Africa: AI in Africa - 5 Issues That Must Be Tackled for Digital Equality

If it's steered correctly, artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to accelerate development. It can drive breakthroughs in agriculture. It can expand access to healthcare… Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzania's Social Media Clampdown and the Elections - What's At Risk

Social media platforms like WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and X have transformed political dialogue and activism in Tanzania. The democratisation of political expression has… Read more »

South Africa: Deepfakes and South African Law - Remedies On Paper, Gaps in Practice

Deepfakes are forgeries of people's faces, voices and likeness generated through artificial intelligence (AI). They create a serious digital deception. Deepfakes undermine… Read more »

South Africa: South African Men May Now Take Their Wife's Surname - Why Traditional Leaders Are Upset

A unanimous Constitutional Court ruling has sparked fierce controversy by affirming the right of South African men to adopt their wives' surnames if they wish to. Read more »

Uganda: Uganda Has Signed a Deal With the U.S. to Take Asylum Seekers - What's Behind It and What's At Stake

A new deal to deport asylum seekers from the US to Uganda was announced in August 2025. The full agreement, already signed by the ambassadors of the two countries at the end of… Read more »

Cameroon: Paul Biya At 92 - Will Defections Weaken His Grip On Absolute Power in Cameroon?

Cameroonians go to the polls in October 2025 in what some people hoped might be a break from the country's troubled recent past. They thought that President Paul Biya (92) might… Read more »

Nigeria: Ansaru Terror Leaders' Arrest Is a Strategic Change for Nigeria - What Could Happen Next

Attacks by non-state armed groups are a security challenge in the Sahel, including Nigeria. Read more »

South Africa: Satanic Panic - 5 'Occult' Crimes That Gripped South Africa's Imagination

You might think South Africa was awash with occult crime if you scrolled through the country's tabloids, social media and even mainstream newspapers. Criminal acts performed by… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Photographer Michael Oyinbokure Challenges Stereotypes About Migrants

As migration continues to dominate global news and shape political discourse, mainstream media often carry stereotypical images of immigrants, portraying them as displaced,… Read more »

Nigeria: 2027 Nigerian Poll Could Trigger Unrest Unless Electoral Commission Is Fixed

Political activities heralding Nigeria's 2027 general elections are beginning to pick up. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Ebony and Ivory - Why Elephants and Forests Rise and Fall Together in the Congo Basin

The forest elephants of the Congo Basin are critically endangered and face extinction. Read more »

South Africa: South African Environmental Groups Push to Block Shell's New Wells - How World Court Opinion Might Help

The International Court of Justice's landmark advisory opinion on climate change has come in handy for South African communities that are trying to stop global oil company Shell… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Joseph Kabila Is On Trial for Treason in the DR Congo. What the Case Against the Former President Is All About

The Congolese military court has accused former president Joseph Kabila of treason, corruption, war crimes and supporting the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group. During court… Read more »

Ghana: Mónica's Story - the Woman Shipped From Ghana to Portugal in 1556 to Stand Trial for Using Traditional Medicine

Standing before the Inquisition in Lisbon, Portugal in 1556, Mónica Fernandes, a woman from the coast of modern-day Ghana, was accused of casting malevolent spells and… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo's Latest Peace Deal Is Breaking Down and It Isn't the First - What's Being Done Wrong

A series of peace initiatives since 2021 have sought to address the escalation of conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) following a renewed offensive from the M23… Read more »

Cameroon: Cameroon's Election Risks Instability, No Matter Who Wins

Cameroonians will vote in presidential elections on 12 October 2025. The incumbent, Paul Biya, who has been in office for nearly 43 years, will be a candidate. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Islamic State Massacres in Eastern DR Congo - Who Are the Insurgents and Why Are They Killing Civilians?

More than 100 civilians have perished in a spate of attacks by Islamic State-backed rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in mid-2025. The Islamic State's Central African… Read more »

South Africa: South Africa's Service Delivery Crisis - Why Protesters Are Using More Militant Tactics

Post-apartheid South Africa is characterised by frequent public protests. On average, between 2007 and 2013, there were over 11 protests daily. Research shows that protests almost… Read more »

Namibia: Namibia Celebrates Independence Heroes, but Glosses Over a Painful History

Namibia celebrates 26 August as Heroes' Day. It recalls the first military encounter between the South African army and members of the South West Africa People's Organisation… Read more »

Gambia: The Gambia's New Constitution Has Stalled Again - 5 Reasons Why and What That Means for Democracy

The Gambia's post-dictatorship democratic transition recently suffered a setback. The Constitution of the Republic of The Gambia (Promulgation) Bill, 2024 failed to pass its second… Read more »

Ghana: Ghana's War On Illegal Mining Has Failed - We Set Out to Find Out Why

Early in his eight-year tenure, in 2017, then Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo declared a moratorium on all small-scale gold mining. He established an inter-ministerial committee… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya's 1950 Kolloa Massacre - Britain Won't Own Up to Its Colonial Violence but Communities Need Closure

In 1950, British forces killed at least 29 civilians in one of the deadliest, but least chronicled, episodes of colonial violence in Kenya. Read more »

Chad: Succès Masra - How Chad's Opposition Firebrand Came to Be Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

Chad's opposition firebrand and a former prime minister, Succès Masra, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on 9 August. He was accused of inciting violence and hate speech… Read more »

South Sudan: South Sudan's New Chief Justice Has a Chance to Reform the Judiciary - If He's Allowed to Do His Job

South Sudan's chief justice, Chan Reec Madut, was sacked in late May 2025 after more than 13 years on the bench. Madut leaves behind a legacy of inefficiency and accusations of… Read more »

Namibia: Namibia's Forgotten Genocide - How Bushmen Were Hunted and Killed Under German Colonial Rule

The genocide of Namibia's Ovaherero and Nama people by German colonial forces (1904-1907) is widely documented. But much less is made of what came next - the genocide of the… Read more »