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There Atiku goes: Nigeria’s most ambitious nomad moves home again
The controversial former vice-president has now switched parties for the fourth time. Could this defection be the decisive one? Following months of speculation, Nigeria’s ... -
#EndSARS: Why a few reforms won’t fix the world’s worst police force
Nigerians are calling for Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a notoriously brutal police unit, to be disbanded. With good reason. Recently ranked as the worst in ... -
Nigerians are making fun of their leaders, but to what end?
Nigeria’s satire scene is growing. But most networks are afraid of angering those in power by giving it a bigger platform. This July, as ... -
Frenemies for life: Has the love gone between Uganda and Rwanda?
Uganda’s arrests of alleged Rwandan agents has sparked rumours and theories that all is not well between the two neighbours. On 27 October, a ... -
Nigeria: Their election boycott fell flat. What now for the Biafra separatists?
The Nigerian government claims the secessionist group IPOB is “dead and gone”. Its supporters beg to differ. When an influential secessionist group called on ... -
Fight not flight: Eritrea’s youth taking matters into their own hands
The student protest in Asmara last month was rare and unique, but not unprecedented. On the 31 October, Eritrea experienced a rare protest as ... -
DRC: Tensions with refugees are rising and the NGO response might be making it worse
Host communities in northeastern Congo say they’re being overlooked in the humanitarian response to the influx of South Sudanese refugees. Driving through Dungu didn’t ... -
No puppet: President Lourenço stamps his authority on Angola
Two months into office, Dos Santos’ handpicked successor is systematically removing the former president’s children from state power. On 15 November, as most of ... -
Zimbabwe: How impeachment would actually work
Impeaching President Mugabe will not be a quick or a simple affair. Now that ZANU-PF has resolved to commence impeachment proceedings against Zimbabwe’s President ... -
Rebuilding after the dictator: New Gambia’s slow road to reform
President Jammeh spent over two decades centralising power and sowing distrust. How do you rebuild a nation after that? How do you dismantle over ...
