By Judd Devermont and Jon Temin | June 11, 2019 | Foreign Affairs Five guys: Abiy, Lourenço, Ramaphosa, Tshisekedi, and BuhariLeft to Right: Reuters / Tiksa Negeri, Pool, Sumaya Hisham, Olivia Acland, Afolabi Sotunde In the 60-plus years …
African praise of Saudi Arabia highlights diplomatic pressures
Sam Mednick, Elias Meseret, and Ahmed Mohamed Salem Associated Press | October 24, 2018 | Christian Science Monitor In the weeks after Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, five African nations made statements in support of Saudi Arabia. The statements are an exam …
Mo Ibrahim: Africa’s decade of ‘lost opportunity’
Simon Allison | 30 Oct 2018 | Mail & Guardian The 2018 African governance index was released this week. It’s not good news. ‘Africa has a huge challenge ahead. Its large and youthful potential workforce could transform the continent for the better, …
Villagers win landmark case against mining company
Allan Seccombe | 25 October 2018 | Business Day Constitutional Court judgment sets precedent for how mining companies should deal with land owners A man walks past the tribal headquarters of the Bakgatla Ba Kgafela tribe in Pilanesburg in the North We …
Ethiopia gets female president as it commits to reforms
George Obulutsa | 25 October 2018 | Business Day Primer Minister Abiy Ahmed reshuffled cabinet has 10 female ministers Sahle-WorkZewde. Picture: REUTERS/NOORKHAMIS Addis Ababa — Ethiopia’s parliament has approved senior diplomat Sahle-Work Zewde as th …
Cameroon’s Paul Biya Gives a Master Class in Fake Democracy
Jefcoate O’Donnell, Robbie Gramer | October 22, 2018 | Foreign Policy One of the world’s most experienced autocrats has clinched another seven-year term by bending the rules of the game in his direction in ways both old and new. Members of the Cameroon …
DP World eyes Eritrean ports in region strategy
Agency Staff | 22 October 2018 | Business Day Containers waiting to be loaded. Picture: THINKSTOCK Addis Ababa — The Red Sea state of Eritrea may play a key role in DP World’s plans in the Horn of Africa, where a dozen ports could be needed to service …
When Ye met Yoweri, and worlds collided
Simon Allison | 18 Oct 2018 | Mail & Guardian Rapper Kanye West (L) and Kim Kardashian (R) pose for a photograph with Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni when they paid a courtesy call at State House, Entebbe, Uganda October 15, 2018. Presidential P …
Abiy Ahmed’s Ethiopian exceptionalism
Simon Allison | 19 Oct 2018 | Mail & Guardian Ethiopia’s new prime minister is trying to do things differently. If he succeeds, the consequences will be felt beyond his borders A streamlined Cabinet is one of the many changes Prime Minister Abiy Ah …
At stake in Khashoggi affair: control of the Arab world’s narrative
Taylor Luck Amman, Jordan | October 17, 2018 | The Christian Science Monitor Leah Millis/AP The disappearance and alleged murder of Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi has done more than strike fear in the hearts of Arab jour …
Gambia launches truth commission to shed light on Yahya Jammeh’s tortured rule
Agency Staff | 16 October 2018 | Business Day Ousted Gambian president YahyaJammeh. Picture: REUTERS The West African state of The Gambia on Monday launched an 11-member truth commission tasked with shedding light on summary executions, disappearances, …
‘They have taken our beautiful sand from us and left nothing’
Robert Shivambu, David Matsinhe | 17 Oct 2018 | Mail & Guardian Children playing on the streets of the abandoned village of Nagonha. A devastating flood in February 2015 destroyed most houses and people left fearing new flooding. (Amnesty Internati …
Zimbabwe: troubled nation now faces tough foreign policy choices
Stephen Chan | October 3, 2018 The Conversation New Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa delivers a speech during the swearing in of the new members of his cabinet at the State House in Harare. EPA Images The toxic presidency of Mugabe may be over, …
Ethiopia to Mauritius: how will Africa match jobs to its population boom?
Peter Beaumont in Port Louis and Tom Gardner in Addis Ababa | Thu 27 Sep 2018 | The Guardian As Africa seeks new ways to tackle high debt, low pay and inequality, Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz believes two countries offer an alternative to the ‘Asian …
Showdown: SA takes on the US for cheaper drugs
Laura Lopez Gonzalez | 28 Sep 2018 | Mail & Guardian When the US went to bat for Big Pharma in the fight against this killer disease, South Africa wasn’t having any of it. Here’s what happened next. Face-off: South Africa argued for patients over p …
Looks like Angola has its own problems with presidential progeny
Candido Mendes and Henrique Almeida | 25 September 2018 | Business Day While former president Jacob Zuma’s son, Duduzane, has not been arrested on corruption charges, he has been named at the state capture inquiry as one of those who helped the Guptas …
Eritrea has slashed conscription. Will it stem the flow of refugees?
Cristiano D’Orsi | August 8, 2018 | The Conversation Eritrean refugees in Israel. Rudychaimg/Wikimedia Commons Ethiopia and Eritrea have signed an historic agreement to end the 20-year conflict between the two countries. The breakthrough has been widel …
Beyond the Red Sea: A new driving force in the politics of the Horn
Alex DeWaal | July 11, 2018 | World Peace Foundation This essay was published by African Arguments on July 11, 2018, and is the first part of The Thin Red Line, an African Arguments series focusing on dynamics around the Red Sea. The opening of the Su …
The pop star vs the president: Uganda’s generational fight
The Independent | September 13, 2018 Bobi Wine (left) celebrates with MP Basalirwa (middle) after a recent election victory. PHOTO BOBI WINE FACEBOOK Kampala, Uganda | AFP | “We used to be scared,” said Josephine Katumba, a 30-year-old hairdresser in K …
Africa’s aviation industry captains chart new course
Julius Bizimungu | September 13, 2018 | The New Times Delegates at the fourth Ground Handling International Stakeholders’ Conference in Kigali yesterday. The meeting seeks to devise new ways to unleash Africa’s aviation potential. Sam Ngendahimana. Afr …
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