One radio presenter is using the airwaves to bring vital facts about the virus to Dadaab’s 217 000 residents
As African governments tackle the coronavirus crisis, there is a parallel focus on the future and what an economic recovery will look like
Kenya has a long history of policing with excessive force, often resulting in unnecessary deaths. Recently at least six people died from police violence during the first 10 days of a dusk-to-dawn curfew. Moina Spooner, from The Conversation Africa, asked Douglas Kivoi, an expert on police reform and policy, to shed light on the situation. […]
Our oceans provide us with oxygen, food, recreation, transport and energy; humans should return the favour
Controlling Covid-19 may worsen Africa’s HIV epidemic by stopping state and civil society health services built up over 35 years
The sale of alcohol was banned during levels 5 and 4 of the lockdown but other African governments have struggled to enforce this restriction
In East Africa, truck drivers are being attacked, robbed and used as diplomatic footballs
COMMENT The world is going through unprecedented challenges caused by a novel, rapidly transmitted coronavirus. Experts predict difficult times ahead with shrinking economies, loss of life and livelihoods and some structural changes — a new normal. Change is afoot in Africa as governments work tirelessly to identify their most vulnerable citizens for emergency disbursements. Banks, […]
Discerning leadership is critical in the time of Covid-19 and John Magufuli’s decisions — or lack thereof — have put Tanzanians at greater risk
Reiterating an already historical court ruling, the president’s election has once again been rebuffed
A deaf man in Kenya spread the message of Covid-19 when he realised a million hearing impaired people were left out of the conversation
What might Africa look like in the wake of the pandemic? There’s enough change happening to keep both optimists happy and pessimists glum
Formerly classified documents reveal an ambitious $330-million project to upgrade US military bases in Africa
The manner in which some Senegalese people talk about homosexuality and how they discuss Covid-19 bears a disconcerting resemblance
The pandemic could deliver a crippling blow to media houses across the continent
Civil-military relations across the continent are tenuous, at best. Covid-19 may have given African governments an opportunity to create a new social compact with their citizens
Both authoritarian and democratic governments are responding to the coronavirus crisis by instituting frightening new powers
The Covid-19 outbreak should not be used as an occasion to diminish human rights, but as an opportunity to reaffirm them
By violating basic human rights, governments risk inflicting a double tragedy on their most vulnerable populations
Double-registration has effectively rendered stateless tens of thousands of Kenyan citizens who are ethnically Somali
Kenya’s government has excluded nongovernmental organisations and other groups such as churches from its emergency decision-making. This is a mistake
In February the devastating locust swarms were the biggest seen in East Africa for 70 years. Now they’re even bigger
The death comes after complaints of deplorable conditions at the quarantine center where she was housed
But only if draconian border closures are accompanied by effective public health interventions
The crisis is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for unscrupulous leaders to further their own interests — and they are already taking advantage
Zukiswa Wanner has organised a virtual literary festival, from March 23 to 30, to help readers and writers struggling with self-isolation
There have been no reported cases of the coronavirus in Nakuru, Kenya’s third-largest city. But life here has already changed
Recent judgments in Kenya and Malawi are encouraging. But democratic reform is impossible unless presidents and electoral commissions play their part
Several countries, including Kenya and Senegal, have ordered their tertiary education institutions to shut down in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus
Following several other countries, South Africa will send learners home this week
Ethnic identity can be harnessed to strengthen national identity — and this can foster a continental-based African identity
Only by demonstrating that it would perform better in office while building trust within the wider population can the opposition force improvements in the electoral system while also growing the party