousands of dollars in debts and now puts all his lessons online so that his fellow immigrants can learn from his mistakes.

When Tony Chomba Mwangi Njanja landed in Australia in 2002, he was immediately shipped off to an unknown boarding [...]

PODCAST: Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe has been warmly welcomed at a summit of African leaders, despite international concerns about the legitimacy of his re-election. From the summit in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, VOA’s Peter Heinlein reports that in their opening speeches, Mr. Mugabe’s colleagues offered only gentle criticism of the conduct of the election, and none [...]

It is especially right that Mr Nelson Mandela is celebrated here in Europe and the ‘West’ generally, because in 1990, upon his release from imprisonment by apartheid South Africa, he used his standing to disarm the fight of ethnic-Africans in South Africa, and end their courageous fight-back against European domination and for re-distribution of the [...]

Bob Mugabe must NOT be recognized by African counterparts as the “leader” of the Zimbabwean people, as a leader must represent the will of the people, of which Mugabe certainly falls short.

South Africa: Jessica Mbangeni is one of South Africa’s highly sort after female Imbongi (praise poet) – and is currently making waves with a slate of high-profile live performances that have cemented her global reputation as one of the country’s most gifted creative talents.
That she stands alone in a cultural terrain dominated by men is [...]

Author of “Meji” - an African based fantasy novel - writes African/Yoruba-based fantasy and science fiction.

Paul Kagame talks about his vision for Rwanda and the role of small businesses and entrepreneurship in national development, and his personal path from military strategist to become Africa’s leading statesman.

Foliofn Investments, an American firm has just introduced the first-ever screening tool to let investors build portfolios free of companies that support and profit from the genocide in Sudan.
Foliofn Investments launched in May of this year help customers automatically screen out companies on the Genocide Intervention Network’s “highest offenders” list of firms that operate [...]

My introduction to Salif Keita was via the song, “Nou Pas Bouger” on an African Music show that ran on NTA 2 Channel 5 on Sundays’ in Nigeria. I remember running to the television set and staring in awe at the wonderful sounds emanating from this man. Our introduction didn’t end there, as [...]

First ever Mr East Africa UK and third Miss East Africa UK to be crowned by Miss England in London.

After two successful years running the prestigious Miss East Africa UK, Pauline Long has just launched Mr East Africa UK. The Kenyan born mother of two introduced the male contest to work with and alongside [...]