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Kenya’s police still kill with impunity – what needs to be done to stop them
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On the Kenyan economy under William Ruto’s presidency
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Samia Suluhu’s discomfiting revelation: Gender alone does not inoculate one from dictatorship and demagoguery
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How should development practice (and institutions) approach the coming reforms in the aid sector?
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Remembering an African icon Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o — 10 quotes Part 2
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Remembering an African literary icon Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o —10 quotes: Part 1
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Africa Liberation Week 2025: Africans Rising to host over 850 Actions
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The Climate Movement must do more organizing than mobilizing
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Reform or retreat? The Catholic church in Africa after Pope Francis
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America’s tariff wars present no upside opportunities for African economies
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Straight talk on African elites’ complacency: the case of Kenya
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In search of African inspiration? Aliko Dangote more than inspires
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African rugby boss Herbert Mensah lauds Boks’ global dominance
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Opinion — Pan-Africanist and global development expert Brian Kagoro reiterates longstanding opposition to ZIDERA
Andrew Chatora is an award-winning Zimbabwean author and noted exponent of the African diaspora novel.
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Vazhure’s Weeping Tomato: An Intrepid Tale of Interconnected Binary Opposites – A Review by Andrew Chatora
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Jack Dorsey returns for the third edition of the Africa Bitcoin Conference 2024
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Jack Dorsey Returns For ABC 2024
Borderless Africa: Free movement in Africa is a step towards complete decolonisation
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Africans Rising Calls for the Abolition of Colonial Borders and Demands Free Movement Across Africa

A person reading the bible
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What does the Bible say about homosexuality? For starters, Jesus wasn’t a homophobe
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Being queer in Africa: the state of LGBTIQ+ rights across the continent
The annual gay pride parade in Entebbe, Uganda, in 2014.
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US talks sanctions against Uganda after a harsh anti-gay law – but criminalizing same-sex activities has become a political tactic globally
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W.E.B. Du Bois, Black History Month and the importance of African American studies
LGBTQ+ rights: African Union watchdog goes back on its own word
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LGBTQ+ rights: African Union watchdog goes back on its own word
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Saudi Arabia is a modern slave hub and graveyard for African migrant workers
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Africans Rising concludes reconstitution of governance structure – New Coordinating Collective takes office
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Paul Kagame could be president of Rwanda until 2035 – what’s behind his staying power
Ghetto Kids: what’s behind the moves of the Ugandan dance troupe that stormed the world
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Ghetto Kids: what’s behind the moves of the Ugandan dance troupe that stormed the world
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“Les Sapeurs”, Black Dandyism and the genesis of gender fluid African fashion
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Life or Debt: The Stranglehold of Neocolonialism and Africa’s Search for Alternatives
Zimbabwean writer Andrew Chatora awarded for land-themed novel in New York
Arts, Culture and Sport1 year ago

Zimbabwean writer Andrew Chatora awarded for land-themed novel in New York
Cartoon | UK High Court upholds a controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda
Politics and Society3 years ago

Cartoon | UK High Court upholds a controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda
Borderless Africa: Free movement in Africa is a step towards complete decolonisation
Politics and Society2 years ago

Borderless Africa: Free movement in Africa is a step towards complete decolonisation
A Ugandan soldier of 341 Battalion serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) holds a rocket-propelled grenade at sunrise 30 April 2012.
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Africans Rising statement on Niger coup
Joe Biden is meeting African leaders - why free trade is a major talking point
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Joe Biden is meeting African leaders – why free trade is a major talking point
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“Unapologetic about the youth revolution,” — in conversation with Youth4Parliament’s Mary Mwaba
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In conversation with indefatigable Nigerian human rights defender — Abdulahi Bilah
Policeman Shane Naidoo, left, leads Thabo Bester from holding cells in Durban.
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Thabo Bester’s escape from a privately-run South African prison raises questions about corruption
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