Articles
Work and digitalisation
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25.11.2025
Algorithms meant to protect users now silence those who speak plainly about sexual violence, forcing euphemisms where truth should stand
Foreign and security policy
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04.07.2025
From fuel prices to defence gaps, Africa’s reliance on global systems is being tested by far-off crises. Stronger local frameworks are needed
Democracy and society
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15.05.2025
— will Pope Leo XIV keep it open?
Economy and ecology
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11.04.2025
Half a century after ECOWAS promised peace and prosperity, three breakaway states are testing West African solidarity, sparking a potential trade war
Economy and ecology
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03.03.2025
Oil companies are scrambling to leave the Niger Delta, where they have been extracting the black gold for decades — with devastating consequences
Democracy and society
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18.12.2024
Over 20 years after Sierra Leone’s civil war, polarisation, weak governance and economic challenges threaten the country’s post-conflict recovery
Democracy and society
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19.07.2024
As protests in Kenya enter their second month, the call for justice echoes across the region. How realistic is the risk of a regional spill over?
Democracy and society
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18.06.2024
Turmoil brews in Lomé. Togo’s constitutional reforms ignite chaos — but also the potential for change?
Economy and ecology
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11.04.2024
Efforts to reform Nigeria’s economy have triggered both anticipation and despair as the country grapples with a deepening cost-of-living crisis
Democracy and society
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07.03.2024
Africa has a dismal record when it comes to the oppression of women. Still, the growth of feminist consciousness in recent years has been remarkable
Democracy and society
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28.11.2023
The 1973 issuance of Roe v. Wade revolutionised the discourse on women’s bodily autonomy globally — its reversal has backslid Africa in particular
Democracy and society
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18.10.2023
Artiste Mohbad’s death laid bare the urgency to enforce robust governance and protective mechanisms in Africa’s biggest music industry
Economy and ecology
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13.09.2023
Rather than negotiating social and technical investments, the Nairobi Climate Summit further endorsed the suffocation of Africa for Western benefits