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    The pandemic has set gender equality back. Its legacy must not.

    By Nana Adjoa Hackman
    March 8, 2021
    The COVID-19 pandemic has been tough on everyone, but women have shouldered the bulk of the burden at home and at work. Most years, ...
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  • Editor's PicksSocietySouth Africa

    South Africa: Meet the queer vloggers taking back the narrative

    By Grant Andrews
    March 4, 2021
    Faced with misrepresentation in the mainstream media, queer influencers are telling their own stories and creating communities on YouTube. Speaking directly into the camera ...
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    How prepared is Kenya to roll out COVID-19 vaccines?

    By John Harrington & David Ngira
    February 10, 2021
    The government has been slow but, more importantly, its been left vulnerable by the competitive procurement strategies of richer countries. Kenya’s response to the ...
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  • In Aksum, Tigrayan region of Ethiopia. Credit: Rod Waddington.
    Editor's PicksEthiopiaSociety

    As a Tigrayan, my bond with Ethiopia feels beyond repair

    By Temesgen Kahsay
    January 12, 2021
    We’re told the war is not with ordinary Tigrayans. Yet as thousands suffer and our compatriots remain silent, that’s how it feels. As a ...
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    Africans don’t just live to die. A response to the New York Times.

    By Mamka Anyona
    January 8, 2021
    If reporting on Africa just caters to readers craving a glimpse into the strangeness of how the other half lives, we lose the chance ...
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    What the rest of the world can learn from Africa’s protest movements

    By Alison Faupel & Andrew Wojtanik
    December 16, 2020
    The extraordinary success of mass mobilisations on the continent stands in striking contrast to their declining effectiveness in the West and beyond. When protests ...
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    Editor's PicksPoliticsUganda

    How Museveni mastered violence to win elections in Uganda

    By Kristof Titeca & Anna Reuss
    November 19, 2020
    Repeated arrests and office raids are part of a strategy designed to project control without overly provoking domestic or international criticism. On 18 November, ...
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  • Travelling While Black Nanjala Nyabola
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    The pitfalls – and privileges – of travelling while Black

    By Nanjala Nyabola
    November 18, 2020
    Joe Shmoe may be able to backpack across Lomé with nothing more than the clothes on his back; you probably can’t. When I first ...
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  • #EndSARSEditor's PicksNigeriaPolitics

    #EndSARS: Not just a name or statistic. The tragedy of Rinji Bala

    By Zainab Onuh-Yahaya
    November 5, 2020
    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 ...
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  • #EndSARSEditor's PicksNigeriaPoliticsSociety

    #EndSARS excluded queer protesters. What will it take for acceptance?

    By Adeniyi Ademoroti
    October 28, 2020
    Or when will the time be right for queer people who face police brutality like everyone else, to see their struggles echoed?  This video ...
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