For more than a generation the term ‘Africanist’ has meant an implicit stranglehold by a mostly white and male cadre of academics and Western institutions on...
Trump's new Africa strategy seems more to be concerned with checking China's growing influence in Africa. By ALY VERJEE
In this final part of a three-part series, KALUNDI SERUMAGA examines how the old imperial powers and a new entrant, China are gearing up for a...
The Chinese approach towards Africa may be different from the European one but will the outcome be the same? By LORENZO BAGNOLI
The Democratic Republic of Congo, one of the poorest countries in the world has one of the most expensive passports and Comoros issues diplomatic passports to...
CLAUDIO BUTTICÈ examines the factors that influence internet freedom in Africa.
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In Cameroon, the government shut down the internet for an unprecedented 230 days. In Kenya, and at least five other African countries, governments, trying to plug...
Corruption, waste and a reliance on Western charity have conspired to leave Africa dealing with 25 per cent of the world’s diseases with under 1 per...
Perceptions of the nature and impact of migration from African countries to Europe have been voluntarily distorted by the media for political reasons. By CLAUDIO BUTTICÈ
As Donald Trump surrenders America’s global preeminence, Africans - at home and in the diaspora - should work to build an African superpower rather than succumb...
