Germany’s crimes
Will Germany recognize its brutal, colonial history and how it will mark or memorialize that violent period.
Politics
When is a coup a coup?
The African Union has made it a policy to challenge unconstitutional transitions of power. Why not in Zimbabwe?
Cape Town’s exceptionalism
Cape Town has always been like other African cities in how it treats its poorer, black, residents. The water crisis just amplifies these divides.
Doing the Ramaphosa Shuffle
South Africa's President carries much hope. But fundamental change requires he radically restructures the state and the economy.
After Morgan Tsvangirai — the future for opposition politics in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's splintered opposition appears poised to be out-maneuvered by the ruling ZANU-PF in elections later this year.
Searching for white genocide in South Africa
The plight of white South Africans has clearly become the flavor of the month on the far-right.
The war on smugglers
Nigerian Twitter: “If you want to help Libya slaves/immigrants, don't bring them back home. Help them reach their destination in Europe"
The ghosts of Adwa
The Ethiopia inscribed with anti-colonial meanings after its victory over European colonialism in 1896 was a colonizing state itself.
South Africa’s Transition from Zuma to Ramaphosa
Jacob Zuma's nearly decade long regime competed with Thabo Mbeki as the worst presidency of South Africa's short post-apartheid order.
The strange history of an imperial skirmish in Niger
There is a collective national ignorance that surrounds the United States' vast military presence in Africa.
What we know about Trump’s policy aims in Africa
The most senior African official in the US State Department gives a peak what Trump thinks of Africa.
Deliver us from cholera
Recent Zambian governments and in particular the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) have a history of reaching out to Christianity to manage crises.
The Deportation Deal
Paul Kagame and Benjamin Netanyahu are enablers of each other’s worst behavior, whether providing cover for each other's domestic policies or how Israel treats African migrants and refugees.
AC Milan’s Moroccan problem
AC Milan, who wants to build an academy in occupied Western Sahara, is not alone in legitimizing Morocco’s occupation.
How did Fulani herdsmen become such bogeymen in Nigeria?
What is missing in this conversation is the question as to why and how a pastoralist community suddenly becomes a roving insurgency across the country.
The Lame Duck President
Reflecting upon the Jacob Zuma tenure at the head of South Africa and the prospects of a Cyril Ramaphosa presidency.
The New South Africa’s original ’State Capture’
The elite compromise of the early 1990s emphatically excluded the possibility of a comprehensive redistribution policy.
Davos Blues
Through poor judgement, poor oversight, and negligence the IFC, the private investment arm of the World Bank, too often appears to be doing more harm than good.
Asante Sana: The soundtrack to revolution
The writer, a student in New York City, on the emotional experience of living the Zimbabwe #NotCoup in real time online and away from home.
George Weah’s biggest goal
Weah is poised to become Liberia's next president. What will a Weah administration look like, and how will he govern?