Zambia’s peaceful polling day has given way to a far more precarious test: a nationwide suspension of vote counting, competing...
The award showcases how Bitcoin is contributing to the greater good, from promoting financial autonomy to uplifting entire communities across...
Hassan, like Magufuli before her, has taken office without her own political base and will also have to contend with revived factional manoeuvring.
A prolonged blockage of the Suez Canal threatened to choke the world economy, with significant impacts for Africa.
Based on the lockdown experiences of the Phiri family, mourning the loss of a loved one during the pandemic, episode two focusses on dispelling some rampant...
Hassan may prove the right sort of politician to usher in a new era of bipartisan politics, less populist and authoritarian and more collegial.
Memory Chirere, a writer and literature lecturer with the University of Zimbabwe previews Diaspora Dreams, Andrew Chatora’s debut novel. It’s not the usual tale about a...
The legitimacy of SWAPO, the former liberation movement that has governed since 1990, has been eroded amid growing corruption and a deepening economic crisis.
As part of our storytelling project, this tripartite video animation series captures the various ways in which the pandemic has had disproportionate economic impact on the...
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been described as compassionate, rational and calm – attributes that are a far departure from her former boss.
Kenyan writer Richard Oduor Oduku reflects on Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli’s complex leadership record and chequered legacy.
The president leaves behind a legacy of extremes, on the one hand, a leader who wanted to create a better country for his people, and on...
