Politics
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Tanzania elections: Life has got worse under Magufuli. We need change.
Opposition leader Zitto Kabwe says the past four years of CCM rule have been disastrous and lays out his vision for a thriving and ... -
“Nothing will fall from the sky”: Algeria’s Revolution marches on – Photo Essay
In February 2019, Algerians took to the streets in the country’s largest demonstrations since independence. This began a movement, known as Hirak or the ... -
Africa Insiders: Magufuli shuts down another outlet for dissent
The essentials: Tanzanian President John Magufuli’s campaign to restrict critics or even potential critics of his administration has continued with his efforts to block ... -
The Gambia’s president said he’d step down after three years. Will he?
Adama Barrow will reach three years in office in January 2020. A new movement is pressuring him to keep to his word and step ... -
ADF rebels in the DRC: Why are locals protesting against the UN, again?
In 2014, attacks attributed to the ADF rebels was followed by local protests against UN peacekeepers. Is history repeating itself? In late November, a ... -
Ethiopia: Beyond ethnic federalism
The system designed to fuse an unwieldy nation together is now tearing it apart. When the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) ruling coalition ... -
Burundi: A president “chosen by God” and those who disagree
Pierre Nkurunziza continues to tighten his grip ahead of May 2020 elections. Is it too late to stop the crisis deepening? Four years after ... -
Somalia: President Farmaajo’s stacks the deck to secure a second term
With full elections unlikely in 2020, the incumbent is trying to lock down the support of lawmakers who will again select the president. Although ... -
Ethiopia must stop hate speech, not free speech
Tackling disinformation requires a subtle balance between different sets of values, not vaguely defined punitive laws. On 23 October, the prominent public figure Jawar ... -
An interesting election in Namibia, at last
A 62-year-old dentist and Icelandic corruption scandal have injected some unpredictability into a usually predictable contest. Ever since Namibia’s first post-independence elections in 1994, ...
