• Louise Matsakis

The majority of African migrants move between countries on the continent.

• Christiane Wilke

• Samar Al-Bulushi

The possibilities and limitations of the ICC to contribute to our collective struggles and how we conceive of justice itself.

• Christian John Makgala

Botswana is usually held up as an exception on the African continent for good economic and political governance. Is this a fair assessment?

• Beza Tesfaye

Whatever we make of the Ethiopian government’s prevarication, the Irreechaa Massacre was a point of no return for the people.

• Alice de Vries

We speak to an aid worker and trade unionist at the forefront of campaigns to halt the transnational corporate education reform movement.

• Oumar Ba

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.

• Fabio Andres Diaz

Colombia needs to be able to envision another country beyond the reincarnation of our memories of war.

• Katherine Luongo
• Matt Carotenuto

Throughout Barack Obama’s presidency, his personal links to Kenya have been weaponized by the U.S.'s Right’s as a slur. But there's more to his relationship with his father's country.

• Florence Bernault

The longevity of the Gabonese political system also lies in the many channels of redistribution that connect politicians (known colloquially as “les Grands”) to ordinary citizens.

• Paul Bjerk

The legacy of Julius Nyerere’s state and state-run economy in Tanzania is a government (and ruling party) that values decree over debate, and control over entrepreneurship. John Magufuli is a model student of this system in its ideal form.

• Albert Mkony

Recent and current leaders in Tanzania like to be compared to Mwalimu Nyerere. Take current president, John Magufuli. He has been working hard to claim Nyerere’s mantle.

• Olukayode Alao

For Nigeria, the World Bank reported that as of 2015, 48% of the total population (estimated at more than 180 million) reside in urban centers.

• Patrick Litanga

Until Joseph Kabila publicly recuses himself from running for a third term, many Congolese will be suspicious of any dialogue proposed by the government.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

Burkina Faso is finally beginning to do right by the memory of revuolutionary leader, Thomas Sankara.

• Chipo Dendere

• Sofia del Carril

• Grieve Chelwa

It is worth revisiting economic historian Morten Jerven's book "Africa: Why Economists Get It Wrong" (2015), a refreshing contribution to the debate about development scholarship on Africa.

• Dan Magaziner

Dan Magaziner gets to shake the hand of Paul Kagame, a man many consider a dictator at best and a war criminal at worst.

• Kamissa Camara