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“Nobody imagined it would be so intense”: Mozambique after Freddy
While Mozambicans count the cost after the deadly Cyclone Freddy, people in Beira continue to wait for support four years after Idai. Tropical Cyclone ... -
Freddy: Madagascar’s 8th cyclone in 13 months compounds climate crises
Though it escaped the worst impacts of Freddy, it hit as Madagascar was still rebuilding from a devastating cyclone in January and six in ... -
What next in Chakwera’s anti-corruption crusade in Malawi?
A scandal from the last regime forced the president to fire senior officials, suspend his VP and risk breaking the ruling coalition. The ... -
Of cobblers, colonialism, and choices
Growing up in South Africa, I was told my British colonial ancestors were a fundamentally decent lot. Researching a novel has taught me the ... -
Why Zambia’s president is adored abroad but a disappointment at home
Since coming to power in 2021, Hichilema has enthusiastically courted the approval of the West, often at Zambia’s expense. Despite his lack of significant ... -
Zimbabwe: Vice-president’s secret plan to be president stays on schedule
President Mnangagwa was not seriously challenged at the ZANU-PF congress. But neither was the powerful Vice-President Chiwenga. At ZANU-PF’s elective congress this October, delegates ... -
Pandemic policies in South Africa: A model of neocolonial state capture
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“I did it all on a phone”: The hotline changing health outcomes in Malawi
Health care in Malawi faces many challenges. A free national hotline is helping address one of them. It is mid-morning in Area 23, a ... -
Zimbabwe’s education was once the envy of Africa. Not anymore
Educators during the country’s post-independence golden age wanted for nothing. Today’s teachers say they barely scrape by. It wasn’t just his well-fitted suit, the ... -
The ANC’s power games have led it to a make or break moment
As factional fighting dominates South Africa’s ruling party, it is the public that pays the cost. Ever since South Africa’s democratic transition in 1994, ...
