A World Cup without the world?
The exclusion of Somali referee Omar Artan hardens the contradiction at the heart of the 2026 World Cup: a global tournament increasingly shaped by the politics of exclusion.
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What happened to Mbuyisa Makhubo?
A youth activist that came to prominence in the 1976 student uprising in South Africa has been missing since 1978.
Algeria and France’s endless rift
France and Algeria remain locked in a cycle of reconciliation and rupture as the wounds of colonization continue to shape their uneasy relationship.
Silicon Valley’s awkward relationship with “Africa”
There is a huge disconnect between Americans working in Africa, and Africans working in America – though they are often in the same building.
How the Dutch government polices unwanted black bodies
Often championed as a human rights defender, the Netherlands continuously fails miserably in politically protecting and socially including refugees.
Boogie Down Nima in the Bronx
Recognition of the contributions to the New York cultural landscape by African immigrants remains strangely absent from the average New Yorker’s frame of reference.
The limits of African autonomy
Achille Mbembe on how the Ebola Crisis exposed Africa’s dependency on the West.
The Visa farce
The South African government’s rush to clear visa applications has led to mass rejections, bureaucratic chaos, and an overloaded appeals system — leaving thousands in limbo.
Zimbabwean Diaspora Diaries
The UK is jokingly referred to as Harare North for its sizable Zimbabwean diaspora, second only to South Africa. This photo essay captures that world.
Taking white privilege abroad
“Ex-South Africans” are a white, right-wing strain of South Africa’s diaspora that identify with and longs for the South Africa of apartheid.
Flying to Frankfurt with a Super Eagle
The author writes about a fleeting encounter with the former captain of Nigeria's national football team, Sunday Oliseh.
Between prison and deportation
Sudanese asylum-seeker to Israel's president: “Why not let us stay and contribute to Israeli society?”
Arthur Ashe and the Military Coup
In 1976, the American tennis star, Arthur Ashe, went to play in a tennis tournament in Lagos and promptly found himself in the middle of a coup by Nigeria's military.
Some refugees more equal than others
Many European governments favor “culturally close[r]” refugees and asylum-seekers: preferably white, educated Christians.
When Fatou Diome kicked European Union butt
Writer Fatou Diome: It's the representation that Europe does to the Other that feeds xenophobia.