June 22, 2012
Uganda: Is Enough Being Done to Combat Nodding Disease?
No-one - neither the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) nor Ugandan epidemiologists - has yet figured out exactly what the disease is that is plaguing children across… Read more »
Sudan: Juba University Closure Hoped to Be Temporary
Students hope Juba University can overcome its financial and social problems sooner rather than later. Read more »
June 21, 2012
Kenya: Kenya - Is Waste Power the Future?
Following from the success at Embu prison, many hope power from human waste will answer Kenya's energy needs. Read more »
June 19, 2012
Uganda: Call Me Kuchu - An Interview With the Director
Think Africa Press speaks to Malika Zouhali-Worrall, director of an award-winning documentary about Ugandan gay rights activists. Read more »
June 15, 2012
Africa: Geoffrey Oryema, Exile
Real World Records re-release Oryema's nostalgic portrait of Uganda. Read more »
June 14, 2012
Somalia: Gains Made in the Battle Against Al-Shabaab
Troops from the African Union (AU) force AMISOM are spreading out of Somalia's capital Mogadishu as they seize ground in the surrounding area. Read more »
June 13, 2012
Africa: Foreign Aid - Means to Development or Political Strategy?
Anyone seeking to discuss why foreign aid hasn't alleviated poverty in sub-Saharan Africa could reasonably look to the lavish instance in which the Central African Republic's Jean… Read more »
June 12, 2012
Kenya: 'New' Language Grows in Legitimacy
Sheng, a once highly stigmatised language, is now gaining greater presence and legitimacy in Kenya's multilingual environment. It is used in music, in print, in political slogans… Read more »
June 11, 2012
Sudan: Nuba - the Right to Life in the Face of Ethnic Cleansing
The world cannot afford to ignore ongoing ethnic cleansing in Sudan's Nuba Mountains. Read more »
May 30, 2012
Africa: Mixing Business and Humanitarianism
In conflict areas such as Somalia, it is inevitable that aid agencies work with the private sector if only to support their own operations. Read more »
May 29, 2012
Somalia: Will Turkey Help Somalia Scratch Its 21-Year Itch?
From the upcoming Istanbul Conference on Somalia to ground-up nation-building, Turkey provides a new and welcome approach to Somalia. Read more »
May 28, 2012
Africa: Op-Ed Round-Up - Government Spies, Drug Trafficking, Messy Walls, and Railway Fraud
Ghana's spy controversy Read more »
May 23, 2012
Central African Republic: Kony's Former Intelligence Chief Captured
Will the capture of Caesar Acellam help Ugandan forces hunt the Lord's Resistance Army and bring an end to the conflict? Read more »
May 28, 2012
Sudan: Southerners Face Statelessness
South Sudanese in Sudan are facing deportation after their citizenships were revoked by the Sudanese government. Read more »
May 24, 2012
Burundi: The Drummers of Burundi, Live At Real World
Real World Records re-release a classic percussion album from Burundi's former spiritual parliamentarians. Read more »
May 23, 2012
South Sudan: Xenophobia Emerges Amidst Local Unemployment
As frustrations grow over a lack of employment and opportunities, successful foreign entrepreneurs are proving to be easy scapegoats. Read more »