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Uganda: Stella Nyanzi charged for calling President Museveni a “pair of buttocks”
Since criticising First Lady and Education Minister Janet Museveni, the academic has faced a campaign of state repression. The Ugandan academic Stella Nyanzi was ... -
Photo of the Week: The Burundi Coup
On 13 May 2015, General Godefroid Niyombare declared on Burundian radio that President Pierre Nkurunziza had been overthrown. In the preceding weeks, protesters had ... -
Droughts in East Africa becoming more frequent, more devastating
Can the cycle be broken? If the current drought in the East Africa brings a sense of déjà vu, it’s because we’ve been here ... -
Uganda: Museveni’s routes to staying in power beyond 2021
It wouldn’t be a surprise to see President Museveni, or immediate family, stay in power past 2021. The question is how. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni ... -
Cameroon sabotages own digital economy plan with internet shutdown
Cameroon aspires to be a tech hub and “multiply by 50” jobs in ICTs. But high costs, poor infrastructure and the internet blackout in Silicon ... -
Nigeria: While Buhari’s away…
Relations between the Absent President, the Acting President, the “cabal” and the APC were complex and often tense before. The could get all the ... -
[Photo essay] 34,000 people, 1 message: Singing for peace in Goma
The Amani Festival united more than 34,000 people for three days of music, dance, and culture to promote and demand peace in the still ... -
The Ethiopia protesters’ struggle moves to the athletics track
While a state of emergency is still in place at home, global sporting events are providing an irresistible opportunity for protesters to be seen ... -
“Who is South Africa to humiliate Nigeria?”
Attacks on Nigerians and other foreigners in South Africa have prompted an angry backlash back at home. Outbreaks of xenophobic violence in South Africa ... -
Pastors in prison: Zimbabwe’s familiar cycle of repression grinds into action
In the face of political threats, President Mugabe’s government has fallen back on its strategy of arresting critics. But the opposition insists it will ...
