Politics
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Zambia’s 2016 elections: is a disputed outcome now inevitable?
A flurry of questionable decisions by the electoral body, media exposés of irregularities, and controversial interventions by the government and military suggests yes Zambia’s enviable record ... -
Not much magic: Nigeria’s Buhari completes his first year in office
After a mixed start, the hope and goodwill on which Buhari was elected a year ago is starting to run low One year after Muhammadu ... -
“The president is not an untouchable god”: Chad’s Hissène Habré sentenced to life
Whether or not the template can be replicated, the symbolism of Chadian lawyers representing Chadian victims on African soil in this historic case will live ... -
Why it doesn’t matter who the next chair of the African Union Commission is
Unless there are meaningful changes to the AU structure, the Chair of the Commission will remain a largely irrelevant bureaucrat, whoever it is. When ... -
DR Congo’s electoral process is at an impasse. Here are 3 scenarios for what comes next
The Congolese government is effectively boycotting its own elections In February 2015, when the Democratic Republic of Congo’s electoral commission (CENI) published its calendar ... -
How black bin bags and common sense helped end an epidemic, and what we can learn from it
Rather than formal health systems, it was local common sense, allied to local ingenuity, that was crucial in ending Ebola. Is it time for ... -
New friends, new risks as the Gambia looks East
The decisions of the tiny Gambia and its enigmatic president could have more repercussions for the region than one might expect On 11 December ... -
Kenya camp closures no surprise to refugees: “We’ve been crying out but no one heard”
If Dadaab were a town, it would be Kenya’s third biggest by population. Kenya’s announcement earlier this month that it planned to shut down ... -
Zainab Bangura: Islamist groups have institutionalised the brutalisation of women
“With governments, we seem to have a roadmap in tackling sexual violence, but globally it’s non-state actors that are the worst perpetrators. How do ... -
Moïse Katumbi and the Congo’s race for the presidency
The influential businessman and former governor of Katanga has taken an early lead in an aggressive race, but has he made his move too ...
