African Countries Are Signing Bilateral Health Deals With the US: Virologist Identifies the ‘Red Flags’
African countries must not sign away their health data or release their pathogens in exchange for donor funding.
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Israel’s Recognition of Somaliland Is About Political Alliances, Not Legal Principles
While Israel’s recognition of Somaliland alters the board, it doesn’t end the game.
The Making and Breaking of Uganda: An Interview With Scholar Mahmood Mamdani
Museveni came to power with the sense that violence is critical to politics, and especially critical to liberation politics.
Climate Adaptation Has a New Global Plan. What the Belem Indicators Are and Why They Matter to Africa
For the first time, countries now have a shared way to understand whether the world is actually improving at adapting to climate impacts.
What Nigeria’s High Poverty Rate Has to Do with Ethnic Conflicts
Poverty is the common thread across the places experiencing terrorism in Nigeria.
Africa’s Rarest Carnivore: The Story of the First Ethiopian Wolf Ever Captured, Nursed and Returned to the Wild
An Ethiopian wolf, Africa’s most endangered carnivore, was found shot in the leg. What happened next was astonishing.
Internet Shutdowns Are Increasing Dramatically in Africa – A New Book Explains Why
Internet shutdown affects millions of Africans more and more often and are most prominent during elections or protests.
How African Consumers Set Global Trade Trends in the 1800s
Africa’s ‘new consumer class’ isn’t new; in the 1800s the continent called the tune for European factories.
Djibouti’s Democracy Takes Another Knock
Djibouti is a presidential republic with a multiparty system, but political authority is highly centralised.
Global Power Shifts Are Playing Out in the Red Sea Region: Why This Is Where the Rules Are Changing
The Red Sea region has become a showcase of the new alliances shaping global power and influence.
This One Resource Shapes Power and Security in Africa
Control over water underpins national security, economic stability and social wellbeing, as disputes over rivers from southern Africa to the Nile show.
Africa’s Drone Wars Rarely Deliver Victory
Armed drones are increasingly being seen as a solution to security challenges in African conflicts.
Land Is Africa’s Best Hope for Climate Adaptation: It Must Be the Focus at COP30
Africa is heavily dependent on agriculture. At this year’s COP30 conference, the continent needs to secure more funding to adapt land to climate disasters.
Starvation as a weapon of war: how Ethiopia created a famine in Tigray
Famine was weaponised as part of a broader campaign of destruction in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
Cancer Drug Quality in Africa Is a Worry: What We Found in a 4-Country Study
The confirmed presence of substandard or falsified anticancer medicines in sub-Saharan Africa will complicate cancer care.
Ethiopia Has Struggled to Build National Unity: Can Its Big New Dam Deliver It?
Symbolic attempts at national unity in Ethiopia managed to achieve only short-lived national pride.
Palm Trees in Africa Are in Decline: These Botanists Made a Plan to Do Something About It
Palms play a vital role in food, culture and livelihoods. A new pan-African network aims to study, protect and conserve the continent’s unique and rare palm trees.
Economic Sanctions Need a Rethink: Evidence Shows They Raise Food Prices and Hurt the Poor Most
While sanctions aim to punish regimes, they often punish citizens instead.
Why Nigeria’s Power Supply Isn’t Affordable and Reliable
Nigeria’s electricity reforms look solid on paper, but the real-world results still lag.
Angolans Are Fed up With Broken Promises: Why the Ruling MPLA Keeps Stalling Local Elections
Following weeks of protest, Angola’s parliament quietly wrapped up the legislative year. Once again, local elections were absent from its agenda.
Should African Countries Lower the Voting Age to 16?
Would lowering the voting age to 16 enhance young people’s participation in the political processes that affect their lives?
Ethiopia’s Mega Dam Has Taken 14 Years to Build: What It Means for the Nile’s 11 River States and Why It’s So Controversial
Egypt and Sudan’s insistence on keeping their historical water shares cannot be considered equitable and reasonable.
Credit Agencies Are Punishing Countries That Don’t Check Their Numbers
Credit rating agencies are now responding to governance failures, not just macroeconomic trends.
250,000 Ethiopians Migrate Every Year: What Drives Them and What Needs to Change
Legal ways to make a decent life inside and outside Ethiopia should be increased.