Editor’s Picks
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We need a people-centred COP26. Instead, we have an elite marketplace
COP26 is full of big boys in small rooms. It needs to be led by the people, not Northern elites with the financial interests ... -
How Sierra Leone abolished the death penalty and what others could learn
How decades of tenacious advocacy, political will and a smart legal strategy finally ended capital punishment. On 23 July 2021, Sierra Leone made history ... -
Egypt’s sexual revolutionaries tackling the tyranny within
Meet the women and queer people sparking a revolution against the patriarchy through Arabic-language online platforms and sex toys. This article is part of ... -
How the radical became normal in Angola
When everyone knows the emperor has no clothes but no one dares say it out loud, even the smallest acts of dissent become ones ... -
Thinking radically in Africa must start with political education
It’s easy to dismiss education as part of the work that an activist does, but without it our activism remains reactionary, not radical. This ... -
Covid-19 vaccine rollout in Africa tracker: An interactive map
Tracking the progress of the vaccine rollout across the continent. There has been a lot of focus on COVID-19 vaccine inequalities between high-income ... -
Don’t let Tunisia’s democracy slip
President Saied’s sacking of the government may be popular, but what Tunisia needs is to strengthen its democracy, not dismantle it. On 17 December ... -
Where we belong: Inside the reckoning for queer rights in Namibia
Meet some of the activists fighting to live and love in Namibia. This year, a growing rumble of LGBTQ rights activism in Namibia has ... -
Tigray: Our suffering may not be convenient, but it is real
The state’s one-sided narrative has not just shattered Ethiopians’ shared understanding of reality but eroded the social fabric that held us together. I grew ... -
Haacaaluu Hundeessaa Boonsaa: A legacy larger than death
A year after Haacaaluu’s assassination, I miss him. Oromia misses him. Ethiopia misses him. But his legacy of kindness and resistance lives on. Hundeessaa ...
