Kenya’s new president needs to forge closer ties with regional heavyweights to create a balance of power that favours his country.
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African media also emphasise the west as superior and Africa as inferior.
Kenya has not carried out the death penalty since 1987, but executions could resume while the law remains on the books.
West African governments need to be clearer about the similarities and differences of violent extremist groups.
Kenya’s election winner has fired the first shot in a war of attrition against legacy media.
Millions of Somalis are in urgent need of aid. But not enough is being done to reach marginalised groups.
The 2024 presidential election is shaping up to give Senegalese a significant and competitive election, leaving voters in the driver’s seat.
Both presidents are committed democrats operating in hostile environments. They are also committed to forging mutually beneficial ties.
Since the Brexit referendum in 2016, Africa has slipped from its precarious but tangible place in UK political discourse.
Former South African president Zuma is trying to turn the contestation of a court hearing into an all-out war and chill those who pursue justice against him.
Mega infrastructure projects entrench existing inequalities when they ignore the economic realities of vulnerable groups.
It’s in Britain’s interests to help the African continent reach its potential.
Ramaphosa’s presidency has been dogged by several controversies related to his business interests.
Colombia is an important South American regional hub and potentially important trade partner for Africa.
Odinga’s legal petitions have entrenched the rule of law and and deepened democracy in Kenya.
The 2022 election proved that the country’s situation and its people have changed since the violence that marred past elections.
There’s a lot of information on social media that would support legal proceedings, but courts have yet to harness this.
The global realignment triggered by the end of the Cold War and Gorbachev’s reforms ushered in a period of transition on the African continent.
In Africa, French will only continue to embed itself - if speaking it is in the interests of Africans and not attached to French foreign policy interests.
A prolonged economic recession triggered by falling oil prices and worsened by the COVID pandemic has deeply affected the everyday lives of Angolans.
External changes, including the end of the Cold War, helped lead to the ending of apartheid. Gorbachev played a major role in that process.
To his credit, former South African president Thabo Mbeki set up anti-corruption institutions that survived his own efforts to erode them.
In Kenya’s parliamentary system, lack of a clear party majority makes it hard for a president to deliver on election promises.
Almost 30 years into democracy, South Africa still hasn’t ensured the jobs of senior public servants are not tied to the tenure of government ministers.
The loss of a two-thirds majority in parliament would be seen as a significant defeat for the MPLA.