• You have one minute to name the ten most populous countries in the world.

    Let’s see how you do:

  • Finally, we can all now get a red passport!

    For the record, it’s a pan-African passport which was launched on July 17 during the 27th African Union Summit in Kigali, Rwanda.

    However, the first recipients of this passport were Idriss Deby, who is the Chairperson of the African Union and President of Chad, and Rwandan President, Paul Kagame.

    The passport was launched in an effort to promote opening of borders and more efficient trans-African relations.

    According to officials of the AU, the passport will be available in 5 languages including French, English and Swahili and will also have high security features.

    By 2018, the passport will be available to citizens of the 54 member-countries of the African Union except Morocco, which left the Union in 1984.

    Some Africans couldn’t be more thrilled at this development.

    And can’t wait to start travelling across Africa.

    Some others believe this passport only confirms a certain stereotype – although this is highly illogical.

    Africa certainly has more things to worry about than a general passport.

    The passport should be made readily available for citizens.

    There are no details about the registration process for this passport. However, we hope it makes travelling across Africa more convenient.

  • It’s World AIDS Day! Misconceptions about HIV/AIDS have prompted the very behaviour that cause people to be susceptible to the virus.  Understanding the challenges of HIV/AIDS starts by dealing with some of the common myths we have heard and believe about the disease. So let’s find out how much you actually know about HIV/AIDS and give you some answers!