Politics
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Sudan protests: Why it’s in the government’s interests to respond with restraint
With protests against price rises for pharmaceuticals and fuel spreading, Khartoum must act carefully to avoid endangering its recent successes. Since early November, a ... -
Cameroon: bagging it after the plastic ban
After banning plastic bags in 2014, the government started a scheme paying people to collect the discarded waste, with mixed results. After graduating from university ... -
Shell tries to dodge responsibility for Nigeria oil spills…again
The oil company is back in the UK courts trying to shift the blame for the environmental destruction wrought in the Niger Delta. At a ... -
Islamic State deepens foothold in Somalia’s Puntland state
A year after a faction of al-Shabaab defected to IS, the group has exploited state disorder to seize a stretch of Somalia’s coast. On ... -
Central African Republic: It’s not all about the money
Amidst deepening insecurity, the government is focused on the upcoming Donors Conference. But will more international funding help solve the crisis? Post-election benefits haven’t ... -
Africa’s least loved leader marches on
DR Congo’s Joseph Kabila has gained some international and domestic support for his plan to stay in power until at least 2018. But some ... -
Courting controversies: Ghana’s Electoral Commission under fire ahead of close elections
Four years after disputed elections, things are again not going smoothly for Ghana’s electoral body. With the political temperature in Ghana rising ahead of ... -
Even if it passes, Côte d’Ivoire’s new constitution may not have any more legitimacy
The opposition has called for a boycott of the referendum on a new constitution this Sunday. In May 2016, President Alassane Ouattara set up ... -
What Ethiopia’s withdrawals from AMISOM mean for Somalia
Why is Ethiopia bringing back some of the best-trained and best-equipped soldiers fighting al-Shabaab? This month has seen multiple withdrawals of Ethiopia National Defense ... -
Eight reasons to be concerned about the Somalia elections
The fact that 99% of Somalis don’t have the right to vote is just one deficiency of the ongoing process. After various delays, Somalia’s elections are ...
