Society
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Get Rich or Die Trying: The Chinese multinational scamming millions from Ugandans
Thousands of people in Uganda have signed up to a company believing it will cure all their illnesses and help them make a fortune. ... -
People smuggling in Libya: You can’t bomb away a problem of economics
Europe seems to think force and arms are the solution to reducing people smuggling in the volatile and fluid Libya. Even Gaddafi knew better. Back ... -
“You belong to Joseph Kony”: How Dominic Ongwen and others became child soldiers
Testimony from a former child soldier of the Lord’s Resistance Army highlights the moral and human complexity of Ongwen’s case at the ICC. Earlier ... -
In Niger, anti-smuggling efforts risk trading one crisis for another
The migrant smuggling industry has brought jobs, stability and wealth to northern Niger. Which is why countering it is fraught with risk. With unprecedented ... -
Digital tech: improving access to education in Nigeria [Haller Prize 2nd place]
This entry was awarded 2nd place in the 2016 Haller Prize for Development Journalism. In the third annual edition of the competition, professional and amateur journalists from across sub-Saharan ... -
African manufacturing its own hardware: BRCK internet in a box [Haller Prize 3rd place]
This entry was awarded 3rd place in the 2016 Haller Prize for Development Journalism. In the third annual edition of the competition, professional and amateur journalists from across ... -
As thousands flee South Sudan every day, donors must shell out more than just hollow promises
In Uganda, transit centres are massively over-crowded and rations are thinly stretched. Moreover, unless more support is provided, things will only get worse as ... -
How to put the ‘African’ back into African Studies
From 1993 to 2013, the proportion of articles written by Africa-based scholars plummeted in two leading journals. Why? Earlier this year, a new piece of ... -
Review: Migrant, Refugee, Smuggler, Saviour – by Peter Tinti and Tuesday Reitano
European leaders conflating human traffickers and human smugglers is not just inaccurate. It speaks to the ignorance and/or deliberate manipulation of facts at the ... -
Claims of “China’s Afrophobia” show we need new ways to think about race and racism
Racism in the West and racism in China are not the same thing. Is Afrophobia really on the rise in China? Roughly two months ...
