perspectives

The Nobel Peace Prize has always been shrouded in irony. Alfred Nobel, the inventor of Dynamite, used the prize as an attempt to give his...

In July, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a public...

The first Libyan civil war, provoked by the uprisings during the Arab Spring just under a decade ago, ended what many called a...

It’s been 25 years since South Africa’s first democratic elections of the 27th of April 1994. These elections ushered in a wave of...

On April 11 Sudanese protesters took to the streets in the capital city of Khartoum to celebrate the stepping down of long-standing...

Nigeria’s presidential election, initially planned for 16 February 2019, was dramatically delayed by the Independent National Electoral...

In a country that blocked Twitter and Facebook on the day of its 2016 general elections, a new tax on social media becomes another stage...

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa is seeking to rebuild the country following the November 2017 coup d’état that ousted Robert...

Omar al-Bashir’s presidency has been one plagued by war, turmoil and zeal. His re- nomination for the next presidential election by the...

Following the announcement of Emmerson Mnangagwa’s victory in the 2018 election, there is very little indication Zimbabwe is becoming a...