Zintan, Libya — Saif al-Islam, a son of deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, appeared in court on Thursday in the town of Zintan, where he had been held since his capture by former rebels in November 2011. He is charged with illegally trying to communicate with the outside world in June last year. Two lawyers, Continue Reading...

Chinua Achebe, who has died aged 82, was Africa’s best-known novelist and the founding father of African fiction. The publication of his first novel, Things Fall Apart, in 1958 not only contested European narratives about Africans but also challenged traditional assumptions about the form and function of the novel. His creation of a hybrid that Continue Reading...

press release Yesterday during the ANC’s birthday celebrations in Durban, President Zuma called on institutions to keep up the fight against crime and corruption, and not to become complacent. This would be welcome if we could take him seriously. If the ANC want the South African people to believe that they are serious about fighting Continue Reading...