Nigeria has a history of dodgy elections: will it be different this time?

By: Ini Dele-Adedeji, SOAS, University of London President Muhammadu Buhari attends a campaign rally ahead […]

The Zimbabwean predicament – it’s the people stupid!

By Ndumiso Hadebe  The popular phrase, “It’s the economy, stupid!” was coined by Bill Clinton’s […]

South African diplomacy on Zimbabwe can remain quiet — but it must get tough

By: Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand South Africa’s President Cyril Rampahosa, right, must get […]

Unpacking the issue of Party political funding

By Khaya Sithole If last week is to be remembered in South African political history […]

Promise of right to housing remains elusive in democratic South Africa

By: Soraya Beukes, University of the Western Cape   The fight for decent housing in […]

Girls in West Africa offered into sexual slavery as ‘wives of gods’

By: Wisdom Mensah, University of West Florida In certain communities in Benin, Togo and Ghana, […]

African countries’ policies must shift to achieve zero hunger

By: Sheryl L Hendriks, University of Pretoria; Elizabeth Mkandawire, University of Pretoria, and Nosipho Mabuza, […]

Threats to media freedom in Africa: some old methods and some new

By: George Ogola, University of Central Lancashire The push to tax social media users is […]

Victim surveys show that crime in South Africa may be dropping, yet fear is rising

By: Andrew Faull, University of Cape Town There’s been a decline in many crimes in […]

Why inquiry into corruption in South Africa needs to act with urgency

By: Richard Calland, University of Cape Town Deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo is heading up […]

Peace prospects are much higher in the Horn of Africa. But obstacles remain.

By: Martin Plaut, School of Advanced Study Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (left) and Eritrea’s […]

South Africa is paying a heavy price for dysfunctional local government

By: Dirk Brand, Stellenbosch University Violent protests over the poor delivery of basic municipal services […]