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Across Africa, governments are finding ways to reduce dependence on foreign arms suppliers and building capabilities they can control, maintain and adapt.
Public finance is the means through which societies either raise living standards or entrench dependence.
Civil-society organisations are changing Ghana’s accountability landscape.
Ghanaian clergy wives constantly bargain for space.
Competition for shea trees is rising in west Africa, leaving the poorest women collectors with less access and fewer gains.
Nigeria has made some progress on voting rights for citizens with disabilities. But gaps persist.
Celebrity stories show that prayer plays a central role in how celebrities and Ghanaians cope with mental illness.
US military intervention could strengthen Nigeria’s fight against insurgency in the short term but also risks unintended consequences.
The search for Apongo is a small part of historians’ ongoing work to recreate the lives of Africans taken in the transatlantic slave trade.
Africa accounts for half of all stillbirths globally. Stronger data systems will drive smarter strategies and save lives.
South Africa can continue to advocate for its G20 presidency priorities beyond its 2025 term.
Given its strength and capabilities, the extremist group JNIM poses an existential threat to Nigeria.
Despite the rising burden of stroke across Africa, there is no continent-wide framework or standardised protocol for stroke management.
Local conflict and development needs drive the demand for digital authoritarianism technologies.
Ghanaian bank lending to agriculture and manufacturing is in decline
The competition for Africa’s critical minerals between China and the West presents an opportunity.
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.
While sanctions aim to punish regimes, they often punish citizens instead.
Nigeria’s electricity reforms look solid on paper, but the real-world results still lag.
The US is not alone in its attempts to send asylum seekers to countries in Africa.
Would lowering the voting age to 16 enhance young people’s participation in the political processes that affect their lives?
Colonialism criminalised local knowledge systems.
The end of colonisation did not dismantle the BBC’s operation – the style was already embedded in the broadcasting system.
Credit rating agencies are now responding to governance failures, not just macroeconomic trends.