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12 May 2019 7 minute read

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A botched decolonization: inside Cameroon’s civil war

In Cameroon, civil war is brewing along linguistic lines. Lorraine Mallinder reports on the repressive...

16 Apr 2019 7 minute read

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The global coffee trade’s role in the Rwandan Genocide

Twenty-five years after the ‘fastest and most efficient murder campaign of the twentieth century’, Katie McQue...

15 Apr 2019 6 minute read

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The promise of a ‘New International Economic Order’

What has become of the ‘Third World’? Featuring Vijay Prashad and Thomas Sankara.

15 Apr 2018 2 minute read

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Manafort’s history of violence in Africa

For Nanjala Nyabola, the sentencing of Trump’s campaign chair tells us a lot about the West’s relationship to...

11 Apr 2019 1 minute read

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Sudan: The protests behind the fall of al-Bashir

As thousands of Sudanese defy an army curfew and continue their sit-in, we take a look at how the protests came about....

13 Mar 2019 3 minute read

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Red rice, decolonized

Nanjala Nyabola comments on the fluctuating, and often unaffordable, cost of local staples in Madagascar....

11 Mar 2019 4 minute read

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‘Little Africa’ in China

Guangzhou is home to Asia’s largest African migrant population, who come to China chasing business opportunities, reputable...

28 Feb 2019 4 minute read

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Apathy reigns supreme in Nigeria’s fledgling democracy

Marred with delays and disillusioned voters, Chitra Nagarajan weighs up the results of Nigeria’s...

26 Feb 2019 5 minute read

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Chagossians urge caution over UN legal win

The United Nations International Court of Justice has ruled that Britain should hand the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius....

18 Feb 2019 4 minute read

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Nigerian hopes for democracy on hold

Many Nigerians saw the 2019 elections as another step toward better governance. For now, they wait in uncertainty. ...

5 Feb 2019 4 minute read

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Was Mugabe better?

In Zimbabwe, a deteriorating economic situation, coupled with renewed repression, is tempting ordinary citizens to think...

23 Jan 2019 3 minute read

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View from Africa: Cameroon

Here today, here tomorrow - Nanjala Nyabola questions Cameroon's never-ending presidential terms.

7 Jan 2019 7 minute read

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Winners and losers

Vanessa Baird analyses how the Global South is affected by the current trade turmoil – and old patterns of...

17 Dec 2018 6 minute read

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Should the West stop giving aid to Africa?

Is aid just an extension of colonial economics? Or a lifeline for imperfect but necessary support systems?...

In Nigeria pressure on natural resources driven by climate stress, alongside government. The link must be broken with Religion and climate change

18 Dec 2018 3 minute read

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Don’t privatize forests, educate the people

In rural Nigeria, religious leaders think sinful behaviour is to blame for climate change, writes Adesuwa Ero....

6 Nov 2018 1 minute read

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The rise and fall of Patrice Lumumba

The tragic, heroic story of Congo’s first prime minister. By ILYA.

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