The rise and fall of Mangosuthu Buthelezi
South African public life is rife with revisionism, often opportunistic. Take the case of Mangosuthu Buthelezi.
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How Nigeria defeated Ebola
In Nigeria, there is a critical mass of scientific, medical and public health expertise—from managing medical crises, natural disasters and the health-related fallouts of economic breakdown.
Emmanuel Macron’s Twitter fingers
The stuff we couldn't cover the second week of December, so we compiled them here in byte sizes.
Cameroon is Cameroon
On the arrest and detention of Cameroonian writer and scholar, Patrice Nganang.
Hendrik Verwoerd in Jerusalem
The "two state solution" for Israel and Palestine will be the culmination of the same political vision that motivated apartheid South Africa.
The roar of the ocean’s many waters
South Africa’s Constitution begins with a bold statement: “We, the people of South Africa, Recognise the
Ghana’s President and what the West wants to hear
Many social media users have construed Akufo-Addo’s words in the President of France's presence, as somehow radical.
Musical chairs in Angola
Angola's new president may still chart his own political course against party directives and the interests of the Dos Santos family.
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.
Why do so many Western Leftists defend Robert Mugabe?
Mugabe was a neoliberal stooge up until the 2000s and far from being a Pan-Africanist hero sent his army to intervene in the most rapacious war in Africa's history in the Congo.
Thomas Sankara Boulevard
Plus the great novelist Sarah Ladipo Manyika has put together a list of the best books of the Mugabe years.
Reassessing Angola’s ‘Implacable Exonerator’
After 38 years of Angola's dictatorship of the elders, President João Lourenço has raised hopes that power might be more responsive to Angolans' everyday needs.
Whose awareness is raised on World AIDS Day?
AIDS interventions are often funded from afar and fail to realize the people they're trying to assist have opinions on AIDS interventions.
The uncertain future for transitional justice in Zimbabwe
Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe’s newly inaugurated President, suggests that Zimbabwe is “witnessing the beginning of a new and unfolding democracy”.
Discours de Ouaga
Should Africans care for French President Emmanuel Macron's "Africa Speech" in Ouagadougou?
Coups and phalluses
The moral of Grace Mugabe of Zimbabwe: While men continue to share the spoils of their misrule, it seems there must always be a harlot who can be brought to heel.
The slave auction in Libya
Racism and discrimination are central to the social and cultural hierarchy in the Maghreb. Libya is no exception.
The new Old Man in Zimbabwe
From the perspective of the past, there is little evidence to invest much hope in the “successful transition” trope still reverberating in the international media about Zimbabwe.
The Incredible Hulk
What has Angola's President João Lourenço, dubbed the “implacable exonerator,” been up to?
Paul Biya Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Biya did not conceive the system by which he rules Cameroon, but deserves as much credit for the modifications that have enabled his reign.