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A journalist held without trial in an Eritrean prison for 23 years has received a Swedish human rights award for his commitment to freedom of expression. Dawit Isaak, who holds dual Eritrean and Swedish citizenship, received the Edelstam…

A former Somali refugee intent on bringing books and education to his compatriots languishing in sprawling camps in Kenya was named the winner of the UN refugee agency's prestigious Nansen Award. Abdullahi Mire, 36, was hailed for…

Starting with a small tree nursery in her backyard, Wangari Maathai (2011) launched Kenya's Green Belt Movement, a grassroots tree-planting organization composed primarily of women working to curtail the devastating social and environmental…

Fifteen feature-length movies are vying for the top prize in next month's FESPACO festival, Africa's top cinema event, the organisers announced. A total of 170 films are competing across 11 categories in the February 25th March 4 event,…

Burkina Faso-born architect Diebedo Francis Kere was awarded with the Pritzker Prize, architecture's most prestigious award. The announcement was made in New York. Francis Kere is the first African to win the honour in its more than…

South African playwright and novelist Damon Galgut has won the 2021 Booker Prize for "The Promise", his third shortlisted novel which chronicles a family in his homeland from the late apartheid era through to Jacob Zuma's presidency.…

The 2020 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership has been awarded to Mahamadou Issoufou, president of Niger. He is the sixth recipient of the Ibrahim Prize, which recognises and celebrates excellence in African leadership.…