March 27

• Uganda: Despite Unstable Grounds, Mt Elgon Landslide Survivors Return

  Out of despair, frustration and loyalty to their ancestral land, some villagers have begun to move back to landslide-prone areas along the slopes of Mount Elgon in eastern Uganda.... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Roller Coaster to Democracy - New Ride, Old Track

  Many Zimbabweans expected the constitutional referendum to usher in a return to rule of law and democracy. But our blogger sees a different tale unfolding. Read more »

March 25

• Rwanda: Bosco Ntaganda - a Monkey Off Rwanda's Back

  What might General Bosco Ntaganda's turning himself into the US Embassy in Kigali mean for Rwanda? Here's what our local blogger had to say. Read more »

March 23

• Uganda: Uganda's Child Gold-Seekers

  When it comes to gold deposits, eastern Uganda's Busia district may be rich, but the precious metal is being mined by those who are anything but. In fact, the majority of today's... Read more »

March 22

• Mali: The Missing Children of Mali's War

  Fourteen-year-old Salif has been missing since August. His mother, Amina Diallo, thinks Islamists kidnapped him on his way to the market in their hometown of Gao and recruited him... Read more »

• Uganda: Blogger Offers to Be Museveni's Minister of Homosexual Affairs

  Our blogger has finally found the job he would like to do in Uganda. It begins with a cover letter to President Museveni. Read more »

March 21

• Zimbabwe: Mugabe's Multi-Million Rand Sanctuary Almost Complete

  President Robert Mugabe's plush R200 million (16.6 million euro) mansion is nearly complete and ready for occupation, reports from South Africa suggest. Read more »

March 20

• Zimbabwe: Zimbabweans Approve New Constitution

  Zimbabwe's new constitution received overwhelming approval from voters in a referendum on Saturday, according to final results released by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC)... Read more »

• Uganda: Victims of Kony's LRA Try to Rebuild Their Lives in South Sudan

  Families in South Sudan are trying to pick up the pieces of their lives now that attacks by Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have been declining. Read more »

March 19

• Cote d'Ivoire: Saving an Endangered Species in Ivory Coast - the Book [analysis]

  In Ivory Coast, music is forever a popular pastime, but these days books often get neglected. Yehni Djidji analyzes the causes of literary apathy and proposes ways to wake up... Read more »

March 18

• Rwanda: Thoughts On Kagame in Post-2017 Rwanda [opinion]

  Our blogger tries to predict how Rwanda and its constitution might appear after Paul Kagame completes his current second term as president Read more »

March 16

• Zimbabwe: Youth Leader Aims to End Mugabe Dominance

  Abigail Sauti is 34 years old. She stands hardly a metre and a half tall, with a continuous smile that suggests an innocent young woman. But behind that smile is something less... Read more »

March 15

• East Africa: Being Black Is No Joy for Somalians and Ethiopians in Yemen

  Many Africans from war-torn Somalia and Ethiopia seek their luck across the sea in Yemen. Luck they hardly find. Racism they do. Read more »

March 12

• Zimbabwe: A Promise Is a Promise? Not in Zimbabwe [opinion]

  Lately the Zimbabwean government has been reneging on its word, prohibiting prior-sanctioned marches, public talks and debates from taking place. The last-minute cancellation of a... Read more »

March 11

• Uganda: North Kivu Refugees Seek Peace in Uganda

  As dawn rises over Nyakabande, a village in south-western Uganda, people line up in front of a reception tent, exhausted and carrying the few belongings they could bring. Most have... Read more »

March 09

• Zimbabwe: What Kenyatta's Win Might Mean to Zimbabweans

  An election in Kenya - thousands of miles away - would ordinarily not concern Zimbabweans. But in March 2013, our blogger finds just the opposite to be true. Read more »

March 06

• Zimbabwe: Election Nears, Zimbabwe's Pro-Democracy Parties Hibernate [opinion]

  A police crackdown on civil society organizations suggests Zimbabwe is tensing up as it prepares for elections this year. Thinking back to 2008, our blogger gets a worrisome sense... Read more »

March 05

• Cote d'Ivoire: Ivorians Not Buying Into Government Youth Fund

  This past autumn, the Ivorian government set up the National Youth Fund (FNJ) intended to finance projects by young Ivorians. But despite all the media hype surrounding its launch,... Read more »

February 26

• Cote d'Ivoire: The Launch of Views On Gbagbo

  Views on Gbagbo is RNW's newly launched platform to discuss the case of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo. The website will not only follow developments in Gbagbo's possible... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: When a Farmer Gets Shot in the Face

  Farmer Piet Zwanikken was shot in the face, while standing outside his home on the tobacco farm in Mashonaland West that he's owned for the last 11 years. Although Zimbabwe's... Read more »

February 22

• Uganda: 'The Majority of Ugandans Are Not Homophobic' [opinion]

  Uganda's decision to deport David Cecil, the Kampala-based British producer of the play 'The River and the Mountain', prompted our blogger to address what he believes is a... Read more »

February 21

• South Africa: What the Pistorius Case May Say About Gender Violence

  The Pistorius case has attracted massive public attention. Many question if it will ignite a powder keg that's been waiting to go off in South Africa, where violence against women... Read more »

February 20

• Zimbabwe: Mugabe's Birthday Bash - Time to Party or Retire?

  When Pope Benedict XVl announced that old age was forcing him to resign at month's end, did he know how much excitement this would cause thousands of kilometres from the Vatican?... Read more »

February 19

• Nigeria: Cellphone Connects Farmer and Fish Eagle

  RNW recently paid a visit to Mike Gbe, a farmer whose upped use of mobile technology brings him more clients, more information and the occasional unexpected visitor. Here's the... Read more »

February 16

• Sudan: Crisis Group Urges Comprehensive Talks to End Sudan Conflict

  Amidst ongoing violence and continuing humanitarian emergencies in Darfur, South Kordofan and Blue Nile states, the International Crisis Group (ICG) called Thursday for a... Read more »