Mozambique: 'Nobody Imagined It Would Be So Intense' - Mozambique After Freddy

While Mozambicans count the cost after the deadly Cyclone Freddy, people in Beira continue to wait for support four years after Idai. Read more »

Malawi: What Next in Chakwera's Anti-Corruption Crusade ?

A scandal from the last regime forced the president to fire senior officials, suspend his VP and risk breaking the ruling coalition. Read more »

South Africa: Of Cobblers, Colonialism, and Choices

Growing up in South Africa, I was told my British colonial ancestors were a fundamentally decent lot. Researching a novel has taught me the opposite. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe - Vice-President's Secret Plan to Be President Stays On Schedule

President Mnangagwa was not seriously challenged at the ZANU-PF congress. But neither was the powerful Vice-President Chiwenga. Read more »

Zambia: Why President Hakainde Hichilema Is Adored Abroad But Not at Home

Since coming to power in 2021, Hichilema has enthusiastically courted the approval of the West, often at Zambia's expense. Read more »

South Africa: Pandemic Policies in South Africa - a Model of Neocolonial State Capture

The huge Covid death toll - by far the worst in Africa - occurred not in spite of Western biomedical practices but because of them, argues a new book from the African Arguments… Read more »

Malawi: 'I Did It All On a Phone' - the Hotline Changing Health Outcomes in Malawi

Health care in Malawi faces many challenges. A free national hotline is helping address one of them. Read more »

Africa: Zimbabwe's Education Was Once the Envy of Africa. Not Anymore

Educators during the country's post-independence golden age wanted for nothing. Today's teachers say they barely scrape by. Read more »

South Africa: The ANC's Power Games Have Led It to a Make or Break Moment

As factional fighting dominates South Africa's ruling party, it is the public that pay the cost. Read more »

Angola: Anatomy of a Stolen Election

The MPLA's crisis of legitimacy could be sowing the seeds of a revolution against itself. Read more »

Angola: The Real Winners of Angola's Election

The electorate's popular will may have been defied by the MPLA's victory, but the people were more organised, engaged and vigorous than ever before. Read more »

Zambia: An Assessment of President Hichilema's First Year

The new president came to power promising widespread change. A year on, his supporters see him as a saviour, his critics as an abject failure. Read more »

Zimbabwe: 'Zimdancehall Is Dead' - Critics Say Ghetto Sound Was Sold for a Song

Zimdancehall was once known for its revolutionary lyrics. Now its singers are hyping up businessmen in songs and performing at Zanu-PF rallies. Read more »

Africa: How Power in Angola Is Wielded By One Man

Roque's new book shows how the regime came to be ruled by, and came to rule through, fear and paranoia - still does so to this day. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Building Houses While Knocking Down Gender Barriers in Zimbabwe

The pandemic has accelerated generational shifts as more women join the once male-dominated construction industry. Read more »

Southern Africa: 'Too Much Propaganda' - Zimbabwe's Pirates of the Airwaves Look to South Africa

The state-owned ZBC no longer has a monopoly, but that doesn't meanfree-to-air TV in Zimbabwe isany more diverse or varied. Read more »

Malawi: How a Communion Wine Shortage Gave Birth to an International Brand

Linga wine is a small family business in Malawi that punches well above its weight. Read more »

Botswana: 'Fully Embraced'? Bostwana's Queer Struggles Since Decriminalisation

The landmark 2019 ruling has been upheld, but Botswana's LGBTQ community still face numerous challenges. Read more »

Malawi: No One Knows If Crime is Rising or Falling, Not Even the Police

Because the police either don't collect or release reliable crime statistics, citizens are in the dark. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe - the Rise and Rise of the Wedding Before the Wedding

Once a small family affair, the roora is restyling itself for an age of reality TV and social media. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Trans Zimbabweans Turn to Black Market for Health Care

In the absence of legal protections, transgender Zimbabweans are looking abroad or to risky alternatives for gender-affirming services. Read more »

Zimbabwe: By-Elections - Rebranded Opposition, Same State Violence

Both the opposition and ruling party hope the upcoming by-elections will lay the groundwork for 2023, but in very different ways. Read more »

Zambia: Zambia's Democracy Is Still Under Attack

But now by President Hichilema, the man who vowed to rescue it. Read more »

Angola: Country's Securitised State is on High Alert Ahead of Elections

With opposition and discontent growing ahead of the August elections, the security state may be more active and dangerous than ever. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Diamonds Bring Wealth for a Few, Despair for Many

The arrival of huge mining corporations has left thousands in Marange feeling like prisoners in their own ancestral land. Read more »