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Women sift stones for building material at the abandoned slagheap of the Chinese-owned Luanshya Copper Mine, in Kitwe, Zambia. Credit: Joerg Boethling/Alamy

21 Dec 2022 8 minute read

Structural adjustment 2.0

Debt crises are back with a vengeance as the dollar goes from strength to strength and interest rates rise. As the...

Alaa Abd el-Fattah

12 Jun 2022 2 minute read

Free Alaa!

The activists of the Arab Spring have faced a devastating backlash. We must support them, writes Nanjala Nyabola...

Nigerians gather for the Abeokuta Prayer walk on 17 October 2020, mobilizing against police brutality and corrupt governance. Credit: Asokeretope

19 Oct 2022 6 minute read

#EndSARS: Remembering a massacre

Two years on from the Lekki toll gate shooting, Obiora Ikoku, reflects on the legacy of Nigeria’s youth-led movement against...

17 Oct 2022 3 minute read

Spotlight: The Critics

Starting from humble DIY beginnings, Nigerian special effects posse The Critics are making waves. By Subi Shah...

The black rocks of Pungo Andongo in the north of Angola

29 Aug 2022 5 minute read

Country profile: Angola

Joana Ramiro summarizes the Southern African nation’s recent history of ‘European encroachment and African...

NDONGO SAMBA SYLLA

10 Jul 2022 5 minute read

The interview: Ndongo Samba Sylla

Senegalese development economist Ndongo Samba Sylla speaks to Hazel Healy about why he thinks ‘neo-...

14 Jun 2022 7 minute read

Cut and run

Transnational oil companies are looking to leave the Niger Delta without cleaning up their mess. Ken Henshaw...

6 Jun 2022 5 minute read

The war in Ukraine has hit Africa’s food security

Russia’s invasion has triggered cost rises and staple shortages. Ugochi Anyaka-Oluigbo examines the crisis...

Swapsies: Nigerian artist Lukas Osarobo-Okoro, photographed outside the British Museum in London. Osarobo-Okoro and the Ahiamwen Guild of Benin have offered to donate new artworks to the institution. DYLAN MARTINEZ/ALAMY

4 Apr 2021 7 minute read

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Stolen treasures

Taken during a violent British raid, the Benin bronzes have sat in Western museums and private collections for over a...

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7 Jan 2022 3 minute read

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Hall of infamy: Mamady Doumbouya

Mamady Doumbouya, the latest snout at Guinea’s trough.

15 Dec 2021 1 minute read

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VIDEO: ‘It’s a battle to survive’

An intimate 7-minute video portrait shares a stonecutter’s family struggling with hunger in Sierra Leone.

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14 Dec 2021 5 minute read

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Saving the Wild Coast from Big Oil

Mike Loewe reports from South Africa on the community fighting to stop Shell from exploration along its...

1 Dec 2021 4 minute read

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Tunisia: at a glance

A decade on from the revolution, and after a succession of chaotic governments, is democracy teetering in Tunisia, asks...

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24 Nov 2021 3 minute read

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Spotlight: DJ Switch

DJ Switch, a 13-year-old campaigner for children’s rights and all-round powerhouse, talks with Subi...

Credit: Pascal Maitre/Panos Between Lokutu & Lukumete, rainforest grows beside the River Congo, dwarving a pirogue sailing near the bank.

8 Nov 2021 4 minute read

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The COP26 deforestation pledge alone won’t save the Congo Basin

The recent anti-deforestation pledge at the UN climate talks is a welcome announcement, but to protect the ‘lungs of Africa...

Supporters of the ruling military junta, the CNRD, stand in front of their headquarters the day after the 2021 coup d'état in Guinea. Credit: Aboubacarkhoraa/WikiCommons

11 Oct 2021 3 minute read

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1980s throw-back

Multiple coups, a global virus and democracy on the ropes in many parts of the world. Nanjala Nyabola asks...

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