Why Africans mistrust their police
By Kristine Höglund and Emma Elfversson Across the African continent – from Nigeria and Ghana to South Africa – widespread protests have taken place to demand police reform in the wake...
Swinging from Afro optimism to pessimism
A war of extermination in Sudan, military coups in the Sahel, millions of new people displaced by Muslim radicals or other extremist violence, and...
Elections in Congo have always been a farce.
Felix Tshisekedi was declared the winner of another disputed election on Sunday the 31st of December with 73 perscent of the votes. His major...
China-Africa relations in 2023: key moments and events to remember
By Lauren Johnston Kenyan anchovy products are tested in Hunan, China. Photo by Sun Ruibo/Xinhua via Getty Images In a year when headlines have been dominated by...
Casualties in Wad Madani have reached 300while the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is continuing with their march on government position. Grave violations and identity-based killings...
Elections in Congo: This time Tshisekedi has to win without cheating
By Reuben Loffman Africa’s second-largest country by land mass, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is scheduled to go to the polls on 20 December 2023....
Wad Madani has fallen and that marks a big shift in Sudan’s war
A big victory seems to be in store for the RSF fighters, having chased away the government army (SAF) in an area which was...
By Koert Lindijer and Robert Ocholla Two European men of importance, the British king and the German president, recently embarked on a journey to East...
The destroyed Ministry of Higher Education A few days to come, the ongoing conflict in Sudan between the Sudan Army Force (SAF) and the paramilitary...
