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The Converse Shock | How Disaster Capitalism Has Bankrupted the American War Machine

As articulated in Part 1, Naomi Klein mapped how power exploits crisis. The 2026 War on Iran reveals the mirror...

The Shock Doctrine Live in the Gulf

Zimbabwean Writer Andrew Chatora launches London literary imprint Friesian Publishing

Mark Carney and the new power calculation, where does Africa stand?

Winky D is being targeted by police in Zimbabwe – why the music star’s voice is so important

In his music, he positions himself within the people’s struggles and identifies with them.

Andrew Chatora’s debut novella Diaspora Dreams stares back at the White gaze

Nigerian icon Fela is long overdue for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Lessons from the past: protecting women and girls from violence during COVID-19

The ideological faultlines of vaccine procurement

Episode 3: Patimire (Where we stand)

In Magufuli’s shadow: the stark choices facing Tanzania’s new president

Africa in 2026 The 11 trends/factors that will shape African affairs in 2026

Op-Ed – Borderless Africa: The Reparations Africa Owes Herself

Singapore: To Be or Not To Be, Kenya? The Blueprint We Already Had — And How We Buried It | Part 1

The Accident of Meritocracy: Why the Western Operating System Has Crashed—and the African Software Needed to Reboot Humanity

How African policymakers should prepare for the coming commodity boom

“An Accomplice to Injustice”: Pan-African Voices Blasts AU Commission for “Betraying” Democratic Ideals

Singapore: To Be or Not To Be, Kenya? The Carrot, the Stick, and the Apex Predator | Part 2

The Converse Shock | How Disaster Capitalism Has Bankrupted the American War Machine

The Shock Doctrine Live in the Gulf

Zimbabwean Writer Andrew Chatora launches London literary imprint Friesian Publishing

Mark Carney and the new power calculation, where does Africa stand?

Winky D is being targeted by police in Zimbabwe – why the music star’s voice is so important

Andrew Chatora’s debut novella Diaspora Dreams stares back at the White gaze

Nigerian icon Fela is long overdue for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Lessons from the past: protecting women and girls from violence during COVID-19

The ideological faultlines of vaccine procurement

Episode 3: Patimire (Where we stand)

In Magufuli’s shadow: the stark choices facing Tanzania’s new president

Africa in 2026 The 11 trends/factors that will shape African affairs in 2026

Op-Ed – Borderless Africa: The Reparations Africa Owes Herself

Singapore: To Be or Not To Be, Kenya? The Blueprint We Already Had — And How We Buried It | Part 1

The Accident of Meritocracy: Why the Western Operating System Has Crashed—and the African Software Needed to Reboot Humanity

How African policymakers should prepare for the coming commodity boom

“An Accomplice to Injustice”: Pan-African Voices Blasts AU Commission for “Betraying” Democratic Ideals

Singapore: To Be or Not To Be, Kenya? The Carrot, the Stick, and the Apex Predator | Part 2

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o awarded 2019 Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize

Kenyan High Court rejects a petition to decriminalise LGBTIQ laws

Connecting with centuries-old stories about women’s painful struggles

Obituary: Binyavanga Wainaina

Nigeria could be banned for failure to refund the International Association of Athletics Federation an amount of US$135 000

Caster Semenya: the legal and ethical issues that should concern us all

Pan-African jurisprudence is needed for the liberation of Africa

South Africa: Woman arrested in Sea Point gets job

Pilgrims return to Africa’s oldest synagogue for the Lag BaOmer festival

A woman was taking selfies on a Sea Point bench. She was arrested and locked in a cell overnight

Vazhure’s Weeping Tomato: An Intrepid Tale of Interconnected Binary Opposites – A Review by Andrew Chatora

Jack Dorsey returns for the third edition of the Africa Bitcoin Conference 2024

Opinion — Pan-Africanist and global development expert Brian Kagoro reiterates longstanding opposition to ZIDERA

Israel’s Ideology of Genocide Must Be Confronted and Stopped

Remembering an African literary icon Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o —10 quotes: Part 1

Jack Dorsey Returns For ABC 2024

Building an Utu-Led Nation: A New Path for Kenya

Africans Rising Calls for the Abolition of Colonial Borders and Demands Free Movement Across Africa

Reform or retreat? The Catholic church in Africa after Pope Francis

Zimbabwe’s public historian Pathisa Nyathi has died – he restored the erased history of the Ndebele people

African rugby boss Herbert Mensah lauds Boks’ global dominance

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o – Decolonial icon, writer and Mwalimu: A voice silenced, but never forgotten – An obituary

All politics is local – Lessons from our ancestors

Samia Suluhu’s discomfiting revelation: Gender alone does not inoculate one from dictatorship and demagoguery

The Mask is Off. Why Kenyan #GenZs are Rising Against a Regime Stuck in its Colonial Past

Kenya’s female freedom fighters were the silent heroes of the anti-colonial movement – here are some of their stories

Remembering an African icon Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o — 10 quotes Part 2

The failure of centralized power across the planet is upon us

Namibia’s forgotten genocide: how Bushmen were hunted and killed under German colonial rule

Raila Amolo Odinga

The Converse Shock | How Disaster Capitalism Has Bankrupted the American War Machine

The Shock Doctrine Live in the Gulf

Zimbabwean Writer Andrew Chatora launches London literary imprint Friesian Publishing

Mark Carney and the new power calculation, where does Africa stand?

Singapore: To Be or Not To Be, Kenya? The Verdict — Three Cases, One Stool, and a Choice We Cannot Avoid

Conflict in the Horn of Africa isn’t inevitable. People can choose peace

Singapore: To Be or Not To Be, Kenya? The Carrot, the Stick, and the Apex Predator | Part 2

The Accident of Meritocracy: Why the Western Operating System Has Crashed—and the African Software Needed to Reboot Humanity

“An Accomplice to Injustice”: Pan-African Voices Blasts AU Commission for “Betraying” Democratic Ideals

Singapore: To Be or Not To Be, Kenya? The Blueprint We Already Had — And How We Buried It | Part 1

How African policymakers should prepare for the coming commodity boom

Op-Ed – Borderless Africa: The Reparations Africa Owes Herself

Africa in 2026 The 11 trends/factors that will shape African affairs in 2026

A Roman emperor grovelling to a Persian king: the message behind a new statue in Tehran

NoViolet Bulawayo wins the best of 25 years of the Caine Prize. Why she deserves it

Tanzania: President Samia Hassan’s grip on power has been shaken by unprecedented protests

Beyond the Hits: How to Build Africa’s Sound as a Business

Raila Odinga mastered the art of political compromise for the good of Kenya

Africa’s Sound Is Global — But Where’s the Money?

“UTU” as the New–Old Political Philosophy

Ghetto Kids: what’s behind the moves of the Ugandan dance troupe that stormed the world

Joe Biden is meeting African leaders – why free trade is a major talking point

Ghana ranked Africa’s best and Eritrea worst in World Press Freedom Index

On abortions: Empathy over judgement