Jan Pronk: a ventriloquist from another civilization
Jan Pronk, a Dutch politician and diplomat born in 1940, dedicated his life to helping the vulnerable through many years of significant international service....
Health care collapse looms. Modern diseases on the rise
The health care system of many African countries is on the verge of collapse due to the withdrawal of American aid. This will not...
A difficult homecoming. Ali Kony and the twilight of the Lord’s Resistance Army
Once the Lord’s Resistance Army of Uganda was one of the most brutal fighting groups of Africa. It hardly exists anymore but is not...
South African troops are dying in the DRC: why they’re there and what’s going wrong
By Lindy Heinecken The death of South African soldiers on a Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has sparked fierce debate about...
The war puts the dams in Sudan at risk
The war in Sudan has been devastating. Not only have millions of people fled, hospitals, schools, museums, places of worship and apartment buildings have...
The Africanist Podcast Sudan: Episode with Mr. Koert Lindijer
“Sudan is a schizophrenic country…” Two-year-old war in Sudan between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) led by Abdelfattah al-Burhan & the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)...
President Samia has deceived us
Tundu Lissu, a presidential candidate in Tanzania and the vice-chairperson of Chadema, the major opposition party, spent three years in exile in Belgium after...
Botswana’s new president: who is Duma Boko and what does he stand for?
By David Sebudubudu The electoral defeat delivered to the Botswana Democratic Party led by Mokgweetsi Masisi was met with incredulity in neighbouring states. Not many...
By Marthinus van Staden Land dispossession among South Africa’s majority black population remains a thorny issue 30 years into democracy. Labour law scholar Marthinus van...
