As African communities develop and modernize, proponents of traditional medicine are evolving new faces of the practice to keep up. Naomi Seck reports from a holistic healing center in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, where traditional healing practices are infused into luxurious treatments like pedicures and massage.
Wind chimes twinkle as a breeze passes through the sculpted garden [...]

“With 53 countries on the continent, Africa’s travel and investment opportunities are limitless. Now, more than ever, the governments of many African countries have dedicated resources to turn tourism into one of the motors driving their economic development.”

Yes am at it again. Seems I cannot get my mind off the real “armed” robbers in Nigeria, for when I think after past experiences that I have gotten over them, something happens again that makes their presence so so felt. Oh were you thinking of the likes of the “Oyenusis” and “Aninis” when [...]

The 35W Minnesota bridge experience ought to serve as a benchmark for Nigerian authorities in bridge construction and traffic management. At the end of the repairs on the Lagos Third Mainland bridge (above), would one be able to justify the price-tag and hassles to Lagos commuters?

Maritime specialists say a surge in pirate attacks on ships between Somalia and Yemen is affecting global commerce and they are urging the international community to quickly find a solution to the crisis.

Mali is an incredible country and I have had a passionate journey over the last 8 days. After living in East Africa I have no doubt now that economic development in french speaking West Africa lags far behind Anglophone East Africa. That is not saying much as development in East Africa remains modest. In Mali, [...]

A ‘Canadian-Africanist’, the Muzungu, returns to Kenya after five years…and quickly discover a lot has changed. Photo: Mombassa at night. The second largest city in Kenya, off the Indian Ocean.

South Africa has been producing wine since the first Europeans settled on its southern tip 350 years ago. In the past decade, the industry has become more export-driven and has grown three-fold to become the ninth largest in the world. Despite the advances, some South African winemakers prefer to stay small, making boutique wines with distinct character.

Neighbouring states in the Niger Delta where cities are far dirtier have bloated budgets from state oil revenue while the budget in Calabar’s Cross River state government is relatively small. It allocates 12 million naira [US $102,209] a year for sanitation in Calabar, Edim said, which includes programs to plant trees and grass in the city and raising awareness on the environment with ‘Keep Calabar beautiful’ signs everywhere in the city.

It was January 2006 and, from Nigeria, reports were surfacing of chickens dying from a mysterious illness. Within days, a series of laboratories had confirmed the worst fears—that a new strain of influenza called H5N1 was infecting poultry. It was the first time the infection, which had been killing thousands of chickens in Asia, had been discovered in Africa.