Africa: Africa Has Its First Chief Heat Officer. Five Things Should Be On Her Agenda

Freetown's heat officer can set an example to Africa and the world as temperatures and risks rise. Read more »

Senegal: Safi Faye - Farewell to a Pioneering Filmmaker

Senegalese filmmaker was the first African woman to make a commercial feature film, Kaddu Beykat, in 1975. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: The Gangs of Gombe

Birthed by democracy, recruited by rival politicians, they have operated with impunity. This election season has been no different. Read more »

Nigeria: Will Technology Deliver a Clean Election for Nigeria?

Voter registration is up, as confidence in election technology grows, but trust in the electoral commission continues to flounder. Read more »

Nigeria: Inside the Insurgency in Northeastern Nigeria

As a regional force ratchets up pressure, rival Islamist factions engage in a brutal fratricidal war. Is it a matter of time before Boko Haram falls? Read more »

Nigeria: Boko Haram and Nigeria's Elections - the Candidates' Security Pledges

The activities of over 80 active militant groups have already pushed Nigeria to the brink. How will the new president respond? Read more »

Africa: The Battle for Africa - Covid Consensus As History of the Present

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 »

Tunisia: A Trojan Horse in Carthage

How did Kais Saied, a retired law professor, become a tyrant? Answer: with the support of the pro-democracy movement he now oppresses. Read more »

Nigeria: Where Do Nigeria's Frontrunners Stand On Climate Change?

Only one candidate devotes more than a few passing mentions to climate change in their manifesto. Read more »

Africa: Africa Is Winning the War Against Neglected Tropical Diseases

Research is yielding better drugs, and governments and Big Pharma have been pushed into action. The elimination of once-killer diseases is in sight. Read more »

Africa: African Fiction in 2023

2022 saw writers from Africa and the Diaspora bring us some literary gems (see our list of Best Books of 2022). 2023 promises to be no different. So here we bring you a list of… Read more »

Sudan: (Un)doing Resistance - Three Decades of the Regime's Assault On the Arts in Sudan

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 »

Ethiopia: Is the Peace Deal the Beginning of the End for the Tigray People's Liberation Front?

Three months after its signing, a shattered Tigray is picking up the pieces. But not even the end of the siege can quell rising murmurs of discontent. Read more »

Somalia: Crisis in Lasanod - Border Disputes, Escalating Insecurity and the Future of Somaliland

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 »

Nigeria: Oligarchs, Oil and Obi-Dients - the Battle for the Soul of Nigeria

The end of the oil-fuelled patronage system may pose the greatest threat to the nation since the Civil War. Therein may lie its salvation. 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 »

Nigeria: "People Want to Be Rich Overnight" - Nigeria Logging Abounds Despite Ban

In Cross River state, home to much of Nigeria's remaining forest, locals and officials accuse the state government of profiting from illegal logging. Read more »

Africa: Blackness, Pan-African Consciousness and Women's Political Organising Through the Magazine AWA

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 »

Liberia: The Unaccountability of Liberia's Polluting Miners

The government's reports and fines have not yet been sufficient to stop communities suffering from poisoned rivers. Read more »

Uganda: 'Poking the Leopard's Anus'- Legal Spectacle and Queer Feminist Politics

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: Introducing Parselelo and a New Climate Focus

African Arguments is excited to announce two big changes. Read more »

Kenya: The 'Hustler' Fund - Kenya's Approach to National Transformation

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 »

Nigeria: The Insecurity Ahead of Nigeria's 2023 Elections Is Unprecedented

What will this mean for the running and credibility of the polls? Read more »

Nigeria: Lagos Is Unique but Not in the Way People Think

The aspects of Lagos that are often vilified are exceptional only in their scale. Read more »

Africa: Why Africa's Patronage System Is Under Threat Like Never Before

Today's protesters and insurgents don't want to greater access to a corrupt and ineffective system. They want to abolish it. Read more »