Africa

In the face of the pandemic, human rights are a necessity — not a luxury

Africa Solomon Dersso - 3 Apr 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic is throwing the poor governance of some African countries into sharp relief

Kenya’s government can’t tackle the pandemic alone. It needs civil society

Africa Patrick Gathara - 3 Apr 2020

Kenya’s government has excluded nongovernmental organisations and other groups such as churches from its emergency decision-making. This is a mistake

A letter to Cihim Ali, in an Eritrean jail on her birthday

Africa Vanessa Tsehaye - 3 Apr 2020

Ciham Ali was born in the United States and moved to Eritrea with her family. When Ciham tried to leave, she was arrested at the border. After eight years, Human Rights Watch have called for her release

DRC in mourning as funeral parties banned

Africa Samir Tounsi - 2 Apr 2020

Numerous countries around the world have adopted similar measures to try to counter Covid-19

South Africa can reclaim its role as a diplomatic powerhouse in Africa

Africa Piers Pigou - 1 Apr 2020

Pretoria can make a real difference in helping to solve conflicts and other issues in Burundi, the DRC, South Sudan and Zimbabwe

In East Africa, the locusts are coming back for more

Africa Simon Allison - 1 Apr 2020

In February the devastating locust swarms were the biggest seen in East Africa for 70 years. Now they’re even bigger

The insurgency in northern Mozambique has got worse. Why?

Africa Alex Vines - 31 Mar 2020

Mozambique needs to restructure its defence force and build an alliance with its neighbour Tanzania in preparation for a drawn-out struggle against ‘jihadists’

Covid-19 shows what Zimbabwean nationalism means

Africa Percy Zvomuya - 31 Mar 2020

The country’s elites can no longer jet away to overseas health facilities and must now face the hospital system that could not help Zororo Makamba, a 30-year-old who died of the virus

Covid-19: Why it is so difficult for Africa to ‘flatten the curve’

Africa Mehari Taddele Maru - 24 Mar 2020

Several factors unique to the continent will complicate the efforts to reduce coronavirus infections

Coronavirus reaches Sudan, one of the countries least equipped to cope with it

Africa Mark Weston - 24 Mar 2020

After years of neglect, the country’s health service was already under water. With fewer than 200 critical care beds, doctors say Covid-19 will ‘sink’ Sudan

The coronavirus and Africa: Exposing our vulnerabilities and inequalities

Africa Ayesha Jacub - 22 Mar 2020

Africa is no stranger to dealing with epidemics. A regional body has been established to co-ordinate responses, but fault lines are evident at a national level

Hand washing, emergency loans and panic buying: How one Kenyan city is preparing

Africa Njeri Kimani - 20 Mar 2020

There have been no reported cases of the coronavirus in Nakuru, Kenya’s third-largest city. But life here has already changed

Pressured Mutharika fires army chiefs

Africa Golden Matonga - 19 Mar 2020

A statement from the presidency said popular army commander General Vincent Nundwe, alongside his deputy Clement Namangale, had been replaced

Why courts can’t save democracy in Africa

Africa Nic Cheeseman - 19 Mar 2020

Recent judgments in Kenya and Malawi are encouraging. But democratic reform is impossible unless presidents and electoral commissions play their part

Zimbabwe’s collapsing economy trumps coronavirus concerns

Africa Kudzai Mashininga - 18 Mar 2020

For now, residents of Harare have more immediate worries

Ignoring coronavirus fears, Malawi concentrates on its own political crisis

Africa Golden Matonga - 18 Mar 2020

Politicians are paying more attention to the upcoming election than to Covid-19

Zimbabwe’s Solomon Mujuru: general and nonpartisan

Africa Blessing Miles Tendi - 18 Mar 2020

Mujuru sought to professionalise Zimbabwe’s army in the 1980s; later, as an MP, he stood against partisanship. Today’s officers and politicians should follow his lead

The last hours of Solomon Mujuru

Africa Blessing Miles Tendi - 18 Mar 2020

Zimbabwean General Solomon Mujuru died in suspicious circumstances in August 2011. This is an edited extract from his recently published biography by Blessing-Miles Tendi

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