The crisis of the party-state in South Africa
Improving socio-economic conditions may prove to be the precondition for fighting corruption.
Politics
The special relationship
South Africa may be Kabila’s closest bilateral ally and represents a key lifeline for his continued grip on power.
South Sudan: the second time as tragic farce
The largest South Sudanese rebel movement is now in a leadership dispute proving more pernicious than Khartoum’s counter-insurgency strategies.
The Namibian debate on German reparations
There are Namibians, including Black Namibians, who resist fully addressing the genocide.
The best hope for Liberian children
Why is Liberia’s Government rushing to sell its public schools to for-profits from the United States?
Jonathan Jansen’s Lopsided View of Fees Must Fall
South African students have confronted us with a range of political, economic and intellectual questions to be answered – not merely posed a problem that needs to be managed.
South Africa’s Very Own David Brooks
Jonathan Jansen channels the worst versions of average center right American ideas in debates about transforming South African universities.
No education crisis wasted
The "business model" of Bridge International, the organization which claims to solve Africa's education problems, comes under scrutiny.
Gag rules and global partnerships
Over the past fifteen years, global health has emerged as one of the most prominent faces of American influence in Africa.
African military partnerships in the age of the ‘enemy disease’
Military-to-military relationships have become the dominant mode of U.S. engagement with the African continent, overwhelming cast as institutional partnerships.
Nationhood and the struggle for Biafra
Since the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), by the operatives of the Nigerian
Behind the new Gulf crisis is same old order
The Gulf States and Israel benefit tremendously from the authoritarian order that has kept the region underdeveloped and unfree for decades.
Weekend Special No.2034
Twitter a while back: ‘Robert Mugabe is old enough to be Muhammadu Buhari’s father.’ Robert Mugabe,
Biafra as focal point for fresh perspectives of Nigeria
Igbo nationalist groups have the right to self-determine whether they want to be part of Nigeria or form their own independent republic.
The right to ‘eat’
Politics in many parts of Africa is often understood through a metaphor of eating – a
Happy Father’s Day
The Soweto Uprising, Tupac, Walter Rodney, Jeremy Corbyn, Latin American telenovelas, etcetera, all part of this week's Weekend Special.
The perennial dictator
Rwanda’s constitution was changed in 2016 to allow Kagame to stay in power until 2034. He may govern forever. He also has his fans.
The West’s culpability in North Africa and the Middle East
There seems to be no limit to Europe’s and USA’s willingness to accept and even support
Zambians don’t deserve their politicians
Ugandans make for good soldiers-for-hire, Radiohead and aparthied, the state of Left American politics and other Weekend Specials.
The Leader Whose Time has Come
Jeremy Corbyn has led Britain's Labour Party since 2015. There is no one else in British politics remotely like Corbyn.