It’s time to end the CFA franc
For France's former colonies in Africa to enjoy true independence, they need to control over their own money and budgets.
Politics
Senegalese pitch dreams
Football in Senegal is magic. That the team has qualified for their second World Cup, heightens the joy.
Who gets to define borders?
What will the renewed land debate in South Africa mean for the border woes of neighbors such as Lesotho?
Cameroon on the brink
Paul Biya's inability to address the crisis in the country's Anglophone region is pushing the nation to the brink.
The Ebola refugees
Has migration policy reckoned with epidemics like Ebola?
Apo Six, Forever
A reflection on police brutality in Nigeria on the anniversary of the death of the 'Apo Six.'
The Nelson Chamisa chimera in Zimbabwe
While entertaining, the showy presidential campaign of Zimbabwe's opposition may not amount to much on July 30th.
The untimely death of Afonso Dhlakama
Mozambicans feel the death of the former leader of Renamo could put a wrench in the path towards a peaceful, democratic future.
Africa Day is for Big Men
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.
Flight of the Boers
South Africa's lead anti-land reform organization is cultivating its relationship with the international far right.
Full steam ahead
Is there a future for industrialization on the African continent?
Scripted reality in Eritrea
The ruling regime in Eritrea manipulates news and information to gain total control over its citizens.
The rise of the gangster state in South Africa
President Jacob Zuma oversaw a rise in political violence across all sectors of South African society.
Social media and political violence in Cape Town
Reporting on protests in poor communities where the mainstream media lacks, social media picks up the slack. This isn't always a good thing.
What’s behind Tunisia’s growing military?
In post-uprising Tunisia, the western backed military is hampering the country's transition to democracy.
It’s only business
How private education companies ruin education in Kenya: Private education companies have sought to cash in on the development game.
On May Day, what is there to celebrate in Africa?
On International Workers’ Day, we provide a sweeping assessment of the strengths, weaknesses and potential of African trade unions.
Kwame Nkrumah and decolonial imagination
Historian Jeffrey Ahlman talks with Dan Magaziner aboutNkrumahism's shifting forms, and its influence on contemporarydecolonization movements.
Where the social is political
If media claims to be a tool for deepening democracy and development in Africa, why is it necessary for protesters to resort to burning and barricading?
If data is the answer, what are the African questions?
Having learnt from years of extolling “technological revolution,” isn’t it time we ask the right question(s) about data in Africa?