December 16, 2022
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 »
December 15, 2022
Africa: The Best African Films of 2022
In an uncertain year for the industry, African cinema continued to thrive as filmmakers found industrious ways to create despite myriad roadblocks. Many of the films on this list… Read more »
December 14, 2022
Africa: The Best African Books of 2022
From the thought provoking and evocative to the laughter inducing, here are our best African books of 2022 (in no particular order). Read more »
December 13, 2022
Africa: The Best African Albums of 2022
2022 was the year African musicians levelled up big time. Every other month arrived with reports of international record deals, significant chart achievements, or major award… Read more »
December 08, 2022
Africa: Why 30×30 Would Be the Worst Possible Outcome of COP15
The plan to turn 30% of the earth into Protected Areas is based on a deeply unscientific and racist logic. Read more »
December 06, 2022
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 »
December 01, 2022
Africa: Africa Elections 2022/2023 - All the Upcoming Votes
A regularly updated list and interactive map of the upcoming elections in Africa in 2022 and 2023. Read more »
Somalia: Berbera - The Making of a Global Port, and the Unmaking of a People
Having survived centuries of successive governments, colonialism and war, have Berbera's dockworkers finally met their match? Read more »
November 30, 2022
Africa: On Blackqueer Fugitivity Beyond the Nation-State
Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »
November 29, 2022
Ghana: Ghana's Anti-LGBTQ Bill Sparks Spike in 'Legally Sanctioned' Extortion
Since the law was proposed, instances of violence - including seemingly organised crime - against Ghana's queer community have increased. Read more »
November 25, 2022
Africa: "The Scare Is Real" - Prominent Ugandans Fear Poisoning
More than 1,800 people have died of poisoning here since 2009. Now, school principals and MPs fear accepting food or drinks as threats rise. Read more »
November 24, 2022
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: Indian Exceptionalism and Normative Power in Africa
Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »
November 23, 2022
Tanzania: 'Kids Tell Us It's Pointless' - Tanga's Hidden Histories of Land and Sea
Through years of conversation, rarely heard stories of hope, regret and resilience - which destabilise typical development tropes - emerged. Read more »
November 17, 2022
Africa: Is It Time to Abandon Decolonisation?
Decolonisation has become an uncritical and condescending buzzword used to police what it means to be African, argues a sharp new book. Read more »
November 15, 2022
Morocco: Generational Gaps in Feminist Movements
Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »
November 11, 2022
Africa: Agroecology Is the African-Led Solution We Need From COP27
Industrialised agriculture is big driver of emissions. Agroecology is sustainable, resilient, high yield, and gives farmers sovereignty. Read more »
November 08, 2022
Africa: Why Are Nigerians Keeping Migration Plans Secret From Their Friends?
Many relationships have suffered as people planning to leave Nigeria only inform their nearest and dearest once they've already gone. Read more »
Africa: Who Can Trust the Ethiopia Peace Deal?
While many have celebrated the ceasefire agreement, some prominent Tigrayan groups see it as a surrender. Read more »
Africa: India in Africa - The Changing Face of South-South Cooperation
Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »
November 07, 2022
Africa: COP27 - It's Africa's Time to Lead
Four lessons for African leaders as they head into the climate talks. Read more »
November 02, 2022
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 »
November 01, 2022
Africa: Feminizing the State Apparatus - a Mirage for Women's Liberation
Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: The Return of M23 - Is There a Way Out for the DRC?
Several international forces are deployed in the eastern Congo, where the Rwanda-backed rebel group continues to seize towns and territory. Read more »
October 27, 2022
Tunisia: Tunisia's Decree Won't Stop Fake News. It Will Stop Free Speech
President Saied is now threatening another of Tunisia's hardest won freedoms. Read more »