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Mozambique’s ‘blood gas’ another resource curse for Africa?
The Northern part of Mozambique province of Cabo Delgado has since October 2017 faced insurgency from alleged Islamist Ansar...
Zimbabwe’s looting machine: Cartels, Smugglers, Stealing Country’s Wealth
In early February 2021, South Africa’s Maverick Citizen published an explosive report, Cartel Power Dynamics, which dug deeper into...
#EndSARS: A peaceful protest against police criminality ends in utter anarchy
By Bisi Abidoye Nigeria descended into anarchy in the last two weeks of October after a protest by young...
Zambia militarises its police force ahead of 2021 polls
Whilst the country is grappling with the novel Corona Virus 2019 pandemic with cases spiralling out of control and...
Theft In A Pandemic: Public Healthcare In Kenya Grinding Towards A Halt As New Scandal On PPE Procurement Comes To Fore
Health workers in Kenya have started industrial action in several parts of the country leaving the public vulnerable as...
Waiting for a change in Malawi
Albert Sharra They say time flies and for the newly elected Malawi president, Dr Lazarus Chakwera, time is already...
Building The Africa We Want
9 days into February 2020, the African Union Heads of State Assembly began. It was the last of the...
History on Repeat: Is ZANU PF Facing Another Putsch?
The past few days have been quite interesting with the developments in Zimbabwe’s ruling party ZANU PF. The unfolding events...
What the New Year Has in Store for The Horn and East Africa
Elections in Somalia, Ethiopia, Burundi, and Tanzania, a fragile peace process in South Sudan, a conflict over the use...
Kenya’s Proposed Constitutional Amendments to Mitigate Electoral Violence
Kenya has embarked on yet another attempt to make changes to its nine-year-old constitution. This attempt comes three months...
Multinationals : Pay Your Share Of Tax
By Appolinaire NISHIRIMBERE “In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes,” said an eminent economist. However, this...
Crackdown on Betting Firms in Kenya, Hurting Sports and Economy
Kenya’s biggest sports betting firm, SportPesa on Wednesday fired all of its 400 employees. This came after the government...