Africa: Why Are So Few Environmental Criminals On Interpol's 'Most Wanted' List?

Environmental crime is big business, often listed among the world's top five criminal activities, just behind counterfeiting and drug crime. So it would be reasonable to think it… Read more »

South Africa: Boys, Bullying and Belonging - Understanding Violent Initiation At a South African School

Violence among learners in South African schools is a pressing concern. The minister of basic education told parliament in 2025 that hundreds of bullying cases had been reported in… Read more »

Mali: Bamako Under Siege - Why Mali's Army Is Struggling to Break the Jihadist Blockade of the Capital

When the military overthrew the democratically elected government in Mali in 2020, coup leader General Assimi Goita promised to root out jihadists in the north of the country. Mali… Read more »

Sudan: Peace in Sudan? 3 Reasons Why Mediation Hasn't Worked So Far

Sudan has been embroiled in a civil war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces since April 2023, sparked by a power struggle between the two parties. The war… Read more »

Mali: Jihadists Have Blockaded Mali's Capital. What's At Stake

A coalition of jihadist groups affiliated with al-Qaida have laid siege to landlocked Mali's capital. For over a month, they have attacked convoys supplying Bamako with fuel,… Read more »

Mali: Why an Armed Group Linked to Al-Qaida Is Gaining Ground in Mali

Mali's military regime is coming under increasing pressure from Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), an armed group linked to al-Qaida that now controls large swathes of… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Child Marriage Is Still Common in the DRC - What's Driving It and How to Encourage Change

Despite international efforts to eliminate child marriage, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to have high rates of this harmful practice. Read more »

South Africa: Ethiopian Quarter - How Migrants Have Shaped a Thriving Shopping District in South Africa's City of Gold

Since its founding in 1886, Johannesburg, has been a city of migrants, internal and international. But the economic capital of South Africa has undergone big changes since 1994… Read more »

South Africa: Black Coffee and Enhle Ruling Sends a Clear Message - Customary and White Weddings Are Equal in South Africa

South African actress and businesswoman Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa has won a victory in the Johannesburg High Court. It ruled that her customary marriage to music star Nkosinathi "Black… Read more »

Nigeria: Should Boko Haram Fighters Be Given a Second Chance in Society? We Asked 2,000 Young Nigerians

Across the world, the question of how to deal with former fighters remains urgent. From Nigeria and Iraq to Syria and the Sahel, governments are wrestling with how to bring people… Read more »

Kenya: Raila Odinga - the Man Who Changed Kenya Without Ever Ruling It

Raila Amollo Odinga, who has died at the age of 80, was something of a paradox in post-independence Kenyan politics. Read more »

Madagascar: Madagascar's Military Power Grab Shows Africa's Coup Problem Isn't Restricted to the Sahel Region

Those who rise to power through a coup often fall by the same means. Read more »

Nigeria: Thug Culture in Nigerian Politics - the Links Between State Governors, Funding and Violent Armed Groups

Since Nigeria's return to democracy in 1999, elections have consistently been marred by violence. The elections between 1999 and 2019 and in 2023 saw party clashes, physical… Read more »

South Africa: Rape Within Marriage Is Still Silenced in South Africa - Why Women Are Being Failed

Sexual violence in marriages is a very real issue in South Africa, but remains shrouded in silence and denial. It's a subject that Nyasha Karimakwenda has researched for many years… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Boko Haram Rehabilitation Efforts Ignore the Emotional Trauma of Soldiers - Why This Matters

Since 2009, Boko Haram has waged one of the deadliest insurgencies in Africa. Concentrated in north-east Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin, the group has killed more than 35,000… Read more »

Africa: China and the U.S. Are in a Race for Critical Minerals. African Countries Need to Make the Rules

Critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, rare earth elements, and platinum group metals are essential for modern technologies. They are key to industries ranging… Read more »

Africa: The Alleged British Links to Mass Deforestation and Displacement in a Conflict Few Have Even Heard of

UK banks, energy giants and arms exporters are at the heart of one of the world's least-known human rights and environmental crises, our research has revealed. Read more »

South Africa: Gauteng's 'Coloured' Community Feels Unsafe - Who They Are and Why They're Discouraged

The "Coloured" community in Gauteng, South Africa's economic heartland, continues to face barriers to full economic and social inclusion. Despite progress in post-apartheid South… Read more »

South Africa: South Africans Who Blow the Whistle Face Retaliation and Murder - Their Stories Over Five Decades

South Africa's long history of wrongdoing spans from Willem Adriaan van der Stel's days of running a corrupt trading monopoly to present-day South Africa. Van der Stel was the… Read more »

Nigeria: Boko Haram On the Rise Again in Nigeria - How It's Survived and How to Weaken It

Abubakar Shekau, the erstwhile leader of the terrorist group Jama'at Ahl al-Sunna li al-Da'wa wa al-Jihad (JAS), died in 2021. The west African group, also known as Boko Haram,… Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzania's Samia Hassan Has Ushered in a New Era of Authoritarianism - Here's How

As Tanzania's national elections approach, a familiar humdrum of coverage has emerged. It goes like this. In its crackdowns, censorship and harassment of the opposition, Tanzania… Read more »

South Africa: South African Students Still Don't Feel Safe On Campus - How Protection Can Be Stepped Up

Students at South African universities have to deal with a disturbing reality. They face the threat of violent crime, in particular gender-based violence. They also battle with… Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzania's Ruling Party Has Crushed the Opposition - the Elections Are a Mere Formality

Tanzania has conducted regular polls since the first multiparty elections in 1995. But they have often failed to meet democratic standards. The opposition has been persistently… Read more »

South Africa: Helen Zille - Will Competence, Courage and a Dose of Arrogance Be Enough to Get Her Elected As Johannesburg's Mayor?

Love her or loathe her, it is hard to deny that Helen Zille is one of the most remarkable politicians South Africa's democracy has yet seen. Remarkable because she has served in so… Read more »

South Sudan: South Sudan Is Unstable - How a Weak State Benefits the Ruling Elite

Salva Kiir, the president of South Sudan, met with then US president Barack Obama at the White House in 2011 to discuss the future of the newly independent state. Read more »