Zambia has a white president
When President Michael Sata died, Western media ignored his political legacy and fixated on acting president Guy Scott’s whiteness treating him like a novelty rather than analyzing Zambia.
Politics
How Frelimo rehabilitated Renamo in time for Mozambique’s Elections
An interview with political scientist Domingos Manuel de Rosário, of Universidade Eduardo Mondlane in Maputo, about the October 2014 elections.
Oscar Pistorius and the Judge
South Africa is a divided society with a vile history of injustice. Injustice runs along very
The Politics of Postapartheid Housing
Rather than the endpoint of the post-apartheid urban crisis, deficient delivery reproduces it anew, accentuating discontent in the process.
What next for Burkina Faso?
The post-coup power struggle is between factions of the military with very different interests and goals.
Burkina Faso Is on The Boil
And can someone tell the BBC: No, Blaise Compaore is not a "peacemaker."
Resources to sustain a movement
Will popular resistance against the one-party rule of President Blaise Compaore in Burkina Faso succeed?
Take your madam on a social justice tour
Social justice tours are tours which take the tourist through low income, economically depressed or working class neighborhoods.
Mali and Manhattan
Why is the conversation in New York about what the government will do about an epidemic, while for West Africa many look instinctively to NGOs?
Race and Elections in Brazil
Many Brazilian voters are so disillusioned with politics that in this traditionally left-leaning, post-right military dictatorship society, the right has made surprising gains in this election.
Zambia turns 50
Zambia - the country its young people fondly call “Zed” - turns 50 in 2014. It was part of the first wave of African countries to gain independence in the 1960s.
How to bet and win against the (international) system
Uhuru Kenyatta went to The Hague to defend himself against charges of war crimes. He's always managed to stay one step ahead of the Court.
What Liberia Teaches About the Failures of Aid
While health professionals are crucial frontline responders, the Ebola crisis is indeed too important to be left to medical personnel.
Bad reporting on Ebola is worse than ignoring It
It is clear that the way in which the outbreak is portrayed in popular media has contributed to confusion, fear and a panicked response.
What is it like to be a refugee in Germany?
The general trend has been to make immigration more difficult, rather than improving the conditions for asylum seekers and refugees.
The Rusty and Golden Radiators are back!
The Norwegian Students’ and Academics’ International Assistance Fund (SAIH), the organization responsible for the brilliant Africa for Norway campaign, is
The fruit of gender equality
It turns out the majority of Burkinabé favor progressive change on gender rights.
LagosPhoto is Five Years Old
Four years ago I interviewed Azu Nwagbogu, director of Lagos-based African Artists’ Foundation and the annual
Like a bad joke
Israel's arms exports to African countries has more than doubled in the last four years: African countries spent $223m on Israeli arms in 2013 compared to $107m in 2012.
Germany has its own “Sinterklaas Scandal”
Why is it so difficult to understand when we Africans say that it’s offensive?