Burundi: 'The President Has Crossed the Rubicon - There's No Turning Back'

In the wake of the arrest and detention of former PM Alain Guillaume Bunyoni, political observers weigh the consequences. Read more »

Mozambique: The Return to Cabo Delgado - Gas, War, and the Emergence of Total Land

While TotalEnergies remains coy about restarting the $20bn gas project, Mozambicans are coming home in the conspicuous absence of the state. Read more »

Botswana: Botswana Has Always Driven a Hard Bargain With De Beers

Botswana is not following a trend of African state negotiating more aggressively with corporations. It has long set this trend. Read more »

Sudan: Revolutionary Reflections, Amid a Raging War

If the popular revolution of 2019 was badly undermined by its rejection of representative politics, how can it be revived? Read more »

Tanzania: 'They Wish We Didn't Exist' - Tanzania School Goers Speak of Transport Woes

In the daily sharp-elbowed jostle to board daladalas, school students find themselves at the back of the queue. Read more »

Ethiopia: Five Reasons to Be Concerned About Gene-Edited Teff

A US research centre has created a new variety of teff, raising unanswered questions over its safety, ownership, and climate implications. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Lines Through the Lake - Why the Congo-Rwanda Border Can't Be Redrawn

Long-standing cultural affinities of Rwandophones in the Great Lakes may appear to bolster Kigali's historical claims to parts of eastern Congo, but it's more complicated than it… Read more »

Africa: Farmworkers Feel Heat As SA Wine Industry Eyes Climate Change

As vineyards strategise to keep the famous export flowing, farmworkers - seven of whom died recently of heat stroke - fear more extreme conditions. Read more »

Africa: Is the World Bank Really Going Green?

The Bank invests billions in fossil fuels, including through various opaque channels. Unless this changes, its public soul-searching will count for little. Read more »

Botswana: Why Is Botswana Rethinking Its Deal With De Beers?

Christened 'Debswana', its 50-year-old mining pact with de Beers is showing signs of strain - for some rather unexpected reasons. Read more »

Rwanda: Rwanda, Too, Needs to Make Amends

Rwanda accuses Congo-Kinshasa of being unable to put its house in order; it, too, must deal with the question of its 245,000 refugees. Read more »

Somalia: Somalia's Crucible of State-Making

For thirty years the Somali peninsula has been a crucible of experiments in contemporary state formation, a fascinating opportunity to observe and test political-economic theory.… Read more »

South Africa: The Risk of Extreme Wildfires Around Cape Town Has Nearly Doubled

Our study suggests climate change has significantly increased the likelihood of extreme wildfires. But there are ways to mitigate the risks. Read more »

Africa: 'He Laid Out the Earth for All Living Creatures' - Islam's Lessons for Climate

Islamic teachings are full of invocations to Muslims to revere nature, reject over-consumption, and live within planetary boundaries. Read more »

Africa: Scientists Urge Museveni to Respect LGBTI Rights

Dear President Museveni, Read more »

Sudan: What Will Happen in Sudan?

The current crisis exposes the motives of the men with guns. It requires, paradoxically, the intervention of a distracted international community that has done little to support a… Read more »

Africa: Why ZANU-PF Still Can't Dance to Chimurenga Music

ZANU-PF's aversion to protest music only confirms the lyrical power of a line of artists from Marley and Mapfumo to Winky D. Read more »

Africa: Inclusion and Innovation Key to African Media Sustainability

Forced to adapt to the political establishment, and financially beset by Big Data, what is the future of Africa's media? Read more »

Liberia: Is Liberia Heading Towards an Electoral Crisis?

A much-criticised census and a cash-strapped electoral commission are the biggest signs that the October elections could be bungled. Read more »

Africa: Men Fighting, Women Breaking-Up - Sudanese Women's Movements, the Wing of the Patriarch?

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: In Zimbabwe, a Struggling Media Is a Target for Capture

With elections looming, private media, once staunch critics of the ruling party, are increasingly open to elite persuasion. Read more »

Nigeria: How Nigeria Avoided Organized Violence During the 2023 Elections

Super Camps and military vigilance in the North, and Peter Obi's candidature in the southeast quelled much potential violence. Read more »

Africa: Co-Optation of Feminisms - the Funders' Agenda

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 »

Burundi: 'Let The Women Be Respected' - Activists Tackle Femicide Problem

As authorities turn a blind eye to the growing cases of violence and spousal murder, women's rights activists are increasingly vocal. Read more »

Central Africa: Back to the Future in the Great Lakes - Who's Backing the M23?

In May 2013, the M23 surrendered to a multinational onslaught in eastern Congo-Kinshasa. Is history repeating itself? Read more »