Society
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People with disabilities have been forgotten. Not any more.
This is the year to take real action on disability rights in Africa, starting by ratifying the ADP. This week, the governments of Ghana ... -
Nigeria’s tech sector needs recruits. Young people need jobs. And yet…
Why are young Nigerians struggling to get jobs in its booming tech sector? Over the past decade, Lagos, Nigeria’s swarming economic capital, has seen ... -
Burkina Faso’s battle for the airwaves
One of the first things the coup leaders on taking power this January was to restore the internet and surround the national broadcaster with tanks. ... -
“The scramble for Lagos” and the urban poor’s fight for their homes
Nigeria’s smallest yet most populous state continues to destroy informal settlements in defiance of the courts. On the night of 8 April 2017, the ... -
Uganda’s tripling of salaries for STEM teachers delights and divides
The pay rise for educators in science-related fields has left arts and humanities teachers feeling spurned. Will students suffer for it? Allen Asimwe, 54, ... -
Liberia’s scrapping of tuition fees splits opinion
Liberia’s free education policies seem to have alleviated one big problem but exacerbated another. For much of Charles’ time as a school student, his ... -
“Back to the former lies”: Sudan reverts to media repression post-coup
When the military seized power on 25 October, one of the first casualties was Sudan’s newfound freedom of expression. On 17 November, journalist Ali ... -
Archiving micro-kindnesses and everyday heroism in South Africa
2021 has been a hard year in South Africa and everyday people have taken strain. But it’s easy to forget that, amidst the multitude ... -
Kenyan students keep setting their schools on fire. Where’s the alarm?
Students setting dozens if not hundreds of schools on fire each year is no longer surprising. What’s shocking is the government’s apathy. When the ...
