Steven Friedman, University of Johannesburg South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) has long been good at diagnosing its problems, but not much good at fixing…
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Kester Onor, Covenant University Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, has asked the United States to move its military headquarters overseeing Africa to the continent, from Germany. This…
Chidi Nzeadibe, University of Nigeria Lagos has witnessed a growing number of commercial motorcyclists in recent times, transporting people and goods in and around the state.…
Burtram C. Fielding, University of the Western Cape and Dewald Schoeman, University of the Western Cape Back at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, case numbers…
On the 20th of May, it will be exactly seven months since the Nigerian government reached its nadir in its high-handed approach to citizen displeasure. Thousands…
Peter Macharia, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme and Emelda Okiro, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme Improvements in child survival globally have been remarkable. Deaths of children…
South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, receives the COVID-19 vaccine. Leaders have publicly taken the vaccine to encourage others to do the same. Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo…
The time was some minutes to 3 a.m and I woke up to two missed calls on my phone. A third ring woke me up. Worried…
By the mid-1990s, it was clear to the world that Somalia had become Africa’s first failed post-colonial state. But this vast country of just 10 million…
Idris Deby’s 30-year rule as Chad’s Head of State came to an abrupt halt on Sunday April 18, when he was killed as he fought alongside…