June 17, 2025
South Africa: South Africa's Cricket Team Just Made History - How the 'Chokers' Became World Champions
When Kyle Verreynne hit the winning runs at the "home of cricket" (Lord's Cricket Ground in London) on 14 June, South Africa erupted in celebration. The Proteas had just claimed… Read more »
June 16, 2025
West Africa: Highways to Hell - West Africa's Road Networks Are the Preferred Battleground for Terror Groups
What's the connection between roads and conflict in west Africa? This may seem like an odd question. But a study we conducted shows a close relationship between the two. Read more »
Kenya: Kenya's Peacebuilding Efforts Hold Valuable Lessons for the Rest of the World, but Gaps Remain
Kenya has been praised as a "model for the world" when it comes to peacebuilding efforts to manage outbreaks of violence within its borders. The country has systematically put in… Read more »
June 15, 2025
Ghana: Small Towns Are Growing Fast Across Ghana - but Environmental Planning Isn't Keeping Up
Africa's urban future will be shaped not only by large cities and capitals but also by its many small and medium-sized towns. Read more »
Africa: In Vaccine Nation, Raina Macintyre Reflects On Science, Misinformation and the Threat to 200 Years of Progress
Raina MacIntyre is one of Australia's most respected epidemiologists. She was a familiar face and calm voice during the COVID-19 pandemic. So when I was asked to review her new… Read more »
Africa: 5 Indie Art Spaces in African Cities Worth Knowing More About
Independent art spaces are collectives of artists (and others) who club together to set up a communal space - often in former industrial sites and more affordable parts of the city… Read more »
June 13, 2025
Kenya: Kenya's Brutal Police Have Been Exposed Again - Why the System Fails People
The recent killing in Kenya of a young man in police detention highlights a string of systemic failures to hold the country's security officers accountable for their actions.… Read more »
Africa: Why Anti-Trafficking Measures Alone Won't Save Africa's Pangolins
Nigeria accounts for the largest volume of detected pangolin scales illegally traded from Africa. Between 2010 and 2021, 190,000kg of scales - representing nearly 800,000 African… Read more »
South Africa: Older South Africans Need Better Support and Basic Services - and So Do Their Caregivers
In South Africa, most long-term care for older people happens at home through the efforts of family members, largely female kin, not through government services. Read more »
June 12, 2025
Kenya: Ngugi Wa Thiong'o and the African Literary Revolution
The passing of celebrated Kenyan writer and scholar Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o on 28 May 2025 marks the end of a remarkable period in African literary history - the fabulous decades in… Read more »
South Africa: 5 Great Reads By South African Writers From 30 Years of Real-Life Stories
Across three decades of democracy, South Africa has - like many places undergoing complex and uneven social change - seen an outpouring of remarkable nonfiction. The Interpreters… Read more »
Sudan: Khartoum Before the War - the Public Spaces That Held the City Together
What makes a public space truly public? Read more »
South Africa: Shaka Ilembe - Finally, a TV Series On the Zulu King That's True to Language and Culture
Shaka Zulu is one of the most storied figures in South African history. Believed to have been born around 1787, the man also known as uShaka kaSenzangakhona is regarded as the… Read more »
June 11, 2025
Africa: Waste Pickers and Vendors Should Be Treated As Workers, Not Small Businesses - Labour Lawyer
A new report from the International Labour Organisation outlines a set of propositions on how countries should go about formalising the informal economy. The report provides the… Read more »
Uganda: Uganda's Tax System Is a Drain On Small Businesses - How to Set Them Free
Uganda is one of the countries most exposed to recent cuts in international aid, particularly with the dissolution of the US Agency for International Development (USAID). In 2023,… Read more »
Africa: African Women Entrepreneurs Are a Smart Bet for Climate Change Investment - Research Shows Why
Women in Africa are often framed as especially vulnerable to climate change. Our earlier research suggested that women entrepreneurs often face a "triple differential… Read more »
South Africa: What Students Eat - I Conducted a Survey At a South African University's Cafes - the Results Are Scary
University students have limited spending money and their schedules are packed. Many are adapting to new lifestyles on campus. Eating a healthy diet is crucial: a poor diet leads… Read more »
Ghana: Ghana and Zambia Have Snubbed Africa's Leading Development Bank - Why They Should Change Course
The governments of Ghana and Zambia recently took a decision that could have serious consequences for other African countries. The decision relates to arrangements on how the two… Read more »
June 10, 2025
Malawi: What Keeps Girls From School in Malawi? We Asked Them and It's Not Just Pregnancy
Coverage of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns on girls in Malawi emphasised the risks they faced as a result of not attending school. In particular, concerns about… Read more »
Africa: 5 Benefits Africa's New Space Agency Can Deliver
The African Space Agency was officially inaugurated in Cairo's Space City in April 2025. The event marked a milestone in a process that had been in the works since the early 2000s.… Read more »
South Africa: Fossils Show Colonies of Reptiles Lived Communally 250 Million Years Ago - New South African Study
A fossilised colony of small burrowing reptiles that lived some 250 million years ago was recently found in South Africa. It's the first time that the Procolophon trigoniceps,… Read more »
Ghana: Violence Against Women in Ghana Is Deeply Rooted in Culture and Family Ties - Study
Intimate partner violence is controlling behaviour that results in harm to victims. This can be physical, sexual, emotional, psychological, economic or spiritual harm. Women are… Read more »
June 09, 2025
Africa: Africa's Power Pools - What the G20 Can Do to Help Countries Share Electricity
South Africa holds the presidency of the G20 this year. The group is made up of 19 of the world's largest economies, the European Union and the African Union. A priority of South… Read more »
Africa: A Quarter of the World's Population Are Adolescents - Major Report Sets Out Health and Wellbeing Trends
The Lancet has released its second global commission report on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing. Adolescents are defined as 10- to 24-year-olds. The report builds on the first one,… Read more »
Ghana: Ghana's Older People Feel Left Behind and Ignored - How to Care for Them Better
Ghana's national agenda often focuses on the country's large number of young people. In fact a less noticed demographic transformation is reshaping society: the country's older… Read more »
