YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – Describing youth as not merely the future of Africa but also its “today,” a leading African cardinal has called for major new investments in education across the continent.

Following the signing of the peace and prosperity deal by the presidents of Rwanda and DR Congo in Washington this week, we can expect the cacophony of international “expert” voices who will speak ...

On a rainy Monday evening, Her Excellency Joyce Banda, president of Malawi from 2012 to 2014, delivered the 93rd Stephen A. Ogden Jr. ’60 Memorial Lecture on International Affairs to a crowded ...

A heavy machine drives past shipping containers stacked at a depo in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Aug. 1, 2025. (Credit: Themba Hadebe/AP.) Listen YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – As African countries reel from ...

South Africa’s corruption scandals and political controversies are raising fears that public morality and ethical leadership ...

As Ghana petitions the AU over alleged xenophobic attacks in South Africa, this article questions the moral authority of Ghana in addressing xenophobia, exploring the deeper socio-economic issues at ...

Poster by Judy Seidman of the Medu Art Ensemble, 1981In April of this year, South Africa will celebrate twenty years since its first democratic elections in 1994. The nation’s transition to democracy, ...

New research published in the journal Nature in June 2023 questions the common perception that global society is experiencing rapid moral decline. Co-authors Mastroianni and Gilbert show that despite ...

To many around the world, South Africa’s choice to take Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing it of genocide, came as a surprise. It seemed odd to them that a faraway African ...

"Giving homophobia a red card," reads a poster for the 2012 Soweto Pride march. Charles Haynes/Flickr. (CC BY-SA 2.0). Some rights reserved. The website of the Family ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The world risks a "moral catastrophe" if COVID-19 vaccinations are delayed in Africa while wealthier regions inoculate their entire populations, the head of the continent's disease ...