Towards The Progressive Acquisition Of Consciousness
Africans and other blacks abroad need to develop a historical consciousness that enables them to revisit their forefathers’ history to validate the true journey of the black race. Slavery,...
The Resource Curse: Indigenous Pastoral Communities And Africa’s Largest Wind Power Tussle In Kenya’s...
Sarima, Marsabit County —In Sarima, a dry, desolate land, traditionally seen as too inhospitable to inhabit in the corner of Kenya’s north sits the country’s largest private investment. Upon...
Zimbabwe’s Cross Border Truck Drivers Smuggling COVID-19 Cases
Chirundu — Outside Chirundu border post which stands out at Chirundu, a border town between Zimbabwe and Zambia, a fleet of haulage trucks loaded to the brim with various...
The Ghanaian Christians Working For The Salvation Of A Dying Earth
Before jumping into her first sermon for 2021, Rev. Agnes Philips took time to stress something to her largely middle-class congregation in the Legon Interdenominational Church. Concern for the...
Africa’s Coup Governments: When Elections Become An Exhausted Idea Confirming Democratic Fatigue
The trending successful military coups in West Africa today indicate the continuation of political processes and leadership by another method. Their executions have been systematic; citizens protest against the...
Growing Military Footprint In Civilian Affairs Threatening Ghana’s Democracy
Cletus Awuni was on his normal rounds on the afternoon of July 1 when the alarming news came his way.
Some soldiers were on the rampage in Wa, the capital...
President Kenyatta Launches Port Of Lamu Amid Uproar From Environmentalists In Coastal Kenya
Kenya’s President, Uhuru Kenyatta on the 3rd week of May inaugurated the Lamu Port that seeks to link the Indian Ocean to the ambitious regional project, the Lamu Port...
Ghanaian Women Band Together Under The Shadow Of Sexual Violence
A group of women gather on a synthetic lawn one Sunday in Labone, a suburb of Accra.
Clad in sports gear, they pick up little tricks from an instructor to...
Political Instability, Intra-state Conflicts, And Threats To AfCFTA Agreement’s ‘Made In Africa’ Aspirations
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is arguably the African Union’s (AU) biggest project since the launch of the continent’s Agenda 2063 in January 2015. Launched in March...
Girls’ right campaigners cautiously welcome Tanzania move to allow pregnant girls back to school
ITUNDA, Tanzania — It is midday at Itunda, a tiny village in Tanzania’s southern highlands and Marietta Andrea* is perched awkwardly on a wooden stool, her protruding belly touching...
Lockdown hammers Zimbabwe’s cross border traders
HARARE, April 19 — Zimbabwe’s 21 days of lockdown to save the country from further infections from coronavirus have hammered the country’s cross-border traders who operate from this country...
Aiding Poverty By Smuggling A Rare Black Stone For 30 Pieces Of Silver
For Claudious Murungweni (not his real name), a 35-year-old bus conductor plying the Zimbabwe-South Africa cross-border route, the corruption and smuggling of a low base mineral has turned around...
COVID-19 Imposed Lockdown Effects, Dwindling Incomes And Child Labor In Zimbabwe
Zimunya, Zimbabwe — The October sun is blazing hot in Zimunya, about 56 kilometers southwest of Mutare. Johnson Muranda (11) is resting on his pickaxe inside a mining pit.
Muranda has...
Fish traders in Kenya’s lakeside city of Kisumu enjoy an economic boom amid Coronavirus
Kisumu, April 8 — At 7 am in the morning, fishermen are docking in their fishing boats on the Dunga Beach in Kisumu’s Lake Victoria shores in western Kenya....
Gravel soil, sand poaching fuel water bodies’ siltation in Zimbabwe
HARARE — At the top of a hill, bulldozers and caterpillars maneuver their way, slicing off the hill of its remaining sections as they almost approach an enormous concrete...
Hope For Sexual Violence Survivors In Kenya As Court Ruling Favors Them In Landmark...
