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Africa has the right tool to protect women’s rights. It needs to use it
18 years after African leaders adopted the Maputo Protocol, a progressive initiative by and for Africans, it is still yet to be fully implemented. July is ...Think African Podcast Ep 6: Who is the law for?
African Arguments is delighted to partner with the Think African podcast series, created by Sound Africa in cooperation with Heinrich Böll Stiftung Cape Town. Think African examines the big questions ...South Africa unrest: We are not a failed state, but a failed global system
South Africa encapsulates global inequalities – and the kinds of tumult we’ll see more and more of worldwide – inside national borders. South Africa is in ...South Africa: Zuma can’t be allowed to get away with this
The ex-president’s incarceration was the catalyst, but the causes of unrest have long been bubbling. And things will get worse if he gets his way. The ...
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“We are getting into cars with strangers”
Ride-hailing apps in Nigeria have provided technical fixes and education to stop male drivers harassing female passengers, but will it change anything? On a ... -
Chad: France firmly backs continuity, but will the people?
The late Idriss Déby was an expert at balancing relationships to maintain power. His son retains France’s support, but the rest may prove trickier. ... -
Malawi’s miracle island, where fish remain plentiful despite climate crisis
While catches have dwindled elsewhere due to the climate crisis and over-fishing, traditional stewardship has helped Mbenje island buck the trend. Hundreds of years ... -
#EndSARS: A movement finding healing six months after a massacre
“We asked to not be killed and we got killed for it.” In early October 2020, thousands of young Nigerians took to the streets ... -
Chad: The bed Déby made
Dying on the frontlines after three decades in power, Idriss Déby leaves behind fractured politics, poverty, and a rebel group on the march. The ... -
“My house is crumbling”: Living in limbo along the East Africa pipeline
People along the route of the proposed 1,443 km oil pipeline talk of confusion, uncertainty and lives on hold. Following the recent signing of ... -
I was abducted by Museveni’s regime. This is what I saw.
Hundreds of people have been seized by Ugandan security forces in recent months. Some re-emerge. Others don’t. For the last few years in Uganda, ... -
“What this generation wants”: African authors publishing direct to the web
Southern African writers are publishing books through Facebook and Whatsapp that speak directly to readers’ lives . Is this the future or a fad? ...
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