On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, professionals in the sector note a deterioration in the working conditions of journalists, particularly in West African countries, and not only those experiencing a security crisis.  ..read more

If there is one area in which African states still have a lot of work to do after 60 years of independence, it is health care, where they lag far behind the rest of the world. For example, a country like Senegal has only 0.88 doctors per 10,000 inhabitants, whereas the global average is 1.5 doctors for a population one-tenth the size ..read more

Over the weekend, US-Saudi mediated talks took place in the city of Jeddah to find a way to stop the war from escalating in Sudan. The initiative, which began on 6 May, may have been founded on good intentions, but is riddled with deficiencies and defects that render it absurd ..read more

Both KCB Group and Equity Group Holdings have ramped up their pan-African ambitions with DRC being the latest addition into both banks’ geographical ..read more

The contracts that Africa concludes in the coming months could impact its entire century ..read more

Many are wondering whether French President Emmanuel Macron’s entanglement in the Sahel is analogous to the troubles that foreign powers have faced in Afghanistan. The Wagner Group (and Russia) will likely determine the answer ..read more

On 26 April, the world's largest rhino owner auctioned off his South African farm to protect the species ..read more

Africa is undergoing a swell of attacks on gay and non-binary people, often instigated by religious and political leaders. Some of these figures are prominent presidents and preachers, but others are less well known because they promote homophobia from abroad, including right-wing evangelical figures from the US ..read more

According to Jean-Bernard Padaré, minister of state and adviser to the presidency of Chad, the transition is making progress, but it will not be a smooth process. This is why President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno is maintaining an extended hand to Chadians who were absent from the Doha and N'Djamena meetings ..read more

Today it seems like a truism to say that weaknesses in African governance have their roots in colonialism, rather than deficient national political cultures. The idea was much less widely accepted in the 1990s. The change in assumptions is testament to the scale of the impact of the work of Ugandan political theorist Mahmood Mamdani, including among many who have never read anything by him ..read more