• Anna K. Mwaba

What are the roles of the African Union and the African Center for Disease Control in responding to COVID-19?

• Derek Charles Catsam

South Africa’s Human Rights Day (originally Sharpeville Day) holds a special place in the nation’s history.

• Christopher J. Lee

COVID-19 isn’t simply a medical or epidemiological crisis; it is a crisis of sovereignty.

• Elisha Kunene

COVID-19 presents an unprecedented threat, but a campaign by South Africa's security forces attempting to grind defenseless people into dust does not guarantee success.

• Doug Bafford

Public anxiety grows over “prosperity preachers” who have dominated the religious landscape in South Africa and across the continent.

• Wangui Kimari

This crisis has further emphasized the neglect of Kenya’s poor by the government, and is therefore “a wake up call that we are on our own.”

• Jessica Moody

Au crépuscule du règne de Ouattara en Côte d’Ivoire.

• Sisonke Msimang

We know what will happen with this new virus, and so I cannot blissfully self-isolate.

• Yotam Gidron

A new book explores the rationale of Israel’s efforts to expand its influence on the African continent.

• Jessica Musler

Coronavirus and the problematic perception of migrants as health threats.

• Simukai Chigudu

What lessons can we learn for today from the 2008-09 cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe?

• Hilda Flavia Nakabuye

Why we need to make climate action our daily duty.

• Zeb Larson

A new effort to block chocolate imports from Cote d’Ivoire to the US brings attention to cocoa’s problematic supply chain.

• Youcef Oussama Bounab

In the 1960s, Algiers was a beacon for worldwide liberation movements. What happened to its rebellious spirit?

• William Shoki

The coronavirus pandemic places moral, economic, and political questions before us. Only two answers remain: socialism or barbarism.

• Jessica Moody

The demise of Alassane Ouattara’s presidency in Cote d’Ivoire.

• David Tonghou Ngong

The use of a singular narrative to explain the divisions within Cameroon belies the reality that both anglophones and francophones are complicit in the conflict.

• Chambi Chachage

In a ruling party-dominated Tanzania, opposition parties are flawed but remain critically important.

• Abdou Rahim Lema

The coronavirus COVID-19, just like Ebola, reminds us what happens when crisis ignite deep-rooted stereotypes. Yet viruses, or any disease for that matter, do not see color. Nor do they recognize states borders and ethnic enclaves.

• Zama Mthunzi

With 7.9 million young South Africans out of work or with very little education or training opportunities, who looks out for their aspirations?