The new kid on the block
Admit you didn't expect the Economic Freedom Fighters or EFF, a breakaway from the ANC, to do so well in South Africa's latest elections.
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Nigeria’s baby boom
Each year more babies are born in Nigeria than in the entire continent of Europe.
Why Blogging is a Threat to the Ethiopian Government
In the past decade, more journalists have fled Ethiopia than any other country in the world.
The Politics of the Belly
The bottom line of politics in electoral democracies in 21st century capitalism: Whatever patronage politicians dispense, there’s no free lunch.
Elections and captured politics
Twenty years after 1994, there is the deep discontent among the population about electoral politics and of politics in general. Freedom turned out to be a mirage.
A Rwandan Storify
The sensational tale of Rwanda’s gospel-singer-terrorist, Kizito Mihigo.
Seven Things To Tell Young Black South Africans
Being Black in South Africa today must be a baffling, sometimes humiliating experience.
This is Freedom
The AIDS activist Zackie Achmat reflects on South Africa’s 5th democratic elections in this interview with Cape Town independent media outlet, GroundUp.
The Villain Is Back
Senegalese president, Macky Sall, is so unpopular that the PDS party of Abdoulaye Wade and Y’en a Marre - sworn enemies - agree on things.
What do Nigerians really think and know about homosexuality?
Nigeria's homophobia is at variance with Google analytics, which shows that Nigeria ranks in the top five in the world for searches for gay porn.
Who sold Nigeria to the British for £865k in 1899?
The Royal Niger Company and the founding of what became Nigeria.
The Economist sees a bright side of Oscar Pistorius’ trial
For accurate, detailed and nuanced information about violence against women in South Africa, don't read The Economist.
The post-1994 power brokers and black liberation
Where does this leave the majority of largely poor, black and unskilled people affected by the competing interests of powerful groups?
News from Nigeria
The writer, who lives in the U.S., travels with her teenage son back to Nigeria just as the country proposes a new law to criminalize same sex love.
Nigeria, come get your president
Goodluck Jonathan, the incumbent in Nigeria, gets the hashtag treatment - gets mocked on Twitter - for his government's inaction and policy uncertainty on a range of fronts.
A History of Nigeria’s Police Service
Asides from a few isolated cases, Nigeria's police force was never really an investigating force.
Race Science Files: New York Times edition
Just what level of racist insanity does an "expert" have to exhibit before the New York Times starts to think they're not an expert?