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U.S. State Department reports Significant human rights issues perpetra...

March 25, 2023 no comments

The United States Government of president Joe Biden has raised an alarming concern over what it described as Significant human rights issues including credible reports of unlawful or arbitrary killin...

Germany’s new migration policy could take away vital talent from sever...

March 6, 2023 no comments

This form of skilled labour migration should be rethought. Getty Images Aly Tandian, Université Gaston Berger Germany has announced a project for migrant centres in five African countries which would...

Bola Ahmed Tinubu: The kingmaker is now Nigeria’s <span class="nobr">p...

March 1, 2023 no comments

Michele Spatari / AFP via Getty Images Olayinka Oyegbile, Trinity University, Lagos Bola Ahmed Tinubu, of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Nigeria, has been declared winner of the country’s ke...

Nigerian elections: 5 major challenges facing the country’s next presi...

February 6, 2023 no comments

Nigeria’s next President must unite Nigerians across party, religious and ethnic faultlines. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images Al Chukwuma Okoli, Federal University Lafia Nigerians will soon dete...

Who invented jollof rice? Senegal beats Ghana and Nigeria to the title...

January 29, 2023 no comments

Jollof rice (called Ceebu jën in Senegal according to the Wolof spelling). Photo Getty Images. Ceef Fatima Fall Niang, Université Gaston Berger The authorship – and therefore origins – of jollof rice...

Netanyahu on track to win in Israeli election – but there are many cha...

November 7, 2022 no comments

Abir Sultan/EPA/AAP Ran Porat, Monash University More than 71% of Israel’s 6.5 million eligible voters, a 20-year high, cast their votes in Israel’s November 1 elections. This is the fifth Israeli el...

Africa in space: continent has a lot to gain, but proper plans must be...

November 2, 2022 no comments

iStock / Getty Images Plus Etim Offiong, Obafemi Awolowo University Every year in October nearly 100 countries organise activities to mark World Space Week. The theme this year is space and sustainab...

‘Restitution’ of looted African art just continues colonial policies &...

October 14, 2022 no comments

An artefact is returned to the king of Benin in Nigeria. Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images Fazil Moradi, University of Johannesburg The violence of the past is far from over. But it is disguised in ...

Uhuru Kenyatta and Kenya’s media: a bitter-sweet affair that didn’t en...

August 23, 2022 no comments

Kenya’s journalists have had a tumultuous relationship with Uhuru Kenyatta’s government. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images Michael Ndonye, Kabarak University President Uhuru Kenyatta’s regime came int...

How Kenya’s degree requirement for top political posts turned into a f...

June 24, 2022 no comments

Simon Maina/AFP/GettyImages Maina wa Mutonya, National School of Anthropology and History The rush for academic credentials is nothing new ahead of a Kenyan election. Candidates are challenged about ...