August 09, 2023
South Sudan: Controversial General Elections and the Future of Democratic Transition in South 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 »
August 08, 2023
Africa: Tinubu's Cabinet Nominees - Renewed Hope or Recycled Tropes?
Tinubu's cabinet is stacked with political heavyweights: nine ex-governors, several former cabinet ministers and legislators. An indication, perhaps, of growing anxieties about the… Read more »
August 04, 2023
Ethiopia: How Years of Tension in Amhara Boiled to the Surface
Deepening suspicions that Abiy was plotting against the Amhara is driving the Fano rebellion against Addis Ababa. Read more »
August 01, 2023
Africa: Africa Elections 2023 - All the Upcoming Votes
A regularly updated list and interactive map of the upcoming elections in Africa in 2023. Read more »
Algeria: Algeria - the Hirak and Its Aftermath
Algerian journalists are on the frontline of an unprecedented wave of state repression against the uprising that toppled former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Read more »
July 28, 2023
West Africa: Will the Sahel Survive Another Coup?
An Arab, deposed President Bazoum's attempts to shuffle his Fulani-dominated Republican Guard, may have triggered the coup. With French and US troops stationed there, and Russia in… Read more »
Sudan: Not the Last Chapter - Making Sense of a Senseless War, Readings On 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 »
July 26, 2023
Africa: India's Call for African Union to Join the G20 and the China Factor
The Hindu nationalist leader's G20 Africa membership appeal casts him in a heroic, anti-imperialist glow. What does his silence on the same issue among BRICS members reveal? Read more »
July 25, 2023
East Africa: Isaias Afwerki - Beijing's Friend in the Horn
Under pressure from the West seeking to counter two decades of Chinese influence, can Beijing rely on their man in Asmara? Read more »
July 21, 2023
Sudan: A Road Full of Corpses and a Town Empty Save for Rebel Militias
Two more mass graves with over 146 bodies in West Darfur are only the "tip of the iceberg", residents say. As peace efforts stall and the ICC opens a new investigation, when will… Read more »
July 19, 2023
West Africa: How Nigeria's Fuel Subsidy Shock Jolted Cameroon's Economy
In Cameroon, the unintended consequences of Nigeria's fuel subsidy withdrawal ripple across the beleaguered Anglophone region. Read more »
July 14, 2023
Africa: Zimbabwean Legend, Thomas Mapfumo Retires in Exile
After five decades on the stage, one of the continent's great musical innovators, and an outspoken critic of corrupt politics, takes his last bow - in exile, because it was too… Read more »
Africa: Dear EU, Commemorating Climate Victims Is Good but Action Is Better
Ahead of the first ever EU day for the victims of the global climate crisis, let's remember who's responsible for the worsening situation. Read more »
July 12, 2023
Cameroon: Paul Biya's Ghostly Legacy in Cameroon - The Absence That Shaped a Nation
In power for 41 years, the 90 year-old president has ruled mostly in absentia, a ghostly embodiment of a gerontocracy that has gifted its people the concept of Waithood. Read more »
Africa: 20 Years After Maputo, It's a Long Road Ahead to Gender Equality
Two decades on from a landmark treaty advancing the rights of African women, gender equality remains alive on paper, elusive in practice. Read more »
South Africa: The Calling of Bees - Healing and Hope After Covid-19
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 »
July 06, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria's Security Crisis - Under Tinubu, Continuity Will Lead to Calamity
President Tinubu's response to Nigeria's security crisis so far signals much of the same inaction. Should the UK intervene? Read more »
Sudan: At What Point Will the Security Council Intervene?
Mediation initiatives, not least the US-Saudi one, have failed. Under Chapter VII of the UN charter, the Security Council could deploy troops. Read more »
July 05, 2023
Africa: Who, What, Where? the Loss and Damage Fund's Unresolved Questions
Since the breakthrough agreement at COP27, developed and developing countries have remained at odds on key details. Read more »
July 04, 2023
Africa: Africa Must Own the Idea of the 'Just Transition'
There's no one-size-fits-all with sustainable economies. A just transition on the continent will look very different to one in the Global North. Read more »
Algeria: The Hirak Is Dead, Truth Is the Enemy, the People Are the Traitors
In the new logic of repression, all evidence of the 2019 uprising must be eliminated, the first targets being the journalists, writers and artists that used to gather at a literary… Read more »
Algeria: In Algeria, the Death of a Literary Salon Is a Tragedy, the Silencing of Dissent, an Everyday Occurrence
In the new logic of repression, all evidence of the 2019 uprising must be eliminated, the first targets being the journalists, writers, artists and activists that used to gather at… Read more »
June 30, 2023
South Sudan: Women's Rights in South Sudan - When Is the 'Right Time'?
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: Africa's Struggle for Environmental Justice in an Age of Death
The framework of our civilisation is premised on the destruction of the planet, with Africa as a sacrificial zone. Read more »
June 29, 2023
Malawi: Malawi's Refugee Problem
The Chakwera government's populist decision to bus all refugees into a notorious camp is fuelling xenophobia behind thinly-veiled legalities. Read more »