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  • EconomyMalawi

    How a communion wine shortage gave birth to an international brand

    By Charles Pensulo
    June 8, 2022
    Linga wine is a small family business in Malawi that punches well above its weight.  On a Friday afternoon, an elderly Margaret Ngwira emerges ...
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  • BotswanaEditor's PicksSociety

    “Fully embraced”? Bostwana’s queer struggles since decriminalisation

    By Ngozi Chukura
    May 31, 2022
    The landmark 2019 ruling has been upheld, but Botswana’s LGBTQ community still face numerous challenges.  In November 2021, Botswana’s Court of Appeal upheld a ...
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  • President João Lourenço of Angola on a state visit to South Africa in 2017. Credit: GCIS.
    AngolaPolitics

    Angola’s regime pushes back against a growing and united opposition

    By Jon Schubert & Gilson Lázaro
    May 26, 2022
    Ahead of August elections, the MPLA is turning to old tricks in the face of rising discontentment and a popular opposition leader. The election ...
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  • Riot police take to the streets of Port Louis. Credit: Vel Moonien.
    Editor's PicksMauritiusPoliticsSociety

    Mauritius protests: “When people feel lost, they resort to revolt”

    By Vel Moonien
    May 26, 2022
    Cost of living protests descended in riots last month. Food and fuel prices are set to rise further. In late-April, protests against the soaring ...
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  • President Cyril Ramaphosa (left) with his predecessor, former President Jacob Zuma in 2017. Credit: GCIS.
    EconomyPoliticsSouth Africa

    What did we learn from South Africa’s exhaustive state capture commission?

    By Dirk Kotze
    May 16, 2022
    A four-year investigation has revealed the scope and nature of corruption like never before. South Africa’s judicial commission into state capture, known as the ...
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  • UN Women's Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka greeting officers of the Malawi Police at in Lilongwe, Malawi. Credit: Maria Thundu
    MalawiSociety

    No one knows if crime in Malawi is rising or falling, not even the police

    By Tyler Holmes
    May 3, 2022
    Because the police either don’t collect or release reliable crime statistics, citizens are in the dark. In 2020, Malawi was featured in the New ...
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  • CultureGPJZimbabwe

    Zimbabwe: The rise and rise of the wedding before the wedding

    By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa
    April 14, 2022
    Once a small family affair, the roora is restyling itself for an age of reality TV and social media. A white tent billowed in ...
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  • MauritiusSocietyTop story

    Mauritius: How did the pyramids of Plaine Magnien get there?

    By Jacques Achilles (For bird)
    April 6, 2022
    From bored labourers to ancient gods, many theories abound about the pyramids’ origin, sparking a debate about colonial history. It’s a sunny Saturday morning ...
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  • GPJSocietyZimbabwe

    Trans Zimbabweans turn to black market for health care

    By Evidence Chenjerai
    March 25, 2022
    In the absence of legal protections, transgender Zimbabweans are looking abroad or to risky alternatives for gender-affirming services. Ras grew up living like a ...
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  • PoliticsTop storyZimbabwe

    Zimbabwe elections: A rebranded opposition, same state violence

    By Tendai Marima
    March 23, 2022
    Both the opposition and ruling party hope the upcoming by-elections will lay the groundwork for 2023, but in very different ways. On 26 March, ...
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