Returning migrants to The Gambia: the political, social and economic costs
Gambian refugees on a wooden boat. Thousands of Africans make the perilous journey across the Mediterranean each year hoping for…
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West Africa
East Africa
With broken institutions and a reeling opposition, what’s next for Kenya?
An opposition supporter in Nairobi’s Mathare area. Siegfried Modola/Reuters Dominic Burbidge, University of Oxford I remember walking through the rubble…
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Southern Africa
Will Free Expression Equal Terrorism in Zimbabwe?
HARARE, Nov 9 2016 (IPS) – Four years ago, a faceless writer using the nom de guerre Baba Jukwa set…
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Central Africa
Ebola in the DRC: how a global and local response has been mobilised
Nevashan Govender, National Institute for Communicable Diseases The number of confirmed cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
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North Africa
UN chief bypasses Morocco on North Africa trip
United Nations, United States, Feb 26, 2016 (AFP) – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits North Africa next week to draw…
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Latest News
Democracy in peril: Burundi’s referendum will cement Nkurunziza’s grip on power
Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs, Uppsala University; Angela Muvumba Sellström, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (FMSH) – USPC, and Jesper Bjarnesen,…
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Tanzania at 56: echoes of the best and worst of Nyerere under Magufuli
Julius Nyerere (second right), his successor Ali Hassan Mwinyi (right) and Mwinyi’s successor Benjamin Mkapa (left) host South Africa’s Walter…
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Lessons from Zimbabwe – A new kind of Military takeover that’s not a coup
Military leaders in Zimbabwe have introduced a new kind of military intervention that does not literally constitute a coup d’etat. A…
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Angola’s ruling party regains power but faces legitimacy questions
Supporters of Joao Lourenco and the ruling MPLA during an election campaign rally in Luanda. EPA/Manuel de Almeida Claudia Gastrow,…
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How Nigerian ATM fraud victims are swindled
REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye Oludayo Tade, University of Ibadan It has been three years since the Central Bank of Nigeria introduced the…
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Why African families are larger than those of other continents
Finbarr O’Reilly/Reuters Gilles Pison, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN) – Sorbonne Universités In Africa women have 4.5 children on average, while…
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Sierra Leone gets a taste of VINOMARI as the best Italian wines are introduced to the West African State
It is quite difficult to discover the best wine to satisfy your insatiable taste buds, and more so in sub-Saharan Africa where party…
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Why Biko’s Black Consciousness philosophy resonates with youth today
Black students at University of Stellenbosch protest against the institutions’s language policy they say discriminates against them by favouring Afrikaans….
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Does poor spelling really mean Donald Trump isn’t fit to be president?
Philip Seargeant, The Open University In the aftermath of a controversial clash of protests in Boston, Donald Trump sent out…
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Why China’s audacious building plans could be a major strain on African economies
A delicate building balance. Shutterstock Ricardo Reboredo, Trinity College Dublin It has been described by Chinese president Xi Jinping as…
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Primacy of the law has been asserted in Kenya – but the aftermath is unpredictable
Kenya’s Supreme Court President and Chief Justice David Maraga (centre) nullified the presidential election. Reuters/Baz Ratner Justin Willis, Durham University…
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Liberian Female Presidential Candidate Ambassador MacDella Cooper Commits To Foreign Audit If Elected……
For the first time in the history of Liberia, a presidential candidate participating in Liberia’s 2017 general and presidential elections…
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