A year after the fall of Hosni Mubarak and Muammar Gaddafi, getting the military out of politics remains the revolutionaries’ overriding political imperative...

Big Brother Africa has been enchanting viewers for six years now, luring African audiences who crave local content. In the past, television producers have written Africa off as a place not deserving of its own locally-produced entertainment.

In 2003 the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), the continental development plan, initiated the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)

The Arab Spring led to major victories for Islamist parties in Tunisia and Egypt. Morocco avoided much of that turmoil through gradual reforms. 

Chinese investments in Africa are now spreading to the media industry. The country's aggressive  media expansion highlights a change in Chinese media policy...

Relations between Libya and Niger are being threatened by Niamey's decision to give refuge to slain dictator Muammar Gaddafi's son and more than 30 other loyalists who fled when Tripoli fell to rebels in September 2011.