East Africa: Israel Recognizes Somaliland

On 26 December 2025 Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel announced the official recognition of Somaliland by his government. Read more »

Africa: Africa's Share of the Nobel Prizes

The curtain has fallen in Oslo and Stockholm. The Nobel Prize laureates have been announced. The award ceremony has taken place; however, it has invariably generated less… Read more »

Madagascar: Madagascar's Unfinished Revolution - Can a Youth Uprising Break the Country's Political Curse?

In Madagascar, a youth-led revolt has toppled a president and ushered in a military-led transition. Whether this moment becomes a democratic turning point--or yet another loop in… Read more »

Africa: Climateflation and Water Scarcity - Why Africa Faces the World's Sharpest Food-Security Risks

In Lagos, a maize seller recently doubled her prices within a single year. In Morocco, pipelines stretch across barren plains, carrying desalinated water to farms that once relied… Read more »

Tanzania: Is the CCM Losing Tanzania?

On October 29, 2025 Tanzania went to the polls. Or rather, a few Tanzanians went to the polls, in some cases seemingly under duress, but many stayed at home. When the implausible… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Next Peace Frontier Is Digital Sovereignty - Reflections From the Lomé Peace and Security Forum

There are moments when a forum stops being a gathering and becomes a mirror. The Lomé Peace and Security Forum (11-12 October 2025) did exactly that--a quiet reframing of… Read more »

Africa: The Aid Economy's Entrepreneurship Mirage

On the fifth floor of one of Nairobi's gleaming innovation hubs, the hum of ambition is palpable. Logos of USAID, DfID, the Mastercard Foundation, and other donors line the walls.… Read more »

Africa: Will the Gaza Peace Deal Have Ripple Effects On the Quad-Led Peace Process in Sudan?

Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from… Read more »

Africa: The Burden of Representation - Women in African Academia and the Politics of Visibility

Beyond access to freedom Read more »

Africa: Without Work Permits, Refugee Women in Nairobi Face Exploitation and Hardship

Many refugee women in Nairobi lack official work permits, forcing them into precarious, informal jobs where they face low pay, exploitation, and no legal protection. Although… Read more »

South Sudan: Riek Machar On Trial in South Sudan - Is It Tribal or Political?

Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from… Read more »

Cameroon: Cameroon's Presidential Election - Playing With Numbers Is a Dangerous Game

This article presents a personal view and analysis of data from Cameroon's presidential election by Guillaume Tanga, a data and finance professional from Cameroon. Read more »

South Africa: Rethinking Black Theology and Black Consciousness in and From South Africa

Half a century separates African American Methodist minister James Cone's influential works Black Theology & Black Power (1969) and A Black Theology of Liberation (1970) from… Read more »

Sudan: Gold and Mercenaries - the Price of the Massacre in Sudan

On October 26, 2025, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia took the city of El Fasher after an 18-month siege. The capital of North Darfur State and the economic heart of Darfur,… Read more »

Africa: Angola's Overlooked Role in the Zambezi River System

The Zambezi is one of Africa's great rivers. Its basin, covering approximately 1,370,000 km2, is home to approximately 50 million people and spreads across eight countries: Angola,… Read more »

Africa: The Big Elephant in Brussels

Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from… Read more »

Africa: From Non-Intervention to Non-Indifference - What the African Union Has Really Learned About Crisis Management

Two decades after replacing the OAU, the AU's record is best measured not by communiqués but by how fast it converts rules into results on the ground. Read more »

Sudan: Out of the Shadow of War - Prospects and Challenges for Peace and Justice in Sudan

Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from… Read more »

Africa: Transitional Justice in Sudan - Between a Long-Standing Elusive Quest and the Foundation for an Alternative Future

Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from… Read more »

Africa: Academic Funding, Academic Publishing, and Academic Freedom - an African Conundrum

Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from… Read more »

Africa: When Digital Lending Feels Like Financial Colonialism

Hustlerfund, a mobile lending application in Kenya advances a 20-year-old woman named Khamba to stock up her fruit stall in Nakura. In another seven days, it has almost doubled. In… Read more »

Africa: Crisis in Eastern DR Congo - the Congolese Govt and M23 Rebels in a Standoff Over Migration

The authorities of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the M23 rebels, who control large swathes of Congolese territory, are locked in a new standoff over the delivery of… Read more »

Africa: Making a Case for Aid - Less Donor-Curated Visibility, More Redistribution of Narrative Power

Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from… Read more »

Africa: Academic Freedom Under Threat in African Universities

Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from… Read more »

Africa: Publishing Autonomy, Censorship, and Endogenous Capitalism - Learning From Henry Chakava's Legacy

Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from… Read more »