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  • Nigerian police officers, on rotation as part of the AU police force in Somalia. Credit: AU UN IST/David Mutua.
    Editor's PicksNigeriaSocietyTop story

    #EndSARS: Why a few reforms won’t fix the world’s worst police force

    By Leighann Spencer
    December 7, 2017
    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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  • Are Eritrea's young people saying enough is enough? Credit: David Stanley.
    Editor's PicksEritreaPoliticsTop story

    Fight not flight: Eritrea’s youth taking matters into their own hands

    By Abraham T. Zere
    November 29, 2017
    The student protest in Asmara last month was rare and unique, but not unprecedented. On the 31 October, Eritrea experienced a rare protest as ...
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  • Former Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected by many to succeed President Robert Mugabe. Credit: UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré.
    Editor's PicksPoliticsZimbabwe

    Power to the party: Zimbabwe’s coup isn’t a revolution but a consolidation

    By African Arguments
    November 16, 2017
    President Mugabe’s successor may make some economic reforms, but don’t expect ZANU-PF to loosen its grip on power. Many in Zimbabwe and beyond are ...
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  • Editor's PicksLiberiaPolitics

    Liberia’s presidential runoff: On the strange appeal of George Weah

    By Bram Posthumus
    November 1, 2017
    Why do so many people want the inexperienced and untested former footballer to be president? Back in 2005, when Liberia held its first elections ...
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  • CultureEditor's Picks

    Women on top: 5 must-see African films with strong female leads

    By Mutsa Marau
    October 26, 2017
    Women have been at the heart of some of the most powerful new films from Africa. Here are some you won’t want to miss. ...
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  • A textile factory in Lesotho. Credit: John Hogg.
    EconomyEditor's Picks

    Leapfrogging is only so good. Africa needs to make things.

    By Rosalind Kainyah
    October 17, 2017
    Africans remain consumers of technologies invented elsewhere, not their creators. Investment in infrastructure can have a uniquely transformative power for Africa. Addressing the huge ...
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  • On the campaign trail with President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto. Credit: Uhuru Kenyatta.
    Editor's PicksKenyaPolitics

    Siasa na Kusengenyana (aka When Kenyan politicians switch from English)

    By Nanjala Nyabola
    October 3, 2017
    Kenya’s political discourse takes place in two very different realms: one conducted in English, one not.  The Supreme Court’s ruling on 1 September was ...
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  • Nigeria's former president, Olusegun Obasanjo continues to wield significant influence in Nigeria. Credit: Friends of Europe.
    Editor's PicksNigeriaPolitics

    An interview with Olusegun Obasanjo: Up close and a little too personal

    By James Wan
    September 28, 2017
    Nigeria’s former president on Buhari, Biafra and bloody idiots. As the lift in his luxury London hotel rushes upwards to the 11th floor, Olusegun ...
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  • Sauti Sol with Burundi's Vice-President Gaston Sindimwo. Credit: Sauti Sol.
    BurundiCultureEditor's PicksSociety

    An open letter to Sauti Sol, as you perform in my beloved Burundi

    By Ketty Nivyabandi
    September 22, 2017
    I want to believe you don’t know about the crimes against humanity committed by the authorities with whom you dine. But I find it ...
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  • George Weah supporters await his arrival at the party headquarters in Congo Town, Monrovia. Credit: Stephen Kollie.
    Editor's PicksLiberiaPolitics

    Could a former winner of the Ballon d’Or become Liberia’s next president?

    By Stephen D. Kollie
    September 19, 2017
    George Weah was the presidential runner-up in 2005. Ahead of the October vote, he is drawing huge crowds again and hopes to do one ...
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