February 15

• Central Africa: Saving a Shrinking Lake (2) [analysis]

  Bordered by Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria, Lake Chad once spanned 25,000 square kilometres but in the last half century it has shrunk by 90 percent, its total surface area now... Read more »

February 14

• Rwanda: A Lesson to Learn From Rwanda's Dead Teenagers [analysis]

  This year, Rwanda's Heroes Day got our blogger thinking about six secondary school students who were killed in 1997 by former Hutu militia and the relevance of their courage today. Read more »

February 13

• Cote d'Ivoire: Ivory Coast - a Familiar Refuge for Some Malians, but Not Home

  Like many of their compatriots, Demba Koumbély and Amadou Sako fled Mali to escape the corporal punishment-inflicting jihadists who were advancing towards the south. Like... Read more »

February 12

• Nigeria: What a Cell Phone Can Do for a Nigerian Farmer [analysis]

  Will cell phones "rebuild the broken walls of Nigeria's agriculture and unlock wealth and opportunities"? Read more »

February 11

• Congo-Kinshasa: 'Drone' - a Dirty Word in UN Lexicon

  The 'drone', one of the eminently controversial lethal weapons deployed by the United States in its war against terrorism, is a dirty word in the UN lexicon. Read more »

February 10

• Uganda: What Makes Uganda's Anti-Gay Pastor Tick?

  Pastor Martin Ssempa - the most provocative, prurient and excessive proponent of gay hate Uganda has ever known - is trying to stay relevant in the ongoing homosexuality debate. Read more »

February 08

• Cote d'Ivoire: New Scrutiny to Ivorian Judiciary As Gbagbo Allies Extradited

  The extradition of high-level allies of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo from Ghana back to their home country, including a most recent one on 5 February, has brought... Read more »

February 06

• Uganda: Sweden Must Accept Serwadda and Kaala's Love [opinion]

  Ugandans Muzamil Serwadda and Lawrence Kaala are now married. They got married two Saturdays ago in a beautiful ceremony that had me reaching for the tissues just on seeing the... Read more »

• Africa: Saying No to Female Genital Mutilation Today and Every Day

  6 February is observed as FGM Day. That's short for the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation. In recent years, RNW has covered the topic in various... Read more »

February 04

• Congo-Kinshasa: Hague Court Detains Witnesses After End of Case [interview]

  Last month the International Criminal Court (ICC) handed down the second verdict in its 10-year history: Congolese militia leader Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui was found not guilty of... Read more »

February 03

• Sierra Leone: In Sierra Leone Diamonds Are Not Forever, but the Land Is

  In the village of Makonkonde in western Sierra Leone, Mabinti, who no longer knows her age, sits on a low wooden stool in the dappled shade of several palm trees. She clutches a... Read more »

February 01

• Congo-Kinshasa: Double Life, Double Price for a Goma Sex Worker

  It is 6 p.m., time for Mira to get ready. Choosing what to wear is sometimes difficult for the 23-year-old prostitute. Each night she works Goma's streets, trying to make enough... Read more »

January 27

• Liberia: Female Genital Mutilation, a Taboo for Journalists Too [interview]

  Mae Azango set out to tackle the taboo subject of female genital in her home country of Liberia. The journalist's coverage forced her and her young daughter into hiding for weeks,... Read more »

January 25

• Rwanda: Should Condoms Be Distributed At Schools?

  The condom distribution debate rages in Rwanda. While the government and the country's religious groups oppose the idea of disseminating birth control at school, some young... Read more »

January 22

• Congo-Kinshasa: Giving Goma a Voice, No Words Needed

  Meschack Kadima takes it upon himself to give voice to the voiceless. That's a real challenge, considering the young illustrator lives in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,... Read more »

January 17

• Benin: High Schooler By Day, Voodoo Priest By Night

  Voodoo remains an integral part of African culture. Although the traditional religion has its critics, it is still robustly practised among the Beninese - some of whom are as young... Read more »

January 15

• Cote d'Ivoire: Beating Abidjan's Traffic By Sending an SMS

  Sick of Monday morning traffic? Or, for that matter, gridlock any other day? Thanks to CivRoute, a project initiated by four tech-savvy Ivorians, driving has become a more... Read more »

January 13

• Africa: Thumbs Up Africa - Hello, Cape Town!

  This past October, we started our hitchhiking trip from Groningen with a cardboard reading Kaapstad (echt waar). That's Dutch for "Cape Town (no joke)". Read more »

January 11

• Congo-Kinshasa: A Condensed Guide to Corruption, M23 Style

  The M23 may officially claim to fight corruption, but abuses of power are not uncommon in territory controlled by the rebel movement. Read more »

January 10

• Uganda: What - or Who - Killed Young MP Cerinah Nebanda?

  She became a member of parliament while still at university. The day before her sudden death last month, she had a public spat with President Museveni. Read more »

January 09

• Zimbabwe: New Year, New Hope? Unlikely for Young Zimbabweans

  With elections on the horizon, 2013 could prove a pivotal year for Zimbabwe. But how much hope is there for a generation struggling to free Zimbabwe from Mugabe's oppressive rule?... Read more »

January 08

• Cote d'Ivoire: How to Define 'Youth' in Africa

  Who is young and who is not? At what age does youth come to an end? In Ivory Coast, the concept of youth has become more than a matter of birthday. Instead, it's being marked by... Read more »

January 07

• Uganda: Young Movie Buffs and Great Debates At Mbale Film Club

  Move over, Hollywood, Bollywood and Nollywood. Uganda may soon feature among the world's movie-producing countries. Thanks to a new crop of film clubs sprouting around the country,... Read more »

January 06

• Africa: Thumbs Up Africa Blog 13 - Wonders of Nature

  When I enter Zimbabwe, the most beautiful scene awaits: Victoria Falls. Their enormousness hypnotizes me and their depth is overwhelming. It's almost unbelievable how nature can... Read more »

January 04

• Cameroon: Civil Servants, Please Retire! [opinion]

  Government officials in many African countries simply refuse to retire. In office for three, four and sometimes five decades, aged civil servants continue to hang on to their... Read more »