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Elections will be tricky, but Burkina Faso has an even bigger problem
The Islamist militant threat constitutes a full-blown insurgency. Jihadist groups control significant territory and have displaced over 1 million people. When Burkina Faso holds ... -
How can countries continue to combat malaria during a pandemic?
With medical disruptions due to COVID-19 likely to kill more people in Africa than the disease itself, two countries provide interesting lessons. With COVID-19 ... -
#EndSARS: Not just a name or statistic. The tragedy of Rinji Bala
The widespread protests in Nigeria were motivated by real and often deeply personal experiences of police brutality. Here is one. Before Rinji Uzziel Bala’s ... -
#EndSARS fake news: Is Instagram equipped to police the internet?
Their fact-checking algorithms are not doing a good enough job of identifying what’s fake and what isn’t. The protests in Nigeria have been raging ... -
“We are bound by fear”: Côte d’Ivoire’s messy presidential election
Many citizens have experienced the election process not as an opportunity to express their voice but as a familiar contest among political elites. When ... -
Guinea presidential election: We won and have the receipts to prove it
Candidate Cellou Diallo claims his party has 12,744 copies of results slips that show he won and calls on the electoral commission to show ... -
Open Letter: African writers stand with #EndSARS protesters
Over a hundred African writers say justice must be served for victims of police brutality. As African writers across borders, we denounce in the ... -
Is the Nigerian government trying to #ENDSARS or end protests?
This is our regular update on national protests against police brutality, a global touchpoint, in Nigeria. Amid protests against police brutality in Nigeria, the ... -
Why can’t the AU seem to deter coups?
Until the African Union ensures coup leaders don’t benefit personally and ends its incumbent bias, it may struggle to deter “good coups”. This August, ...
