• Grégory Pierrot

You want to troll French fascists? Tell them the truth: the most French man in the world right now is a black kid called Kylian Mbappé.

• Titilope F. Ajayi

Would white women in the US have supported #MeToo in the same way if it had been started by women elsewhere in the world?

• Jessica Moody

What are the fates of ex combatants from Cote d’Ivoire’s 2002-2011 civil war and would they go back to fighting?

• Elaine Unterhalter
• Jibrin Ibrahim
• Lynsey Robinson

Nigeria is a fresh target of Bridge International, a global chain, whose schools have been shut down in Kenya and Uganda for violating their national laws.

• Grégory Pierrot

When Germany played Brazil in the 2002 World Cup final, who would French fans in Paris root for?

• Vik Sohonie

Most national teams have 12 starting players — 11 on the field, and their fans in the stands. Brazil’s has a 13th player: Haitains.

• Shobana Shankar

Boko Haram capitalized on the problems women face in Northern Nigeria to attract some willingly, while violently forcing others into bondage.

• Clovis Bergère

What if “fake” as a mode of operating on social media held the key to unlocking democratic debate, as the practice would suggest in Africa?

• Rafael Cazarin

Nearly nine in 10 people in sub-Saharan Africa declare religion as a very important to them. To tackle sexual and gender violence would involve engaging with that fact.

• Rory Pilossof

At this early stage, there is little to suggest that South Africa will follow the same path as Zimbabwe.

• Grégory Pierrot

If the French now have regular, public discussions about race, we have to thank black members of its men's national football team.

• Ndeye Debo Seck

Ndeye Debo Seck has lost interest in local club football in Senegal. It has a lot to do with how the local game is administered.

• Suren Pillay

Where do these debates about the place of coloureds and Indians in South Africa come from?

• Norbert Odero

A Kenyan football fan reflects on a lifetime of World Cup finals.

• Ndongo Samba Sylla

For France's former colonies in Africa to enjoy true independence, they need to control over their own money and budgets.

• Ndeye Debo Seck

Football in Senegal is magic. That the team has qualified for their second World Cup, heightens the joy.

• John Aerni-Flessner

What will the renewed land debate in South Africa mean for the border woes of neighbors such as Lesotho?

• Kangsen Feka Wakai

Paul Biya's inability to address the crisis in the country's Anglophone region is pushing the nation to the brink.

• Benjamin N. Lawrance

Has migration policy reckoned with epidemics like Ebola?

• Kemi Falodun

A reflection on police brutality in Nigeria on the anniversary of the death of the 'Apo Six.'