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Why the international community must stop legitimising despots in Africa

Africa cannot afford to continue with the authoritarian, dictatorial and despotic forms of governance that are predominant on the continent.

February 8, 2021February 22, 2021
Arts, Culture, Music & Film/Opinion

Zimbabwe’s Tsitsi Dangarembga: I wrote Nervous Conditions as a fugitive from what my life had become

Nervous Conditions is a novel about yearning and wanting, about black girls – in this case Zimbabwean girls – desiring better for

March 29, 2021March 29, 2021
Opinion/Science & Tech

African reflections on the landing of the NASA Perseverance Mars Rover robot

By Professor Arthur G.O. Mutambara The US NASA Perseverance Rover safely landed on Mars on 18 February 2021 after a 470.7 million-kilometre-journey

February 25, 2021February 25, 2021
Analysis/Health & Medicine/Opinion

Time to redefine global health

By Fifa Rahman, Felicita Hikuam, Nyasha Chingore-Munazvo, and Gisa Dang* The COVID-19 pandemic is a bleak reminder of the enduring inequity in

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021
Health & Medicine/Opinion

The COVID-19 vaccine debate and the trap of arguing on behalf of global rivals

Linking Africa and African history to its contemporary placement in international relations is now rarely done, not least in Zimbabwe’s case with

February 19, 2021February 19, 2021
Analysis/Opinion

Why being endowed with oil is not always a boon: the case of Nigeria and Angola

By Ross Harvey In countries with weak governance institutions, natural resource wealth tends to be a curse instead of a blessing. Where

February 18, 2021February 18, 2021
Opinion/Politics & Society

Slow progress for West Africa’s latest counter-terrorism plan

By Sampson Kwarkye More than a year after adopting an action plan to ‘eradicate’ terrorism in West Africa, the Economic Community of

February 18, 2021February 18, 2021
Analysis/Opinion

Mozambique: The time to prepare for the next cyclone is now

The aftermath of Cyclone Eloise, which hit Mozambique on 23 January, was not as severe as that of the 2019 Cyclone Idai,

February 11, 2021
Opinion/Politics & Society

Why the international community must stop legitimising despots in Africa

Africa cannot afford to continue with the authoritarian, dictatorial and despotic forms of governance that are predominant on the continent.

February 8, 2021February 22, 2021
Leadership & Governance/Opinion/Politics & Society

UK Minister for Africa: Our sanctions on Zimbabwe are a push for reforms

By James Duddridge Two years ago saw a dark period for Zimbabweans. Over a two-week period in January 2019, 81 people were

February 4, 2021February 4, 2021
Health & Medicine/Opinion/Science & Tech

COVID-19 agency: What Africa and its Diaspora should do and how

By Professor Arthur Mutambara Clearly, it is not sufficient to merely articulate the lack of collective agency facing the African continent and

February 2, 2021February 2, 2021
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