#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
As Western government enforce stricter policing of non-native bodies, who who are the activists who will stop them?
Unusable Nigerians
Oloibiri is a town located a few kilometers away from the city of Port Harcourt in
Europe’s refugee colonialism
EU countries outsource their “migration problem” to mostly authoritarian or unstable regimes. 24 African countries already receive funding to “stem migration.”
African inequality rising
Every country in Africa is today less equal than it was in 2010; for the African masses the trickle-down benefits of economic growth have been relatively small.
‘Doing good’ in an age of parody
Why does being in on the joke not slow down the desire to save Africans?
The grapes of wrath
“For me personally, it seems as if modern day slavery is practiced on many farms, and
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
Despite official neglect, the memory of Chilembwe, a resistance leader, lives on as a symbol of courage and sacrifice in Malawi.
Does the Gates Foundation do more harm than good?
When you have as much money as the Gates Foundation, you can buy your way into some pretty powerful places.
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
Waiting to be local
The predicted El Niño rains start in September. Kampala is wet in the afternoons and sometimes