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Kenya turning into a police state, rights defenders warn

Human rights defenders are warning that Kenya is slowly turning into a police state, calling for...

Lebanese passport scandal: Who is Abbas Badreddine?

He’s one of Côte d’Ivoire’s largest employers – a wealthy businessman and philanthropist with friends in...

AFC sponsors 50 young leaders to bridge climate divide

One can understand a certain amount of frustration from African policymakers.Berlin is building a “safety buffer”...

Rebrab, Fotso, Benjelloun… How much longer will Africa’s billionaire boys club be at the helm?

“I want to die on stage. That’s where I was born.” The words of Egyptian-born singer...

Orange, MTN, Moov: 5 things about Côte d’Ivoire’s telecoms crisis

April was marked by what the Ivorian telecoms sector is calling the “data crisis”. From one...

DRC: A one-on-one interview with, and by, Félix Tshisekedi

Whether or not there is a ‘shift’ in the forthcoming elections in DRC, the country has...

Côte d’Ivoire: Prominent Lebanese businessman in passport scandal

Over the past few days, Ivorian authorities have arrested more than a dozen businessmen of Lebanese...

Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park revamp to boost tourism in Ghana

“It was moment of mixed feelings,” Francis Botchwey- Dadzie, a finance manager from Accra tells...

Nigeria: Petrol price hike fuels suffering

Several petrol stations in Lagos were crowded as citizens rushed to fill up before the price...

Zimbabweans: Strangers in their motherland

It doesn’t take a high-profile African historian to expose the obvious fact that Southern Africans –...

Tanzania: ICSID ruling on Indiana case ‘bodes well’ for others

The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) ruled in favour of Australia’s Indiana Resources...

Kenya: Ruto-Raila urged to talk as deadly protests continue

Heeding calls from opposition leader Raila Odinga for three days of protests against the government over...

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