Feminism, religion and culture in Senegal
Islam is interpreted to establish the dominance of men, and this male supremacy is at the root of all our problems.
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Oumar Ba
Oumar Ba is a member of Africa is a Country's editorial board and on the political science faculty at Morehouse College.
Quand le monde s’effondre
Au crépuscule du règne de Ouattara en Côte d’Ivoire.
Bernard-Henry Lévy in Nigeria
The French philosopher and TV personality favors spectacle over analysis. The result: we don’t make sense of political violence in Nigeria.
Appel à candidature
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The energy that never dies
On the eve of Baaba Maal’s first New York City concert in 8 years, Oumar Ba interviews him, asking about protest movements, the music business and Senegal.
The U.S., Uganda, and the War on Terror
The United States’ support for “strong man rule” in Africa, if President Yoweri Museveni’s recipe for longevity in Uganda.
Discours de Ouaga
Should Africans care for French President Emmanuel Macron’s “Africa Speech” in Ouagadougou?
Senegalese struggles play out on screen
The 24th edition of the New York African Film Festival put Senegal in the spotlight, featuring five short films from there.
Where is the Central African Republic?
The Central African Republic has become shorthand for “failed postcolonial African state,” basically the prototype of a country in permanent crisis.
The idea of a mass pullout of African states from the ICC
Why is South Africa withdrawing from the International Criminal Court? And why now? And what does it mean for African states’ participation in the court.
The African Summer Olympics
The highlights of the 2016 Rio Olympics, including why Kenyan athletes were not wearing matching outfits at the opening ceremony.
No higher form of hypocrisy
Why is the United States, not a signatory to the Rome Statute, defending the honor of the International Criminal Court?
The Power of Prayer
The implications of the ICC dropping the cases against Kenya’s deputy president William Ruto and former journalist Joshua Arap Sang.
Africa is still front and center at The Hague
Staying updated on the only permanent international court that prosecute individuals for crimes of genocide, aggression, against humanity and war crimes.
Bedtime reading for George Clooney
How can international advocacy movements be self-reflective and accountable to the people on whose behalf they speak?
How to make sense of the coup in Burkina Faso
A list of articles to read, twitter accounts to follow, blogs to bookmarked to make sense of the ever evolving situation in Burkina Faso.
Bashir’s last trip outside of Sudan
Should the South African government have arrested Sudan’s President Omar al Bashir?
When Fatou Diome kicked European Union butt
Writer Fatou Diome: It’s the representation that Europe does to the Other that feeds xenophobia.
Senegal’s “Mister 15%” Goes to Jail
Karim Wade, the son of Senegal’s former president, is emblematic of how Abdoulaye Wade’s family made the state their personal property.
In the Name of Africa
For the first time in history, a former head of an African state, Hissene Habre of Chad, will stand trial in Africa, before an internationalized tribunal. In Senegal.