September 07, 2022
Kenya: New Govt Has a Chance to Secure Reproductive Rights
Kenya's sexual health rights are beholden to US decisionmakers. New legislators must take back control. Read more »
September 01, 2022
Uganda: 'The Rich Are Untouchable' - Country Struggles to Protect Its Wetlands
As communities and small businesses are cleared from environmentally precious zones, big companies expand unabated. Read more »
August 31, 2022
Nigeria: Old Faces, New Hopes - Meet the 2023 Presidential Candidates
Four men lead the race to be Nigeria's next president. Who are they and what do they stand for? Read more »
August 30, 2022
Africa: Large-Scale Agricultural Projects Are Not Working
Big farming investments reduce local food security and erode trust. They need a fundamental rethink. Read more »
August 26, 2022
Mauritius: A Class Action Lawsuit Bubbles Two Years After the Oil Spill
1,800 people have filed a motion demanding to be heard in a court case regarding the MV Wakaisho's liability for the devastating spill. Read more »
August 24, 2022
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 »
August 23, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Congo's Oil Auction - Foiling Climate Colonialism or Filling the Coffers?
The DRC has two main goals in selling oil blocks that overlap with the world's second largest rainforest. Neither involves developing oil. Read more »
August 19, 2022
Somalia: Writing Piracy in Somalia - Who Controls the Narrative and How?
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 »
Africa: How Useful Is Aid to Africa?
Mills' latest book calls for donors to focus on democracies, but electoral systems can be as susceptible to corruption as autocracies. Read more »
August 16, 2022
Cameroon: Liberté, Egalité, Impunité
Cameroon's courting of Russian support has left France on the back foot. Read more »
August 10, 2022
Uganda: Is Co-Opting the Opposition Shrewd Politics or a Desperate Ploy?
Uganda's oldest opposition party is now allied to President Museveni's NRM. Read more »
July 29, 2022
Africa: Dance to Buga, but Please Don't Do This
Opening a bottle with your teeth could end up being painful, disfiguring, and expensive. Read more »
July 28, 2022
Africa: Fortress Conservation Is Heading for a Crisis That Can't Come Soon Enough
Governments "protect" wildlife from the very people who have conserved it for centuries, while allocating mining concessions in the same areas. Read more »
July 27, 2022
Nigeria: What Will It Take for Monthly Rent Payment to Work in Nigeria?
Nigerians currently have to shell out a whole year's rent in advance. Many renters want this to change, but landlords will need reassuring. Read more »
July 26, 2022
Kenya: Three Reasons Ethnicity Will Count for Less in Upcoming Vote
Elections have always been about much more than ethnicity, but this will be particularly so this 9 August. Read more »
July 22, 2022
Ethiopia: What's Driving the Violence in Oromia?
The state has been pressured into talks in Tigray but not in Oromia, where a liberation movement complainsof generations of subjugation. Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: 'I Have to Work in a Field' - 300,000 Teachers in DRC Going Unpaid
Since primary education was made free in 2019, there has been a steep rise in both numbers of students and teachers working for nothing. Read more »
July 21, 2022
Ghana: A Year After the Violent Demolition of the Agbogbloshie Scrapyard
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 »
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 »
Tunisia: Why Tunisians Must Boycott the Vote On Saied's Self-Written Constitution
Even the head of the constitutional committee warns the document could lead to a "disgraceful dictatorial regime" if passed in the 25 July referendum. Read more »
July 20, 2022
Chad: Chad's Transition to Nowhere
15 months into an 18-month transition, there are few signs of it ending. And the Western-backed interim president is acting a lot like his dad. Read more »
July 19, 2022
West Africa: If Blackouts Don't Work, What Might? Tackling Fake News in West Africa
Disinformation is on the rise, and social media companies, governments, and fact-checking groups are all struggling to keep up. Read more »
July 14, 2022
Seychelles: The Missing U.S.$50 Million - Country Gears Up for Historic High-Profile Trial
Nine people - including a former first lady, ex-generals and top officials - face charges of stealing aid in 2002 and storing illicit firearms. Read more »
July 13, 2022
Africa: Why Are There No Black Riders in the Tour De France?
The answer is not a lack of talent, as Eritrea's long history of producing worldclass cyclists attests. Read more »
July 12, 2022
Libya: Libya - A Country in Need of a King?
Restoring a symbolic monarch may sound anachronistic, but after a decade of division and chaos, it makes perfect sense to many Libyans. Read more »