Month: January 2014

Why Dubai wants a piece of Africa

One of Africa's youngest billionaires Ashish Thakkar on the business potential he sees between the continent and the…

From township to pro cycling

Meet South Africa's Luthando Kaka who has defied the odds and broken down barriers in the world of…

Mohamed Morsy trial postponed

The trial of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy has been postponed until February 1, according to multiple state-owned…

Soweto from the saddle

We're in a dimly lit shebeen (pub) in Soweto sharing beer from a communal cup and the conversation…

Nearly a million flee CAR violence

As the violence in the Central African Republic reaches unprecedented levels, aid organizations say the number of internally…

Trekking with a ‘gorilla whisperer’

Tracker Zephirin Okoko on how it took him years of persistence to habituate a specific gorilla.

Malawi: Africa’s next hot spot

Improving game parks, uncrowded beaches, friendly people -- Malawi is an African destination on the rise.

Three years to wait for a photo?

Three years to wait for a photo? Africa photographer David Gulden explains how he gets the shots that…

4 nuggets of Joburg history

It's hard to believe Johannesburg didn't even exist 130 years ago. Then gold was discovered, and one of…

Elephant poachers become the prey

Many of the guards trying to prevent poaching in the Republic of Congo used to be the ones…

End of line for ‘Lunatic Express?’

A Chinese-funded multi-billion railway project in Kenya could transform transport in east Africa.

When cricket took on apartheid

Gareth Evans was just a small boy when a team of West Indies cricketers arrived in apartheid South…

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