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  • President Hichilema of Zambia on a visit to the European Parliament in 2022. Credit: European Parliament.
    PoliticsTop storyZambia

    Why is Zambia’s president warning off non-existent coup plotters?

    By Sishuwa Sishuwa
    September 15, 2023
    Though baffling to some, Hichilema’s talk of a coup contains two clear messages to two different audiences. On 4 September 2023, Zambia’s President Hakainde ...
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  • ElectionsTop storyZimbabwe

    A Shameful Shambles: An account of Zimbabwe’s elections of August 2023

    By Stephen Chan
    September 13, 2023
    An election observer who has witnessed every Zimbabwean election since independence in 1980, narrates his experience of the 2023 elections. I have been present ...
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  • At eKhenana, there are 109 families on two hectares of land, one of which is dedicated to farming. Each family has a small plot on which a shack is built with recycled materials, with emphasis on open spaces, walkways and even parking spaces. Credit: Nomfundo Xolo.
    ClimatePoliticsSouth AfricaTop story

    The climate future is here, and it looks like this proud commune in S Africa

    By Helen Aadnesgaard
    August 22, 2023
    With solar power, urban farms, and radical grassroots democracy, eKhenana provides an impressive model for a sustainable low-carbon future. Limiting global warming to 1.5°C ...
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  • Ndirande Market in southern Malawi, overlooked by mountains where, legend has it, Napolo resides. Credit: nchenga.
    ClimateCultureEditor's PicksMalawi

    A mythical giant snake is helping raise climate awareness in Malawi

    By Charles Pensulo
    August 9, 2023
    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 ...
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  • Editor's PicksMusicTributeZimbabwe

    Zimbabwean legend, Thomas Mapfumo retires in exile

    By Percy Zvomuya
    July 14, 2023
    After five decades on the stage, one of the continent’s great musical innovators, and an outspoken critic of corrupt politics, takes his last bow ...
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  • MalawiPoliticsTop story

    Malawi’s refugee problem

    By Joseph Kayira
    June 29, 2023
    The Chakwera government’s populist decision to bus all refugees into a notorious camp is fuelling xenophobia behind thinly-veiled legalities.  At the height of the ...
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  • ElectionsMozambiquePoliticsTop story

    Frelimo turns to dirty tricks for the 2023 local elections

    By Alexandre Nhampossa
    June 27, 2023
    Haunted by corruption, accused of running down the economy, Frelimo will nevertheless sweep the October elections – whether voters like it or not.  Voter ...
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  • EconomyEditor's PicksMadagascarPolitics

    How Madagascar’s new foreign investment law will perpetuate the colonial dispossession of the people

    By Velomahanina Razakamaharavo & Lalatiana Rakotondranaivo
    June 16, 2023
    The new law gives foreign investors equal rights to land as ordinary Malagasy, some who are still demanding the return of  ancestral lands seized ...
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  • A response to Sishuwa Sishuwa. President Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia meets with the IMF. Credit: IMF Photo/Kim Haughton.
    PoliticsRebuttalTop storyZambia

    The Zambian president’s “desperate plan” to stay in power? A response

    By O’Brien Kaaba, Priva Hang’andu & Ringford Abel Mwelwa
    June 13, 2023
    We assess the same evidence as Sishuwa Sishuwa and come to different conclusions. On 1 June, 2023, Sishuwa Sishuwa published an article entitled “Zambia: ...
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  • President Hakainde Hichilema meeting with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva at State House in Lusaka, Zambia, earlier in 2023. Credit: IMF Photo/Kim Haughton
    PoliticsTop storyZambia

    Zambia: The president’s five-point plan to stay in power at all costs

    By Sishuwa Sishuwa
    June 1, 2023
    Hichilema is desperate to retain power and already has a worrying plan three years ahead of time.  Zambia’s next general election is not due ...
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