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“I’m not sure how they’re surviving”: Sudan’s soaring inflation hits hard
From construction companies to pharmacies, businesses in Sudan are struggling as basic costs change by the day, if not the hour. As part of ... -
Africa’s little miracle nation turns fifty
From apparently hopeless beginnings, Mauritius has become one of Africa’s most celebrated countries. But tough challenges are on the horizon. The story of how ... -
Whatever happened to Afwerki’s comely face? Eritrean music in an age of YouTube
Musicians in Eritrea used to have to sing the government’s praises to pass the censors. Now there are other ways to get heard. In ... -
Smuggling in fuel to fill demand in one of Africa’s biggest oil-producers
Ndian, the division responsible for 90% of Cameroon’s enormous oil output, does not have a single filling station. Driving the 13 km from Bambui ... -
Liberia: The best thing George Weah can do with his new powers is give some away
President Weah has promised to decentralise power, but the temptation to delay or renege on this commitment now he’s in office will be great. ... -
Will the Stability Doctrine in Africa destabilise the world?
Amidst rising discontent, foreign governments are increasingly asserting the importance of “stability”. But for whom? To what end? For how long? In 2017, the ... -
Pushed to extremes: Cameroon’s escalating Anglophone crisis
As the crackdown continues, armed secessionist groups may be gaining in strength, support and resolve. Fifteen months back, when a group of Anglophone lawyers ... -
The Burundi peace talks are all wrong
Not only has the latest round of peace negotiations failed. It has also fundamentally misdiagnosed the problem in the first place. Earlier this month, ... -
There Atiku goes: Nigeria’s most ambitious nomad moves home again
The controversial former vice-president has now switched parties for the fourth time. Could this defection be the decisive one? Following months of speculation, Nigeria’s ... -
#EndSARS: Why a few reforms won’t fix the world’s worst police force
Nigerians are calling for Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a notoriously brutal police unit, to be disbanded. With good reason. Recently ranked as the worst in ...
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