African Arguments
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The Bone-Setters’ Ward: How Ancient Healers Are Filling Ethiopia’s Modern Healthcare Vacuum
Reporting from Bahir Dar, Ethiopia In a residential neighbourhood of Bahir Dar, in northwestern Ethiopia, patients visit the home of W/ro Birqe Yibre for ... -
African Arguments Interview with Dr Antwi-Boasiako Amoah Ahead of COP31
The 31st climate talks (COP31) began in Antalya, Türkiye on 9 November. The African Group of Negotiators (AGN), an alliance of all of the ... -
Africa Can’t Build a Blue Economy Without the Women Who Bring Its Fish to Market
Before dawn, wherever Africa has a coast or a lake, women wait on the shore for the boats. When the catch lands, our work ... -
Paying to work: bribery and the earnings of Kenya’s informal workers
For many informal workers in Kenya, earning a living also means paying for the right to do so. A motorbike taxi rider, a hawker ... -
Formalising the RSF: EU Policies and Sudan’s Search for Funds
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are one of the two armed parties in the current war in Sudan. Despite their historic collaborations with multiple ... -
After the Revolution, Before the War: Tracing Khartoum’s Syrian Community
On 18 March 2023, Arwa Ahmed, an architect, and photographer of the Sudanese revolution, and I stood chatting in the shade of the Grand ... -
Who Decides What Africa Reads First?
Every morning, someone decides what Africa reads first. Usually it is not one person. Often it is not a person at all. It is ... -
Who Pays When the Applause Stops? Visibility, Power and Ghana’s Black Challenge
The Black Challenge has won African titles, an African Para Games gold medal and a place at the 2026 Amputee Football World Cup. Yet ... -
A Russian state firm will map more than half of Mali. Who will own the data?
Two contracts signed in Moscow give a Russian state firm the job of mapping Mali’s subsoil and building the system that will hold the ... -
Kenya’s 2027 Election: Time to Address the Warning Signs
On August 16, 2026, hundreds of people armed with machetes, guns, and sticks attacked a convoy carrying opposition politicians and supporters of the Linda ...
