Macron in The Kenya
Emmanuel Macron has visited Africa more than any French president in history. According to a former advisor, he returns from his trips “reinvigorated” by what he once called “this battered continent”.
African Multilateralism from a Vision to a Reality: Lessons from the Most Hostile Continent on Earth
For twenty years I have worked strengthening African governance and multilateral institutions.
The miners’ anger
In media reports and public discourses on cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), artisanal miners are often portrayed as violent criminals or illegal invaders of industrial concessions.
Walking through the ruins of French Cameroon
A new documentary revisits how Mongo Beti used literature and political writing to confront the suppressed history of French colonial violence in Cameroon.
South Africa’s double defeat – smoking up, vaping unchecked
The industry has learnt to reinvent and repackage its products to hook the young
Editorial – The South African Communist Party
This journal was founded during a period when the socialist transformation of newly independent countries of Africa and Asia was on the agenda and the existence of the communist party-led socialist state of Cuba was a reality in Latin America.
Anticolonialism in the age of fragmentation
The violence unfolding in Mali reflects a deeper political impasse: how to sustain popular aspirations for emancipation without collapsing into military authoritarianism.
The going away of silence: A tribute to Ngugi
One year after his passing, how should we remember Ngugi? 1. The early years At first, it was just enough to write. Because the silence had gone on for too long.
What’s So Bad about Gerrymandering (and What the Heck Is It)?
Political maps are “gerrymandered” if they increase one party’s advantage or provide “incumbent protection. ” And the boundary lines look strange. Greg Guma (https://substack.com/@mavmedia) Most people know that more than 50 Texas Democratic lawmakers recently relocated
Court puts municipality in its place
Other local government had better take note because the precedent has been set: as tempting as it might be, property owners are not an inexhaustible revenue sou
Ebola: Short-term panic, long-term neglect
The current Ebola outbreak reported in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is the 17th since the disease was first identified 50 years ago.
Policies must constantly evolve lest they become stultified
When you understand why we have policies, it’s a lot easier to see the intrinsic tension between those who swear by them and those who curse their very existence.
Inside the Vatican: Praying with Our FeetA Personal Account of African Reparatory Justice
By Kim Poole | Founder, Teaching Artist Institute When I stepped through the gates of the Pontifical Urbaniana University this past May, I carried more doubt than certainty in my bag. For three days, during
Cameroon's $300-million gold drain
African countries lose about $90-billion a year to illicit financial flows. These are “mostly linked to trade misinvoicing in extractive commodities, half of them in gold”, according to the Mo Ibrahim Foundation.
Preventing stunting — lessons from a Western Cape maternal health pilot
Stunting in children remains an invisible crisis in SA, but a new pilot is offering a holistic approach that supports both mother and child. Mireille Wenger is the Western Cape minister of health and wellness.
New data proves it: Public employment is essential to providing work for the young
If there was ever any doubt, it is now clear. Public employment makes a measurable difference to our national job statistics. Kate Philip is the Programme Lead for the Presidential Employment Stimulus.
The 1958 All-African People’s Conference Explained through the Zone Analysis Theory By Dr. Gnaka Lagoke
Introduction Pan-Africanism is one area that African academics have shied away from for some time now. For this reason, faculty and students, across the continent, have little understanding of what it really means, and especially,
Who's afraid of Michael Jackson?
The new Michael Jackson biopic turns a politically conscious Black artist into a raceless fantasy figure, erasing the civil rights struggles, global solidarities, and histories that shaped him.
The death of KOKO Networks: a post-mortem of a biofuel startup and the rise of carbon economies in Africa
What does the much-publicised rise and sudden death of a firm that boasted friends in Silicon Valley and Washington DC tell us about the climate crisis, structural underdevelopment in Africa and the frugal innovations designed to mitigate it?