Sudan: Sudan's Rebel Force Has Declared a Parallel Government - What This Means for the War

Sudan's south-western city of Nyala in Darfur recently became the centre of a significant political development. Read more »

South Sudan: Climate Projects in South Sudan Can Turn Deadly - How to Avoid This

South Sudan, which has been torn apart by a civil war, is vulnerable to extreme weather events, frequent floods and drought, to which it must adapt. But any adaptation projects for… Read more »

Kenya: Extreme Weather Affects Mental Health - What Vulnerable Women in Kenya Told Us

Climatic shocks and environmental changes are increasingly recognised as one of the greatest threats to human health of the 21st century. Extreme weather, such as heatwaves,… Read more »

Uganda: Uganda's Land Eviction Crisis - Do Populist State Measures Actually Fix Problems?

Populism is rife in various African countries. This political ideology responds to and takes advantage of a situation where a large section of people feels exploited, marginalised… Read more »

Tanzania: Livestock and Lions Make Uneasy Neighbours - How a Fence Upgrade Helped Protect Domestic and Wild Animals in Tanzania

Protecting livestock in areas where large carnivores (like lions) live is increasingly important as human land use expands, wildlife habitat shrinks, and climatic changes reshape… Read more »

East Africa: I Watched a Simulated Oil Spill in the Indian Ocean - Here's How Island and Coastal Countries Worked Together to Avoid Disaster

The coils of black hose, drum skimmers designed to collect oil from the ocean's surface, and orangey-red containment booms all looked out of place on the white sand of Mombasa's… Read more »

Uganda: Idi Amin Made Himself Out to Be the 'Liberator' of an Oppressed Majority - a Demagogic Trick That Endures Today

Fifty years ago, Ugandan President Idi Amin wrote to the governments of the British Commonwealth with a bold suggestion: Allow him to take over as head of the organization,… Read more »

East Africa: East African Countries and Open Borders - Great Strides, but Still a Long Way to Go

It's not uncommon to find a Ugandan taxi driver in Rwanda's capital, Kigali, just as one regularly meets Zimbabwean Uber drivers in South Africa. But there is a big difference. A… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan's War Is an Economic Disaster - Here's How Bad It Could Get

Since April 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in a devastating war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. What began as a struggle for power has turned into a… Read more »

Madagascar: Lemurs Can Help Save Madagascan Forests, but First We Need to Protect Them

Most people's encounters with lemurs have occurred through their representations in popular children's media, like Zoboomafoo or Madagascar. However, most people don't know that… Read more »

Rwanda: 4 Things Every Peace Agreement Needs - and How the DRC-Rwanda Deal Measures Up

The governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda concluded a peace treaty in June 2025, aimed at ending a decades-long war in eastern DRC. The United… Read more »

Somalia: Somalia At 65 - What's Needed to Address Its Dismal Social Development Indicators

Somalia ranks among the lowest scoring countries in the United Nations Human Development Index. The index of 195 countries is a summary measure of average achievement in key… Read more »

Uganda: Uganda's Ride-Hailing Motorbike Service Promised Safety - but Drivers Are Under Pressure to Speed

Motorcycle-taxis are one of the fastest and most convenient ways to get around Uganda's congested capital, Kampala. But they are also the most dangerous. Though they account for… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo and Rwanda Sign a U.S.-Brokered Peace Deal - What Are the Chances of Its Success?

The foreign ministers of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) signed a new peace agreement on 27 June 2025 under the auspices of the US. Read more »

Tanzania: Zanzibar's Baobab Trees Used to Be a Valued Part of Society - Drone Images Help Prove It

Baobab trees may be a proxy for measuring long-term use of land by humans. They live long, have economic benefits, and are used as shrines and markers on landscapes. Archaeologists… Read more »

Uganda: How Does Marburg Virus Spread Between Species? Young Ugandan Scientist's Photos Give Important Clues

In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound - formed by bat excrement - and sinks its teeth into a bat. But this is no ordinary bat colony. The… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan - Foreign Interests Are Deepening a Devastating War - Only Regional Diplomacy Can Stop Them

The war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces has raged since April 2023. It's turned Sudan into the site of one of the world's most catastrophic… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya Police Brutality - It Will Take More Than Laws and Public Anger to Change Behaviour

Kenya has once again been reminded of brutality within its police force. Two events in mid-June 2025 pointed to the grave challenge that Kenya must confront to reform the service. Read more »

Kenya: A Fossil Cranium From Kenya Tells the Story of an Extinct Elephant Species

Some 4.5 million years ago, during the early Pliocene epoch, Kenya's Lake Turkana looked very different than it does today. Grasslands and open woodlands were spreading in cooler,… Read more »

Africa: Invasive Mosquito Species Could Bring More Malaria to Africa's Urban Areas

A species of mosquito that can carry malaria - known as Anopheles stephensi - has invaded eastern Africa and is quickly moving across the region. Moina Spooner, from The… Read more »

Sudan: How the People Pulled Off an Improbable Revolution

When the turbulent and often tragic history of the past decade in North Africa is written, the 2019 pro-democracy revolution in Sudan will likely be considered one of the few… Read more »

Tanzania: Coral Reefs Off the Coast Are Being Destroyed, Most Beyond Repair

If current trends continue and countries fail to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, nearly all of the world's coral reefs will suffer severe bleaching on an annual basis, according… Read more »