• Tom Devriendt

Thierry Michell's portrait of Congolese businessman-governor-football club owner Moïse Katumbi is among a few new films at the Belgian Afrika Film Festival.

• Dennis Laumann

A BBC interview with Julius Malema, a South African political leader and acolyte of Chavez, is exhibition 1,000,003 mainstream media framing of the late Venezuelan president.

• Serginho Roosblad

A Dutch documentary film explores increasing migration and trade links between African countries, their citizens and China.

• Dan Magaziner

The Pistorius' murder trial is a good time to review how New York Times reported on another South African killing: Marikana.

• Dan Moshenberg

• Corinna Jentzsch

How does it feel to be an African asylum seeker in Europe.

• Kathleen Bomani

Vice.com's reductive and alarmist style of writing about the continent is not only outdated, but deplorable and contravenes responsible journalism.

• Marissa Moorman

We ought to ask questions about Angola’s Sovereign Wealth Fund. But also about the history of Chevron, Exxon, and Conoco in the country.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Serginho Roosblad

Reporting ahead of Kenya’s election by the international media can basically be placed in two general categories: optimism and, of course, no surprise, pessimism. 

• Elliot Ross

There is nothing heroic about running a cushy, big-spending non-profit like Invisible Children that works hand-in-glove with the CIA and the US military.

• Dan Moshenberg

• Justin Scott

Zina Saro Wiwa wants Nigerian film to break out of its Nollywood straightjacket. She is trying it with her film, "Phyllis."

• Justin Scott

A post that takes a warm, nostalgic trip through an aspect of West Africa's rich musical heritage: Nigerian highlife.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Sarah El-Shaarawi

The enduring controversies around Egyptian-American activist Mona Eltahawy.

• Shamira Muhammad

Filmmakers who use digital technology hope FESPACO catches up to the times. Meanwhile, this year the festival attempts to right its gender imbalances.

• Shamira Muhammad

Andrew Dosunmu's new feature film, "Mother of George," is set in Brooklyn, NY’s Bed-Stuy neighborhood, focusing on the complications of African immigrant life, especially love and family.

• Elliot Ross

Did Goodluck Jonathan allegedly take US $1m from an anti-poverty fund to allegedly bring Beyonce and Jay-Z to Nigeria in 2006?