African Arguments
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“I will also fight with you”: President Kagame, Rwanda’s Berater-in-Chief
The transcript of a recent government summit shows how President Kagame openly reprimands senior officials, who take it lying down. President Paul Kagame of ... -
South Sudan: Buying off elites to stop fighting won’t work. Here’s what might
Offering warring elites rewards to lay down arms hasn’t worked. The profits of conflict must be removed and the focus shifted to the ground ... -
3 years on, Itai Dzamara’s still missing (aka ‘Waiting For Dad To Come Home’)
Mugabe may have gone, but the young activist’s family is still picking up the pieces after his disappearance and are still demanding answers. On ... -
Nigeria is sadly still closer to Fela’s anti-feminism than to Wakanda’s women
In Nigeria, Okoye would have been warned from childhood to soften her features so she can find a man to marry her. Marvel’s Black ... -
More dissent in Eritrea, a country where dissent is not tolerated
The death of a respected elder while in jail has prompted an outpouring of grief and anger on the streets of Asmara. Last week, ... -
This is Afrofuturism
Afrofuturism reimagines the past and envisions what can be. If fact follows fiction, the future will belong to Africa and our storytellers. A decade ... -
US intervention in Kenya? No thanks.
The suggestion the US should intervene is based on half-truths and is an affront to sovereignty, argues Kenya’s Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs. That Mark Bellamy ... -
“They amused themselves with my body”: Male survivors of sexual violence stay silent in CAR
Sexual violence is widespread in the Central African Republic’s conflict, including against thousands of men and boys. During an attack on his village near ... -
Tanzania: Everyone is scared
In an unprecedented move, leaders from all sectors of society are speaking out about growing assaults on freedoms and political violence. On 16 February, ... -
What’s at stake in Sierra Leone’s critical elections
The ruling APC is resilient, but the main opposition SLPP and newly-minted NGC are launching strong challenges to change Sierra Leone’s direction. On 7 ...
![Three Billboards at a Zimbabwe bus terminal asking: "Abducted at the barber. Still no arrests. How come ED [President Mnangagwa]?" Credit: Baynham Goredema.](https://africanarguments.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/zimbabwe-itai-dzamara-400x174.jpg)
