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Africans, slavery and reparations: Why Nana Akufo-Addo’s claims are deeply flawed
While the Ghanaian president made bold claims for reparations to African states, the African elite’s long silence about its role in the slave trade ... -
Why Liberia’s President Weah must go (democratically)
Liberia’s disaffected citizens are more than justified in hoping that the 10 October election brings change. If a blind man threatens to stone you, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
Nigeria’s security crisis: Under Tinubu, continuity will lead to calamity
President Tinubu’s response to Nigeria’s security crisis so far signals much of the same inaction. Should the UK intervene? Nigeria may have a new ... -
Afrobeats: How does the next chapter play out?
Afrobeats rode on its own generated zeitgeist to become a staple of the global cultural marketplace. How does it negotiate a bigger piece of ...
