October 03, 2014
Burundi: Civil Society Fights Back but Will It Be Enough?
Media, opposition and civil society groups have been pushing back against government attempts to constrict political space, but as elections approach the fight will only get… Read more »
September 08, 2014
Lesotho: It's Not Too Late for Lesotho to Get Back On Track
Lesotho's politicians have shown themselves to be capable of governing for the common good in the past. A return to this spirit is crucial now to avoid tragedy. Read more »
August 18, 2014
Africa: Africa Rising - 'In Economics, the Majority Is Always Wrong'
Stories of Africa's economic boom rest on shaky foundations. John Kenneth Galbraith can help. Read more »
August 15, 2014
Burkina Faso: A Thousand Sankaras Come of Age
In 1987, Blaise Compaoré overthrew Sankara and took over the presidency. 27 years later, Sankara's ghost may be coming back to return the favour. Read more »
August 13, 2014
Africa: Africa Must Leapfrog Its Way to the Future
The conventional path for improving healthcare is to build more hospitals and train more doctors. But could Africa speed up progress by 'hacking' its way to success? Read more »
August 11, 2014
Zimbabwe: Uncertainty a Year On From Ruling Party's Election Victory
Amidst deep political frictions, Zimbabwe has found itself confronted by various economic challenges and contradictions. Read more »
August 08, 2014
Nigeria: 2015 - Momentum Swings Back Towards the Ruling Party
Through governorship elections and some clever politicking, the ruling People's Democratic Party seems to wresting the initiative back from the All Progressives Congress. Read more »
August 07, 2014
Africa: Poverty Is Not a Disease
As can be seen in the way the UN talks about poverty in its Sustainable Development Goals draft, its understanding of the problem is profoundly misconceived. Read more »
July 28, 2014
Uganda: 'We Have to Fight the Anti-Gay Law'
Despite legislative and societal hostility, Uganda's gay rights activists refuse to take a step back. Read more »
July 15, 2014
Africa: Who Aids Whom? True Story of U.S.$192bn Losses
Research released by a coalition of African and UK partners reveals that Africa loses almost six and a half times the amount of money that it receives in aid. Read more »
July 04, 2014
South Africa: An Interview With South Africa's 'Most Dangerous White Man' 50 Years On
At the Rivonia Trial in 1964, Denis Goldberg (along with Nelson Mandela) was jailed for life for trying to bring down the apartheid state. Half a century on, what has changed? Read more »
June 24, 2014
Zimbabwe: Who'll Win Battle for Opposition?
Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change is in the throes of a fierce struggle over the leadership, with battle lines spreading and deepening. Read more »
June 05, 2014
South Africa: The Campaign and Commission to Change Khayelitsha Policing
The Commission of Inquiry into Khayelitsha Policing is now drafting recommendations, but it will be civil society once again that has to ensure they are implemented. Read more »
June 03, 2014
Malawi: Joyce Banda Never Existed
Banda was considered by much of the West to be a new kind of African leader, but Malawians knew otherwise and made their feelings clear at the polls. Read more »
May 21, 2014
Libya: Who's Fighting Whom and Why?
Over the last few days, competing militias have clashed in Benghazi and Tripoli underlining the deep tensions within the General National Congress. Read more »
Africa: 'Sudan and South Sudan's Bitter and Incomplete Divorce'
James Copnall's exploration of 'Sudan and South Sudan's Bitter and Incomplete Divorce' is at its best when it is telling human stories of courage and tragedy. Read more »
May 20, 2014
Somalia: Let Somaliland Decide Its Fate
23 years after Somaliland declared independence, it is time for the rest of the world to accept that full sovereignty is the only viable solution. Read more »
May 13, 2014
South Africa: The Election Changed Little, but Then It Was Never Going to
Much of South Africa's intelligentsia has been putting its hope in the wrong place. For now, opposition parties are not the answer, but there are three avenues that might be. Read more »
South Sudan: The Root of the Crisis Is Constitutional Not Ethnic
Any lasting peace deal must bear in mind the political underpinnings of the ongoing violence and dismantle South Sudan's centralised, high-stakes, zero-sum political system. Read more »
May 02, 2014
Mozambique: Democratic Movement of Mozambique Pushes for a 'Third Way'
An interview with Lutero Simango, one half of the sibling double act running Mozambique's growing new political party MDM. Read more »
Nigeria: The Chibok Abduction Exposes Boko Haram's Weakness
Boko Haram is wild and frightening, which is undermining the support it had. The Nigerian government could take advantage of this weakness. Read more »
April 30, 2014
Burundi: Burundi's Tax Success Story Under Threat
Burundi's revenue authority has dramatically increased government revenue, but it's struggling for funds itself. Read more »
April 25, 2014
South Sudan: Poor Gambella! So Far From Addis Ababa, So Close to South Sudan
An influx of South Sudanese Nuer into Gambella in Ethiopia could destabilise the region, but the impact on long-term development is likely to be more significant. Read more »
April 23, 2014
Rwanda: Kagame Hints at 2017 Election Run
At a recent event, Rwanda's president Paul Kagame suggested he might change the constitution to allow him to run for a third term in 2017. Read more »
Nigeria: Stage Set for Lankmark Polls
The opposition APC has to convince voters it represents genuine change, while the ruling PDP will have to persuade voters to stick with the devil they have come to know so well. Read more »