Walking Dead actor Danai Gurira inspires African playwrights with Zimbabwe workshops
A group of upcoming playwrights is gathering in the Zimbabwean capital Harare this week for an 11-day event organised by celebrated American-Zimbabwean actor Danai Gurira
The Bibi Files review – tapes and testimony expose paranoia and petulance of Netanyahu family
The grotesque Hamas pogrom of 7 October 2023, in which around 800 Israeli civilians were murdered and 250 taken hostage – supported by some who
Sujo review – Mexican coming-of-age drama in the shadow of a cartel killing
Here is a Mexican crime drama without the crime – or without much of it, taking place chiefly on the margins of serious violence. It
Some ‘mystery disease’ patients in DRC have malaria, WHO says
Ten patients suffering from a mystery disease that has broken out in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have tested positive for malaria, the head
France begins military withdrawal from Chad as influence in Africa wanes
France has begun recalling its military assets from its former ally Chad in the latest blow to its dwindling influence across its former colonies in
Airstrike on North Darfur market kills more than 100, says Sudan lawyers’ group
A Sudanese military airstrike on a market in North Darfur has killed more than 100 people, a pro-democracy lawyers’ group said, amid a war marked
The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland review – Santa’s down the rabbit hole in charming animation
It was the night before Christmas – and as if Santa didn’t have enough on his plate, he falls down a rabbit hole. Carys Bexington
The Universal Theory review – chilly German sci-fi noir splices genres with style
This twisted and twisty German feature takes the modish notion of the multiverse for a spin and sends it into a deep elliptical orbit. The
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim review – redundant, flavourless animation
The rationale for The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is not in its artistry. Sure, there’s something lovely and almost tactile