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Macron’s recent visits to Africa tell a story in which France is doing penance for its colonial crimes while trying to maintain influence gained through colonialism.
Rules to regulate the free movement of people in the ECOWAS countries must be adapted to local realities.
Twitter users’ responses suggest that southern Yahoo boys are more criminalised by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission than their northern counterparts. We explain why.
South Africa’s foreign policy is supposed to be guided by the principle of ubuntu (humanness), so a visit to an aggressor is hard to explain.
The relationship between the state and media soured just months into the Kenyatta regime.
Ethiopia’s direct engagement with Somalia’s regional governments will likely weaken the prospects of restoring a functioning Somali state.
Rather than ban motorcycles, the Nigerian government must intensify its military campaigns and address socioeconomic causes of insecurity.
Media houses fined recently by Nigeria’s Broadcasting Commission for documentaries on terrorism should approach the courts for redress.
The commitment of African leaders remains the greatest obstacle to African renaissance and development. Consultation with citizens is also called for.
The centrality of religion as a governing principle is cause for concern given the reversals of women’s rights seen globally.
Ghana’s maritime economy faces significant challenges in becoming viable.
It’s unclear what practical purpose the drafters of South Africa’s foreign policy document envisaged it serving, and who its intended audience is.
Political interests have informed conservation policies in one of East Africa’s most important water towers, the Mau Forest Complex.
Senegal enters uncharted territory as for the first time in contemporary history, no single coalition won an outright majority in parliament.
Individual beliefs about the past and its relevance to the present strongly influenced awareness of the Marikana tragedy.
The division within the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, the fact that the race was very close, and turnout was relatively low may increase incentives to challenge the results.
Incidents of terror attack on churches in Nigeria don’t happen in a vacuum. They are driven by jihadism, pastoral conflicts and related criminality.
Nigeria’s next president must take these steps to redeem the country’s endangered national security.
When people fail to exercise their right to vote, it increases the likelihood of political extremism and the pursuit of narrow interests.
Former president Bourguiba’s standing as father of Tunisian feminism has come under scrutiny.
Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia are caught in a conflict in a country that was supposed to provide them refuge.
The AU’s first two decades have largely represented a magical, mystical world of unfulfilled expectations.
The country urgently needs more people who are committed to living decently to undo the systemic humiliation caused by political and economic institutions.
Kenya is not unlike any other country where democratic deepening requires a ‘two-steps forward, one-step back’ outlook.