OPINION
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The continent falling behind: Africa’s placement in the Global Feminist Foreign Policy Discourse
Why has the Afro-feminist movement remained conspicuously absent in global discussions on Feminist Foreign Policy? In July 2024, the world convened for the third ... -
DR Congo quagmire poses an existential question to Southern Africa’s leaders
Engineering a permanent state of conflict in eastern Congo ensures the continued flow of minerals into the bloodstream of global capitalism. SADC must protect ... -
The Basket of HIV Prevention Options Needs to Be Filled
The end of the HIV pandemic is in sight thanks to radical new innovations and treatments. We stand at a thrilling precipice in the ... -
Debt and the Gen Z protests: The moral economy of the African crowd
A generation after the 1980s debt crisis triggered the rebirth of democracy on the continent, will Kenya’s youthful idealists spark a pan-African revolt? The ... -
Sudan: The violence is a symptom of a profound collective failure
The ongoing conflict is an existential threat to the very idea of Sudan, not to be solved by negotiations featuring the usual suspects working ... -
Malaria is a women’s rights issue
When malaria rages, the women whose labour, visible and invisible, is the bedrock of the care economy, suffer; the effects reverberate across society. Walk ... -
Africa in the global village: Notes on some epochal trends
Hidden in plain sight, Africans are in the thick of the kind of history-making that will define the 21st century. In 2024, Africa presents ... -
Senegal’s democracy is in peril
The looming danger of democratic collapse is a challenge to friends of Senegal and democracy to do better. The sudden actions by Senegal’s president ... -
Why countries must ratify the African Disability Protocol
On the anniversary of the Universal Human Rights Declaration, governments must take the final step to adopt a new groundbreaking and uniquely African disability ... -
Unlocking Medicine Access in Africa: The complementary role of online pharmacies and robust regulations
If the Pandemic exposed the continent’s healthcare infrastructure gaps, can online pharmacy platforms transform access to medicines? Despite global recognition of the importance of ...
