• Vik Sohonie

Most national teams have 12 starting players — 11 on the field, and their fans in the stands. Brazil’s has a 13th player: Haitains.

• Shobana Shankar

Boko Haram capitalized on the problems women face in Northern Nigeria to attract some willingly, while violently forcing others into bondage.

• Clovis Bergère

What if “fake” as a mode of operating on social media held the key to unlocking democratic debate, as the practice would suggest in Africa?

• Rafael Cazarin

Nearly nine in 10 people in sub-Saharan Africa declare religion as a very important to them. To tackle sexual and gender violence would involve engaging with that fact.

• Rory Pilossof

At this early stage, there is little to suggest that South Africa will follow the same path as Zimbabwe.

• Grégory Pierrot

If the French now have regular, public discussions about race, we have to thank black members of its men's national football team.

• Ndeye Debo Seck

Ndeye Debo Seck has lost interest in local club football in Senegal. It has a lot to do with how the local game is administered.

• Suren Pillay

Where do these debates about the place of coloureds and Indians in South Africa come from?

• Norbert Odero

A Kenyan football fan reflects on a lifetime of World Cup finals.

• Ndongo Samba Sylla

For France's former colonies in Africa to enjoy true independence, they need to control over their own money and budgets.

• Ndeye Debo Seck

Football in Senegal is magic. That the team has qualified for their second World Cup, heightens the joy.

• John Aerni-Flessner

What will the renewed land debate in South Africa mean for the border woes of neighbors such as Lesotho?

• Kangsen Feka Wakai

Paul Biya's inability to address the crisis in the country's Anglophone region is pushing the nation to the brink.

• Benjamin N. Lawrance

Has migration policy reckoned with epidemics like Ebola?

• Kemi Falodun

A reflection on police brutality in Nigeria on the anniversary of the death of the 'Apo Six.'

• Melusi Nkomo

While entertaining, the showy presidential campaign of Zimbabwe's opposition may not amount to much on July 30th.

• Idalina Baptista

Mozambicans feel the death of the former leader of Renamo could put a wrench in the path towards a peaceful, democratic future.

• Sisonke Msimang

For decades, Big Men in different forms have had their day in Africa, and have forced us to celebrate "Africa Day" every year. It's time for a change.

• Michael Bueckert

South Africa's lead anti-land reform organization is cultivating its relationship with the international far right.

• Emily Wolff

Is there a future for industrialization on the African continent?