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Ugandan Social Media Tax: A path to sensible social media use or a threat to freedom of speech?
In a country that blocked Twitter and Facebook on the day of its 2016 general elections, a new tax on social media becomes another stage...
China's Relationship with Zimbabwe: Is it Fair?
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa is seeking to rebuild the country following the November 2017 coup d’état that ousted Robert...
Omar Al-Bashir: A Flawed Military Man
Omar al-Bashir’s presidency has been one plagued by war, turmoil and zeal. His re- nomination for the next presidential election by the...
What's next for Zimbabwe?
Following the announcement of Emmerson Mnangagwa’s victory in the 2018 election, there is very little indication Zimbabwe is becoming a...
Corruption and Coups: Is democracy in Africa doomed to fail?
Africa in 2017 has once again shown that its legacy of coups and corruption is unyielding: the Zimbabwe Coup, the boycotted Kenyan...
A crisis: gendered violence in South Sudan
South Sudan is currently in the midst of the worst refugee crisis Africa has ever seen. With 1.5 million individuals having fled the...
Africa’s lesser known terror nightmare: The story of Al-Shabaab
Photograph: Flickr / AMISOM Public Information Over the past few months, the entire world has been rigidly focused on Syria; the exodus...
Tanzania: Could it be a democratic example for the region?
Photograph: Flickr / Rod Waddington Democracy in Eastern Africa has had a difficult year. In 2015, presidents Paul Kagame, Pierre...
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