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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...

19 Sep 2021 1 minute read

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The disappearing Senegalese sardines

Hazel Healy sheds light on a deeply dysfunctional food chain.

Eritrean refugees gathered at an UNHCR registration facility in Ende Baguna, Ethiopia. Credit: Sven Torfinn/Panos

20 Sep 2021 8 minute read

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Eritrea: how did we get here?

A one-party political system, mass disappearances and a total ban on non-state media – Alex Jackson of...

10 Aug 2021 12 minute read

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A taste of hope

With herders under threat from global heating in Somaliland, the government has hatched a plan to move millions to the coast...

8 Aug 2021 2 minute read

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Introducing...Samia Suluhu Hassan

Richard Swift on East Africa’s first woman president, a Zanzibar-based organizer promising to protect...

27 Jul 2021 4 minute read

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Zuma is still clinging to power, citizens are paying the price

South Africa’s recent uprisings have revealed how much of a tinderbox the country is, argues Glen Retief....

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13 Jul 2021 3 minute read

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Hall of infamy: Yoweri Museveni

Ugandan autocrat Yoweri Museveni digs his heels in yet again.

29 Jun 2021 3 minute read

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When will Chad be free – of France?

France’s involvement in Chad makes a mockery of independence, argues Nanjala Nyabola.

Colour-co-ordinated laundry hanging out to dry in the background, children play in the parking lot of Cissie Gool House, an unused government hospital in the Woodstock neighbourhood, occupied by 700 evictees from the area since 2017.LERATO MADUN

22 Jun 2021 6 minute read

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Fighting dispossession

Citizens’ groups are resisting gentrification, evictions and housing inequality in urban South Africa in a variety of...

Zambia’s Spiced Tilapia Stew Credit: Alexander Mychko / Alamy Stock Photo

10 Jun 2021 3 minute read

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Zambia’s meal-finishers

Audrey Simango reports on the phenomena of young men taking over abandoned meals.

20 Jan 2021 4 minute read

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Country profile: Namibia

Last profiled in 1991, Namibia’s now younger electorate is calling for jobs and land justice amid a Covid-19-induced...

Uganda: ‘Let them own their country’

27 Dec 2020 2 minute read

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‘Let them own their country’

Liam Taylor on the popstar politician taking on a ‘horrifying’ election battle in Uganda.

23 Dec 2020 5 minute read

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Explosive mix

As big international players eye up Mozambique’s natural gas reserves, a storm of conflict brews for local communities. ...

8 Dec 2020 2 minute read

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The assault on journalists is an assault on democracy

Chin’ono’s crime was using Twitter to criticize Zimbabwe’s government, writes Nanjala Nyabola.

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