Yearly Archives: 2019
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ADF rebels in the DRC: Why are locals protesting against the UN, again?
In 2014, attacks attributed to the ADF rebels was followed by local protests against UN peacekeepers. Is history repeating itself? In late November, a growing anti-United ... -
The question no-one’s asking about Facebook’s big new idea
Could Facebook’s new digital currency become a country’s de facto national currency? Earlier this year, when Facebook announced its plan to help launch a new digital ... -
Ethiopia: Beyond ethnic federalism
The system designed to fuse an unwieldy nation together is now tearing it apart. When the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) ruling coalition established the ... -
Burundi: A president “chosen by God” and those who disagree
Pierre Nkurunziza continues to tighten his grip ahead of May 2020 elections. Is it too late to stop the crisis deepening? Four years after Burundi’s crisis ... -
Africa Insiders: Don’t ignore World AIDS Day
Maybe it’s because it fell on a Sunday, but World AIDS Day came and went this year with little fanfare — underscoring just how global attention ... -
Mental health in Africa: The need for a new approach
Innovations, many pioneered in Africa, are making mental health treatment more possible and affordable, but more needs to be done. Joshua lives in Sierra Leone. His ... -
Somalia: President Farmaajo’s stacks the deck to secure a second term
With full elections unlikely in 2020, the incumbent is trying to lock down the support of lawmakers who will again select the president. Although it has ... -
Africa Insiders: Calm as Guinea Bissau awaits poll results
The essentials: Bissau-Guineans voted on Sunday in a peaceful presidential ballot. The country remains calm for election results on November 28th. The forerunners are incumbent President ... -
Child sexual exploitation is on the rise. When will governments act?
Across Africa, there must be tougher and enforced laws set up against the factors that allow child sex offenders to thrive. Of all the suffering and ... -
Ethiopia must stop hate speech, not free speech
Tackling disinformation requires a subtle balance between different sets of values, not vaguely defined punitive laws. On 23 October, the prominent public figure Jawar Mohammed published ...
