Who gets to define borders?
What will the renewed land debate in South Africa mean for the border woes of neighbors such as Lesotho?
Politics
Cameroon on the brink
Paul Biya's inability to address the crisis in the country's Anglophone region is pushing the nation to the brink.
The Ebola refugees
Has migration policy reckoned with epidemics like Ebola?
The Nelson Chamisa chimera in Zimbabwe
While entertaining, the showy presidential campaign of Zimbabwe's opposition may not amount to much on July 30th.
The untimely death of Afonso Dhlakama
Mozambicans feel the death of the former leader of Renamo could put a wrench in the path towards a peaceful, democratic future.
Flight of the Boers
South Africa's lead anti-land reform organization is cultivating its relationship with the international far right.
Scripted reality in Eritrea
The ruling regime in Eritrea manipulates news and information to gain total control over its citizens.
Ghana–the lynchpin in Israel’s attempt to woo Africans
Israeli propaganda in Ghana, and elsewhere in Africa, is aimed especially at evangelical Christians.
The rise of the gangster state in South Africa
President Jacob Zuma oversaw a rise in political violence across all sectors of South African society.
Beyond the smoke and flames of protest
Reporting on protests in poor communities where the mainstream media lacks, social media picks up the slack. This isn't always a good thing.
What’s behind Tunisia’s growing military?
In post-uprising Tunisia, the western backed military is hampering the country's transition to democracy.
It’s only business — how private education companies Ruin Education in Kenya
Private education companies have sought to cash in on the development game.
On May Day, what is there to celebrate in Africa?
On International Workers’ Day, we provide a sweeping assessment of the strengths, weaknesses and potential of African trade unions.
Kwame Nkrumah and political imagination in an age of decolonization
Historian Jeffrey Ahlman talks with Dan Magaziner about Nkrumahism's shifting forms, and its influence on contemporary decolonization movements.
Where the social is political
If media claims to be a tool for deepening democracy and development in Africa, why is it necessary for protesters to resort to burning and barricading?
If data is the answer, what are the African questions?
Having learnt from years of extolling “technological revolution,” isn’t it time we ask the right question(s) about data in Africa?
The Economic Fighters League is reigniting Ghana’s anti-colonial legacy
As Ghana moves forward with a US military agreement, one group seeks to challenge the country's political direction.
Another socialist party in Zambia
In the unpredictable game of Zambian presidential politics, will the new Socialist Party win a chance to prove that it is different?
Winnie Mandela and the people’s doctor
The murder of Abu Asvat has clouded Winnie Mandela's legacy. Their deep friendship symbolized what could have been in the struggle for freedom.
You strike a woman, you strike a rock
What is it like to be a woman leader in South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters?