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How the radical became normal in Angola
When everyone knows the emperor has no clothes but no one dares say it out loud, even the smallest acts of dissent become ones ... -
Malawi: COVID-19 hindered business for farmers. They found solutions.
With access to markets and capital negatively impacted by the pandemic, people have found ways to cushion the damage. In Blantyre, everyone in the ... -
Should Zambia’s new president fire all his predecessor’s appointees?
Many are clamouring for President Hichilema to remove senior officials appointed by Lungu. These demands are understandable but misguided. The last few days have ... -
How election observers facilitated Zambia’s smooth change of power
Thousands of monitors, a PVT and behind-the-scenes diplomacy played a key role, yet questions about the future of observation remain. Zambian voters went to ... -
Zambia: The three key challenges facing the hopeful new president
President Hichilema came to power on a raft of big promises. None will be straightforward to fulfil. Hakainde Hichilema’s recent landslide victory in Zambia ... -
Three lessons for Africa from Zambia’s landslide opposition victory
How did voters, the opposition and civil society manage to defeat an entrenched and repressive regime? Zambia has done it again. On 17 August, ... -
12,000 indigenous Zimbabweans could be forced from their land
A commercial irrigation project may displace the Shangaan people from their homes, disrupting their way of life in a case of history repeating itself. ... -
Zambia’s 2021 elections: unfree, unfair, unpredictable
Much about the upcoming election is reminiscent of the 2016 race. Will the result be too? On 12 August 2021, Zambians go to the ... -
Zambia: In a fair election, Lungu can’t win. In an unfair one, he can’t lose
The incumbent is deeply unpopular, but he has a range of strategies up his sleeve that he is hoping will allow him to hang ... -
Where we belong: Inside the reckoning for queer rights in Namibia
Meet some of the activists fighting to live and love in Namibia. This year, a growing rumble of LGBTQ rights activism in Namibia has ...











