Debating Ideas
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A Century of Agricultural Investment in Sudan: Why Has Development Failed?
This article is translated and adapted from an Arabic article published in Sudanese Online. The ideas reflect arguments presented by the author in his ... -
Present but Displaced: What Western Objections to Reparations Fail to See
On 25 March 2026, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a Ghana-led resolution declaring the trafficking and racialised chattel enslavement of Africans the ... -
What young Kenyan men say when no one is watching
A young Kenyan man recently sent this anonymous message to a chatbot late at night: “Mbogi wanasema mimi si mwanaume nisipolala na huyo mama… ... -
Anatomy of a Failure: How Tunisia’s Democracy Was Undermined
Internal political betrayal, external cynicism, and the unravelling of the Arab Spring’s last laboratory. On 25 July 2026, thousands of Tunisians took to the ... -
Somalia: The Journalists Who Disappeared
In October 2022, Abdalle Ahmed Mumin — Secretary-General of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), the organisation that documents what happens to journalists in Somalia ... -
Why Ethiopia’s Conflicts Keep Returning: The Question Ethiopia’s National Dialogue Cannot Avoid
As Ethiopia’s National Dialogue seeks to chart a path toward peace, it faces an immense task. The Dialogue aims to address some of the ... -
Renegotiating Military Immunity: Kenya’s New Terms for Foreign Troops
In July 2026, Britain suspended one of its flagship military exercises in Kenya after Nairobi withheld the licences required for troops to train in ... -
The Winter Circus: A Memoir
The Winter Circus: A Memoir (2026) by Leo Zeilig is published by the Uganda-based Editor House Facility (EHF). A genre-defying work blending memoir, fiction, and ... -
Whilst the World Debates Somaliland’s Recognition, Its Girls Remain Invisible
As international debate surrounding Somaliland’s recognition has returned to global headlines in recent months, questions of sovereignty and diplomacy have dominated the conversation. Reports ... -
Two Presidents, No Government: Why Tigray’s War Is Coming Back
In Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, two men call themselves president. One is Lieutenant General Tadesse Worede, appointed with Addis Ababa’s ...
