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Editor’s Picks

  • 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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  • Zambia's President Edgar Lungu.
    Editor's PicksPoliticsZambia

    The real reasons Zambia’s opposition leader was released from jail

    By Sishuwa Sishuwa
    September 19, 2017
    The Commonwealth’s intervention did not rescue Hichilema from detention. It rescued President Lungu from political embarrassment. On 16 August, Zambia’s main opposition leader, Hakainde ...
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  • Thousands take to the streets in Togo to demand the reinstatement of the 1992 constitution.
    Editor's PicksPoliticsTogo

    50 years of hurt: Togo protesters vow to continue

    By Farida Nabourema
    August 25, 2017
    After years of government stalling, demonstrators are demanding electoral reforms, including the reinstatement of term limits. On Saturday 19 August, shocking images of the ...
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  • Isabel Dos Santos, daughter of the president, is reportedly Africa's richest woman and heads up the state oil company Sonangol.
    AngolaEconomyEditor's PicksPolitics

    Angola’s ruling family is worth billions. What happens when dad steps down?

    By Rebecca Engebretsen
    August 14, 2017
    After nearly four decades in office, President José Eduardo Dos Santos is due to hand over power after Angola’s 23 August elections.  After 38 ...
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  • Editor's PicksNigerSociety

    A forgotten community: The little town in Niger keeping the lights on in France

    By Lucas Destrijcker & Mahadi Diouara
    July 18, 2017
    Welcome to Arlit, the impoverished uranium capital of Africa. From Niamey, the capital of the landlocked West African nation of Niger, we call ahead ...
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