August 28, 2014
South Africa: Tune Me What - Strangers On a Train
This week's episode began with a story about Leon meeting a random South African on the train into work after they recognised each other's accents. The odds are small that a former… 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 25, 2014
South Africa: Pieter-Dirk Uys - Activist By Day, South Africa's Most Popular White Woman By Night
Comedian Pieter-Dirk Uys fought apartheid with humour. Today he calls out political hypocrisy and celebrates the contradictions and absurdities of South Africa. 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 16, 2014
Africa: Our Daughters Should Be in School, Not Wedlock
Child marriage can't be ended overnight. With political will, however, it can be ended in a generation. Read more »
June 04, 2014
Kenya: Touching Tales of Coming Out Queer in Kenya
In the style of intimate confession, Invisible, a collection of personal stories, swirls around themes of first kisses, plotting co-workers, family rejection and acceptance. Read more »
May 30, 2014
Africa: In the Joint for a Joint - the Human Cost of Tunisia's Repressive Drugs Law
Under Law 52, thousands of young Tunisians have been thrown into jail for minor drug use charges, jeopardising their lives and futures. Read more »
May 23, 2014
Kenya: Life and Land - the Ogiek Fight for Their Rights
A Kenyan court has ruled that the Ogiek's 'access' to the Mau Forest must be protected. But claims over the group's 'rights' to the land fell on deaf ears. Read more »
May 13, 2014
Africa: End the Global Apartheid for Women
Reproductive health is a no-brainer but many women across Africa are being denied it. The 'I Decide Petition' wants this to change, for good. Read more »
May 02, 2014
Nigeria: Boko Haram - Why Have You Taken Our Girls?
The Nigerian Islamist sect has kidnapped 234 school girls. Why? 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 29, 2014
Ethiopia: Protests Grow Over Addis Ababa's Expansion
Addis Ababa is growing fast and set to expand further, pitting the government against Oromo activists, seeking to protect their rights. Read more »
April 28, 2014
Kenya: Thousands Removed From Ancestral Land
Allegedly in contravention of Kenyan law, thousands of Sengwer have been forcibly removed from their ancestral homeland in the Embobut forest. Read more »
April 24, 2014
Africa: Food Security Is About More Than Land Grabs
Foreign powers are not just engaged in African land. They are also engaged in African food systems, often in damaging ways. 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 »
April 18, 2014
Zimbabwe: After 34 Years of Mugabe - From Darling to Despot, and From Hope to Hunger
Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe is living proof that power corrupts, and that a cult of personality can devastate a country otherwise brimming with potential. Read more »
April 01, 2014
Africa: Homophobia Is a Legacy of Colonialism
Africans have to reclaim their forgotten pasts as peoples who refused to hate but stood side-by-side and embraced their differences. Read more »
March 24, 2014
Uganda: Grandmaster Museveni and His Gay Rights Pawn
For the canny Museveni, the controversy over gay rights is not a moral issue but a political opportunity. And in this political chess game, he has so far outmanoeuvred everyone. Read more »
March 19, 2014
Namibia: Bones of Contention - the Politics of Repatriating Human Remains
More human remains seized by German colonisers in the early 20th century have been returned to Namibia. But the formal apology Namibians are calling for is still a long way off. Read more »
March 14, 2014
Sierra Leone: The Courage to Speak
Sierra Leone has a reputation for being open and democratic, but on the issue of human rights and mining, few have spoken out. The brave Sallu Conteh was one of the few who did. Read more »
March 11, 2014
Congo-Kinshasa: Anti-Gay Law for Congo Now?
A Congolese MP is leading the latest bid to criminalise homosexuality, but he will have to deal with a counter-campaign by LGBT activists and health workers if he is to be… Read more »
March 07, 2014
South Sudan: A Child's Tale - Victims of South Sudan's Conflict
Politicians and armed soldiers may have started South Sudan's conflict, but it is civilians - in particular children - who are paying the cost. Read more »
Egypt: Trafficking in Sinai - 'It's Not a Place You Go to Die, but a Place You Go to Suffer'
Lawlessness in Egypt's Sinai peninsula allows traffickers and kidnappers to make a commodity out of human life. Read more »
February 25, 2014
Uganda: West's Outcry Too Little Too Late
The West has had years to criticise Museveni for rights abuses. The fact that condemnation is only coming now, and over gay rights, plays right into the wily old president's hands. Read more »
February 21, 2014
Africa: Self-Regulation Won't Protect Workers From Exploitation
Business best practice and industry self-regulation could prove useful in improving working conditions, but they will never be enough. There are three main reasons why. Read more »