#MeToo, Africa too?
Do online movements such as #MeToo #HerToo and #TimesUp do enough to address the experiences of all victims of sexual violence?
Inequality
No education crisis wasted: On Bridge’s “business model” in Africa
The dream is wonderful: provide a good education to millions of children growing up in poverty. That’s
Brave new world
In Pakistani writer Moshin Hamid’s prescient new novel, Exit West, two young lovers confront a world
Unusable Nigerians
Oloibiri is a town located a few kilometers away from the city of Port Harcourt in
Europe’s refugee colonialism
In August 2015 when Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel declared an open-door policy for Syrian refugees —
African inequality rising
Witness Nigeria. The African goliath has in recent years climbed steadily through the ranks of the
‘Doing good’ in an age of parody
For some time now it has felt overdone, even somewhat passé, to examine closely the ways
The grapes of wrath
“For me personally, it seems as if modern day slavery is practiced on many farms, and
The majority of African migrants move between countries on the continent
Immigration to the West accounts for less than 50% of all global migration according to data
Education in Africa profits billionaire bleeding hearts
Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, who both double as billionaire philanthropists,
My people them dey stay for poor surroundings*
In 2012, the star architect Kunlé Adeyemi unveiled his “floating school” in Makoko, one of more
The Congolese oil curse
‘So rich, and yet so poor’—that’s the juxtaposition most journalists turn to when they decide to
Can Lesotho survive more development?
In Lesotho, the state and the development industry often see development and macroeconomic growth as synonymous.
The world already had a refugee crisis
On December 16, 2015 Jordanian police stormed a makeshift camp of Sudanese refugees located in central
The Legend of John Chilembwe
2015 marks a centenary after the Chilembwe uprising against imperial Britain – an activity that is
Does the Gates Foundation do more harm than good?
In July 2010, I attended the International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria. Representatives of the Gates
Europe’s Eritrean “problem”
In the aftermath of the Paris attacks, many of Europe’s right wing parties were quick to
الاجئين يحتاجون الحرية لا المساعدات
For English click here* كأحد الناشطين في مجال حقوق الاجئين وكمهاجر عايشت كل الظروف التي يمر
Refugees need freedom, not handouts
للغة العربية اضغط هنا* As a refugee rights activist and an immigrant who has experienced all
The emperor gets a new wardrobe
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently had 40 African leaders donned in his signature raw silk