The Pulse of a Continent
Zimbabwe’s political landscape has been thrown into turmoil after the Lower House of Parliament approved a controversial constitutional amendment that would extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term by two years and…
In Abuja, a protest over Nigeria’s worsening insecurity crisis turned confrontational when police dispersed a march, leaving activists and ordinary citizens frustrated over both the violence on the streets and…
According to reports from other inmates and human rights organizations, a detainee named Patrick Ndangoh has passed away at the Kondengui central prison in Yaoundé, Cameroon after suffering several years…
On Friday, Tunisian journalist Zied Heni was arrested after publishing an article criticising the country’s judiciary. No charge has been publicly stated, and the prosecutor’s office has said nothing. What…
They found him before most of Bujumbura had woken up. Thursday morning, April 16, Gabby Bugaga — Burundi’s Minister of Media and Communication — was slumped over the steering wheel…
Zimbabwe is in the middle of a constitutional crisis that is playing out in parliament, in the courts, and on the streets. At the centre of it is one question:…
On Friday, April 10th, the small Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti held a presidential election. The result was never really in doubt. President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, 78, was reelected…
Mozambique has achieved something truly remarkable, completely paying off its substantial $701 million loan to the International Monetary Fund years ahead of schedule. They finished making their payments in March.…
A Reform That Isn’t Really a Reform. Citizens, analysts, and democracy advocates are watching closely — and most don’t like what they see. The concern isn’t the idea of a…
Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has just returned from a two‑day state visit to the United Kingdom, where he was hosted by King Charles III and Queen Camilla and held…