Zimbabwe’s shift to biometric e-passports masks a critical vulnerability: digital sovereignty. With foreign firms building the state's digital identity infrastructure,...
The statue, titled Kneeling Before Iran, shows the emperor grovelling before Persian king Shapur I. Where did this imagery come...
To predict - and prevent - election-related violence, it’s important to first understand the key drivers of conflict.
Many African migrants and refugees see crossing the Mediterranean Sea as the only chance for a better life. Sally Hayden tells their harrowing stories in My...
The guilty verdict on Blaise Compaoré should be celebrated as a landmark victory for democracy and peoples’ movements in Africa.
While refugees in Rwanda have the right to freedom of movement and work, in practice it’s difficult for them.
Nigerian youths face a myriad of economic and social challenges. From rampant unemployment, lack of electricity, fuel scarcity to police brutality, Nigerian youths have lost faith...
Kibaki’s goals were to expand access to education, and to make universities more efficient and self-sustaining.
Mwai Kibaki, Kenya's third president, born November 15, 1931, leaves behind a complex legacy. Kibaki served as president of Kenya between 2002 and 2013, and he...
South Africans are increasingly dissatisfied with democracy because of its failure to address inequality.
The ownership of Twitter throws Elon Musk deep into conversations about the inordinate power of tech billionaires in the modern world, in manufacturing public consent.
Companies are moving their production back to developed countries. This is jeopardising the decades-long progress in global poverty reduction.
