Zambia: Why President Hakainde Hichilema Is Adored Abroad But Not at Home

Since coming to power in 2021, Hichilema has enthusiastically courted the approval of the West, often at Zambia's expense. Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

South Sudan: No Justice for Women, No Peace in South Sudan

The South Sudan crisis since 2013 has caused untold suffering to South Sudanese women. They have experienced displacement, loss of family members and gross human rights violations,… Read more »

Ethiopia: Researching Sexuality - Reflections On My Experience Journeying Through a Complex Field

Researching sexuality has often encountered challenges concerning its legitimacy everywhere and more so in Africa. The situation in Ethiopia seems to be relatively more daunting… Read more »

Zimbabwe: In Zimbabwe, No One Can Breathe

Most worryingly for the corrupt and clueless government, even the security forces deployed to crush dissent are suffering. Read more »

Africa: Death Sentences Jumped By 53 Percent in Sub-Saharan Africa Last Year

But support for the death penalty appears to be dwindling in many countries. Read more »

Tanzania: Football and Politics Are Inseparable. The Result? Poor Clubs

Tanzanian teams struggle to compete with their continental rivals. Will the government finally loosen its grip and allow clubs to privatise? Read more »

Chad: Chad Social Media Ban Reaches One-Year Mark

Why have Chad's internet restrictions, which started amid anti-regime protests a year ago today, endured for so long? Read more »

Ethiopia: 'We Are Here' - the Soundtrack to the Oromo Revolution Gripping Ethiopia

Far from being a footnote in the Oromo struggle, musicians like Haacaaluu Hundeessa have been its centre of gravity. Read more »

Togo: 50 Years of Hurt - Togo Protesters Vow to Continue

After years of government stalling, demonstrators are demanding electoral reforms, including the reinstatement of term limits. Read more »