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13 May 2023 3 minute read
As Uganda passes its anti-gay law, Rosebell Kagumire decries the way faltering governments make scapegoats of...
21 May 2023 4 minute read
Senegalese singer-songwriter Baaba Maal speaks to Graeme Green about music making a difference.
21 Mar 2023 3 minute read
A court case shows the continent’s demand for social media companies to be accountable for their impact offline, columnist...
16 Feb 2023 1 minute read
Naomi Fowler of Taxcast investigates the making of a tax haven that's been hurting Indians and Africans for...
21 Dec 2022 8 minute read
Debt crises are back with a vengeance as the dollar goes from strength to strength and interest rates rise. As the...
12 Jun 2022 2 minute read
The activists of the Arab Spring have faced a devastating backlash. We must support them, writes Nanjala Nyabola...
19 Oct 2022 6 minute read
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
Starting from humble DIY beginnings, Nigerian special effects posse The Critics are making waves. By Subi Shah...
29 Aug 2022 5 minute read
Joana Ramiro summarizes the Southern African nation’s recent history of ‘European encroachment and African...
10 Jul 2022 5 minute read
Senegalese development economist Ndongo Samba Sylla speaks to Hazel Healy about why he thinks ‘neo-...
14 Jun 2022 7 minute read
Transnational oil companies are looking to leave the Niger Delta without cleaning up their mess. Ken Henshaw...
6 Jun 2022 5 minute read
Russia’s invasion has triggered cost rises and staple shortages. Ugochi Anyaka-Oluigbo examines the crisis...
30 Jun 2022 5 minute read
Almost half of Nigerians want to move abroad in the next five years, Nosmot Gbadamosi writes, and the...
4 Apr 2021 7 minute read
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Taken during a violent British raid, the Benin bronzes have sat in Western museums and private collections for over a...
7 Jan 2022 3 minute read
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Mamady Doumbouya, the latest snout at Guinea’s trough.
15 Dec 2021 1 minute read
An intimate 7-minute video portrait shares a stonecutter’s family struggling with hunger in Sierra Leone.
