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Young people are the real peacekeepers in Liberia
A generation with no memory of the civil war will be voting in October – despite their abiding loss of faith in Liberia’s politicians. ... -
Nigeria’s coastal communities build flood barriers with mud and sticks
As they continue to wait in vain for state intervention amid rising sea levels, people in Akwa Ibom are taking matters into their own ... -
Niger: The resource politics of a post-colonial revolt
Françafrique, the opaque independence deal that supplied Africa’s resources to France, is being dismantled one coup at a time. Is Yevgeny Prigozhin the new ... -
A mythical giant snake is helping raise climate awareness in Malawi
Sensitive campaigners are finding that belief in Napolo, a legendary multi-headed monster, is no barrier to environmental understanding and action. In March earlier this ... -
Tinubu’s cabinet nominees: Renewed hope or recycled tropes?
Tinubu’s cabinet is stacked with political heavyweights: nine ex-governors, several former cabinet ministers and legislators. An indication, perhaps, of growing anxieties about the forthcoming ... -
How years of tension in Amhara boiled to the surface
Deepening suspicions that Abiy was plotting against the Amhara drove the Fano rebellion against Addis Ababa. With the declaration of the state of emergency ... -
Algeria: The Hirak and its aftermath
Algerian journalists are on the frontline of an unprecedented wave of state repression against the uprising that toppled former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika. On 22 ... -
Niger: Will the Sahel survive another coup?
An Arab, deposed President Bazoum’s attempts to shuffle his Fulani-dominated Republican Guard, may have triggered the coup. With French and US troops stationed there, ... -
ISAIAS AFWERKI: Beijing’s oldest friend in the Horn
As the West counters two decades of Chinese influence in the region, what does Beijing’s oldest and most steadfast ally have to offer? ...
