• Patrick Gathara

Charles Njonjo's legacy is as member of a powerful group of Kikuyu chauvinists who surrounded Jomo Kenyatta and corrupted the state.

• The Amandla Editorial Collective

Different factions of South Africa's ruling elite are implicated in looting and profiting from the state. South Africans should take an attitude of a plague on both their houses.

• Michael Nassen Smith

South African cricket is currently the subject of TRC-style hearings into the racism and nepotism in the game. It makes for riveting TV, but focuses too much on individual instances of racism and discrimination.

• Purity Mukami
• Simon Bowers

The Pandora Papers connects Kenya's ruling family to secret accounts in offshore companies and tax havens. But, state looting started with Jomo Kenyatta.

• Noah Tsika

King of Boys: The Return of the King, a seven-part limited series of Netflix, is a sustained — if ultimately pessimistic — critique of Nigerian corruption.

• Rasaq Malik

Sound Sultan, who died of cancer in July 2021, battled with the cankerworm of bad leadership and outright violations of rules of law in his homeland, Nigeria, through his songs.

• Olívio N'kilumbu

Em Angola, o governo de Presidente Lourenço não conseguiu resolver a pandemia de COVID-19 devido a corrupção e incompetência.

• Olívio N'kilumbu

In Angola, President Lourenço's government failed to address COVID-19 due to corruption and incompetence.

• Dan Mafora

Former South African President Jacob Zuma’s various rationalizations and obstructions for his crimes make for good drama. But they also reveal Zuma’s aversion to the rule of law.

• Tetteh Hormeku-Ajei
• Camden Goetz

Since European colonialism first arrived, Africa has provided its best raw materials to the global North. Can African countries finally break out of this pattern?

• William Shoki

On AIAC Talk this week, we mark Independence Day in Sierra Leone, and Freedom Day in South Africa — but what does freedom really mean on the ground in these countries? Watch the show live Tuesday on YouTube.

• Paul Bjerk

Has the recent death of Tanzania’s president John Magufuli created new political possibilities?

• Wandia Njoya

How is Kenya's "new middle class" contributing to a pervasive low-quality oppression that leaves Kenyans feeling hopeless?

• Rasna Warah

The late Tanzanian president, John Pombe Magufuli, was initially lauded for his no-nonsense approach to corruption. But the cracks began to appear within months of his presidency.

• Ayanda Kota

Corruption is South Africa’s pandemic — one that has been disenfranchising and killing people long before our transition to democracy.

• Michaela Collord

Ideas for how to pressure Uganda's "M-Pigs" to become elected representatives who actually serve in the public interest.

• Dami Adebayo

Could the enduring effects of #EndSARS be the beginning of a broad alliance against an irresponsible political elite that has shirked all pretensions of being responsible to the people?

• Muna Shifa

Governments need funds for stimulus packages and aid to address COVID-19. But corporate tax avoidance and tax breaks for aid in African countries is undermining emergency responses.

• Seán Muller

As countries expand investment in decentralized renewable energy, its worth keeping an eye on who's profiting.

• Benjamin Fogel

South Africans are learning the hard way that corruption cannot simply be solved through technical fixes and increasing “accountability” through locking the villains up.