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The silence that dictatorship taught us
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Kenya’s Constitution under siege: A decade of efforts to centralise power
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How should development practice (and institutions) approach the coming reforms in the aid sector?
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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
Pope Francis died on 25 April 2025. Flickr
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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

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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
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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
Scholar-activist W.E.B. DuBois in 1946.
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W.E.B. Du Bois, Black History Month and the importance of African American studies
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LGBTQ+ rights: African Union watchdog goes back on its own word
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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
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“Les Sapeurs”, Black Dandyism and the genesis of gender fluid African fashion
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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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
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Zimbabwean writer Andrew Chatora awarded for land-themed novel in New York
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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
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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
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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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In the face of autocracy the Togolese Civil League movement pushes for justice, accountability and democracy