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Exclusive: Top-secret testimonies implicate Rwanda’s president in war crimes

Africa Judi Rever & Benedict Moran - 29 Nov 2020

Explosive witness testimony from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda implicates Paul Kagame and the RPF in mass killings before, during and after the 1994 genocide.

DRC: Tshisekedi and Kabila fall out

Africa Stephanie Wolters - 28 Nov 2020

The country’s governing coalition is under strain, which could lead to even more acrimony ahead

Under cover of Covid, Uganda targets LGBTQ+ shelter

Africa Madlen Davies - 25 Nov 2020

Pandemic rules were used to justify a violent raid on a homeless shelter in Uganda, but a group of victims is pursuing a criminal case against the perpetrators

JJ Rawlings left an indelible mark on Ghana’s history

Africa Audrey Donkor - 25 Nov 2020

The air force pilot and former president used extreme measures, including a coup, enforced ‘discipline’ through executions, ‘disappearances’ and floggings, but reintroduced democracy

Sudan’s government gambles over fuel-subsidy cuts — and people pay the price

Africa Ayin Network - 24 Nov 2020

Economists question the manner in which the transitional government partially cut fuel subsidies

Did Botswana execute ‘poachers’ ?

Africa Joel Konopo - 23 Nov 2020

The Botswana Defence Force’s anti-poaching unit has long been accused of a ‘shoot to kill’ policy. Over 20 years the unit has killed 30 Namibians and 22 Zimbabweans

The president, the preacher and the great escape

Africa Golden Matonga - 21 Nov 2020

Malawi’s new president was furious after Shepherd Bushiri’s dramatic disappearance from South Africa

‘Don’t vote, overthrow the dictators’

Africa Simon Allison - 21 Nov 2020

Tanzania’s opposition leader, who is again in exile, says ‘instead of telling people to vote, we should be telling them to prepare for popular revolt

China blamed for Zambia’s debt, but the West’s banks and agencies enabled it

Africa Grieve Chelwa - 18 Nov 2020

The narratives about the African country’s debt crisis are being used as fodder in geopolitical battles

Citizens win case for safe childbirth

Africa Amy Fallon & Tinka Teddy Nalule - 17 Nov 2020

In Uganda 16 women in labour die each day. One woman, backed by a civil society organisation, took the state to court

It’s not too late to silence the guns in Ethiopia

Africa Open Letter - 17 Nov 2020

An open letter from civil society organisations, from across the African continent calls, for an end to the conflict in Ethiopia

African leaders must continue to press for talks: Ethiopia is too big to fail

Africa Comfort Ero - 17 Nov 2020

The conflict in Ethiopia could spill over into the entire Horn of Africa region. AU and regional leaders need to step up their efforts to de-escalate the situation

Journalists have to be seekers of truth, not activists

Africa Christoph Plate - 17 Nov 2020

Many feel the urge to offer direction in a world that seems to be spiralling out of control faster every day

Six injections a year could stop new HIV infections

Africa Laura López González - 16 Nov 2020

New research from seven countries in Africa signals the future of HIV prevention — but what can it learn from its past?

Blackout makes it hard to report on Ethiopia’s civil war

Africa Simon Allison - 16 Nov 2020

Between a communications shutdown and tight restrictions on movement, reporters — and the world — knows little about what is going on in Tigray. But the little that is emerging is terrible

The Trump era is over. But the fight for democracy is just getting started

Africa Jeffrey Smith - 14 Nov 2020

A respected and robust United States — with all of our flaws, mistakes and missteps — can be good for the defence of democracy, not least in Africa

Angola’s president squanders his early goodwill

Africa Cláudio Silva - 12 Nov 2020

Angolans lose faith in João Lourenço as the economy tanks and corruption persists

Covid-19 and beyond

Africa Paul Akiwumi - 11 Nov 2020

As the world moves into a recovery period, we must not forget the least developed countries

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