Immediately after the announcement of the 2007 presidential election results in Kenya, all hell broke loose across the country as neighbors turned against each other, divided along tribal lines...
Domestic violence dents Zimbabwe’s lockdown
HARARE — She said her husband choked her, pounded her with open fists, and knocked her head on the wall before grabbing a thick leather belt which he used...
Perception May Be Trumping Reason As Tensions Build Around Nigerian Retailers In Ghana
On a calm Sunday in the business hub around the Nkrumah Interchange in Accra, a Nigerian immigrant, Junior Izuwu, has crept out into the open with his tabletop where...
Chaotic Construction Fuels Climate Change In Zimbabwe
Harare — His house stands out in the midst of water, with the entire driveway concealed under water, apparently with nowhere to step on, yet for 15 years, 50-year-old Jimson...
An ‘Illegal’ Economy Fortified With Blessings Of Ruling Elite
On April 18, Zimbabwe celebrated its 41st independence anniversary from British colonial rule amid a presidential promise that the country’s mining sector will contribute US$12 billion dollars in revenue...
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The New Frontline: Youth Uprisings Across Africa Spark A Fight For Democracy And Dignity
Across the African continent, an unprecedented wave of youth-led uprisings is shaking the pillars of political regimes that have held power for decades. In...
Africa’s Coup Governments: When Elections Become An Exhausted Idea Confirming Democratic Fatigue
The trending successful military coups in West Africa today indicate the continuation of political processes and leadership by another method. Their executions have been...
Labour Party And The Future Of Radical Politics In Nigeria
Needless to say, the 2023 elections happened amid overwhelming disillusionment with the system and popular discontent with the major establishment political parties—the ruling All...
Political Instability, Intra-state Conflicts, And Threats To AfCFTA Agreement’s ‘Made In Africa’ Aspirations
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is arguably the African Union’s (AU) biggest project since the launch of the continent’s Agenda 2063 in...
How The Lagos State Government Demolished Houses Of Low-Income Earners In Mosafejo-Oworonshoki, Forced Over...
In a sudden turn of events, piles of wreckage became the only remnants of what used to be homes to over 7,000 people, women,...
Russia-Africa Relations: Africa’s Entanglement With Politics Of Patronage Without Liberation
There are intense political and intellectual debates unfolding in Africa. Since February 24 last year, when war broke out in Europe following Russia’s special...
Namibia Lithium Battle
On June 27, 2023, a judge of the High Court of Namibia, Ramon Maasdorp, ruled that the Southern African country’s Minister of Mines and...
Operation Dudula
There is no direct translation for the word Dudula in the English language, but the president of the organization that started off as a...
The Tragedy Of Namibia’s Working Poor
At the dawn of independence in 1990, a public servant working in an entry-level position for the state could afford to buy themselves a...
Economic Freedom In Our Lifetime
A packed FNB stadium with over one hundred thousand supporters demonstrated the mass appeal of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) amongst South African voters...
Organization Of African First Ladies For Development
The Organization of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD) launched the #WeAreEqual Campaign on Wednesday, August 23, 2023, at a banquet ceremony held in...
EFF Confronts Racism In South African Schools
An incident involving a thirteen-year-old girl child at the Crowthorne Christian Academy in South Africa led to the schools' closure and the re-sparking of...
Africa’s Rebirth At 60: Carrying Noble Ideas That Nobody Is Willing To Implement
To most academics, intellectuals, and pragmatists advocating for a genuine Pan-African renaissance six decades after the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU,...
Tinubu’s Inauguration: End Of An Error, The Dawn Of Calamity
"I am confident that I am leaving office with Nigeria better in 2023 than in 2015." President Buhari ended his farewell speech with this...
IMF And World Bank: The ‘Bad Samaritans’ And Neoliberals Cheating Africa Into A Cycle...
The Western liberal consensus has long been intervening and interfering in Africa. The first form of intervention was through the slave trade from the...