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March 01
Africa: 'I'd Give Anything to Go Back' - Pygmy Communities Face Eviction in Virunga
Despite a 2022 law that protects indigenous land rights, displacements in the name of conservation continue in the DRC. Read more »
March 05
Congo-Kinshasa: Farmers 'Chased' From Virunga Accuse 'Ruthless' Rangers of Abuses
Fertile lands in the biodiverse National Park are a coveted resource for a growing population - but those who farm there risk violent consequences. Read more »
January 23
Chad: A Crisis Undeclared - 21 Years of Refuge in the Chad-Sudan Borderlands
Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from… Read more »
December 19, 2023
Africa: The Congo Basin Got a Crucial Boost At COP28. Now We Must Build On It
Away from the headlines, announcements on deforestation and protecting the DRC's rainforests laid important groundwork for future action. Read more »
November 27, 2023
Central Africa: Central Africa's Dinosaur Regimes and the Art of Coup-Proofing
The putsch against Gabon's Bongo dynasty has shaken the region's fragile autocrats and tremulous gerontocrats into a desperation of self-protective measures. How much longer can… Read more »
November 16, 2023
Africa: The Loud Silence Around Africa's Complicity in the Slave Trade
When will we have an honest conversation about Africa's role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade? Read more »
November 04, 2023
Africa: Liberal Democracy Is in Crisis, Does It Need Rethinking?
Authoritarianism is on the rise, coups back in fashion, and elections reduced to a perfunctory ritual. How do we reverse the slide? Read more »
October 30, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Election 2023 - a Stable, Secure and Prosperous DRC Is Possible
Destabilised by the global scramble for its vast mineral riches, the forthcoming election could trigger the nation's transformation to prosperity - but only if it is conducted… Read more »
October 24, 2023
Gabon: Françafrique's Pet Project Remains Indispensable to Paris
Unlike the other coups in Francophone Africa, the August coup in Libreville appears to have been a change of guard rather than a revolt. Read more »
October 11, 2023
Cameroon: How Climate Change Is Forcing Elephants and Humans to Share Space
As northern Cameroon heats up, elephants are migrating in search of food and water and increasingly finding themselves in face-to-face to humans. Read more »
August 31, 2023
Gabon: Adieu to a Post-Colonial Bully?
The coup in Libreville is less a marker of democratic erosion than a signal of the revolt against France's neocolonial domination. Read more »
July 19, 2023
West Africa: How Nigeria's Fuel Subsidy Shock Jolted Cameroon's Economy
In Cameroon, the unintended consequences of Nigeria's fuel subsidy withdrawal ripple across the beleaguered Anglophone region. Read more »
July 12, 2023
Cameroon: Paul Biya's Ghostly Legacy in Cameroon - The Absence That Shaped a Nation
In power for 41 years, the 90 year-old president has ruled mostly in absentia, a ghostly embodiment of a gerontocracy that has gifted its people the concept of Waithood. Read more »
June 22, 2023
Central African Republic: Touadéra's Third-Term Plans Are Pushing CAR to the Brink
In his quest to remake the country in his image, President Touadéra has unleashed forces he may not be able to control. Read more »
June 05, 2023
Cameroon: Cameroon - the Keyboard Warlords of the Breakaway Republic
Two social media rivals from the Anglophone southwest, based in far-off England, have been prosecuting their own digital war - with life-and-death consequences in Ambazonia. Read more »
May 17, 2023
Cameroon: Meet Cameroon's Undercover Conservationists
When the Anglophone war broke out, state rangers left, militias set up camp in forests, and thousands sought refuge in areas of critical biodiversity. Read more »
May 11, 2023
Burundi: 'The President Has Crossed the Rubicon - There's No Turning Back'
In the wake of the arrest and detention of former PM Alain Guillaume Bunyoni, political observers weigh the consequences. Read more »
May 02, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Lines Through the Lake - Why the Congo-Rwanda Border Can't Be Redrawn
Long-standing cultural affinities of Rwandophones in the Great Lakes may appear to bolster Kigali's historical claims to parts of eastern Congo, but it's more complicated than it… Read more »
April 25, 2023
Rwanda: Rwanda, Too, Needs to Make Amends
Rwanda accuses Congo-Kinshasa of being unable to put its house in order; it, too, must deal with the question of its 245,000 refugees. Read more »
April 04, 2023
Burundi: 'Let The Women Be Respected' - Activists Tackle Femicide Problem
As authorities turn a blind eye to the growing cases of violence and spousal murder, women's rights activists are increasingly vocal. Read more »
March 31, 2023
Central Africa: Back to the Future in the Great Lakes - Who's Backing the M23?
In May 2013, the M23 surrendered to a multinational onslaught in eastern Congo-Kinshasa. Is history repeating itself? Read more »
March 29, 2023
Rwanda: Why We're Taking the UK's Asylum Seekers - Rwanda's Explanation
Our detractors have chosen to misconstrue the reasons behind our partnership with London, not least one of our neighbours. Read more »
February 24, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: The Gangs of Gombe
Birthed by democracy, recruited by rival politicians, they have operated with impunity. This election season has been no different. Read more »
November 01, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: The Return of M23 - Is There a Way Out for the DRC?
Several international forces are deployed in the eastern Congo, where the Rwanda-backed rebel group continues to seize towns and territory. Read more »
September 15, 2022
Angola: Anatomy of a Stolen Election
The MPLA's crisis of legitimacy could be sowing the seeds of a revolution against itself. Read more »
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