Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed: From Nobel Peace Prize recipient to allegedly encouraging ethnic cleansing in Tigray, Ethiopia.
Image credits: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 13, 2021. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri TW: mentions executions, rape, and gender based violence. The former Nobel Peace Prize winner has…
Polyandry: The Fight for South African Women to Have the Same Marriage Rights as Men
Image: Cornelia Ng via Unsplash In May, the South African Department of Home Affairs submitted a proposal which suggested that polyandry, the marriage between one woman…
From Nigeria to 'United African Republic': development or stagnation?
Image credit: Emmanuel Ikwuegbu via Unsplash It has been roughly over a month since Adeleye Jokotoye, a tax consultant in Lagos State, proposed the idea of…
Zambia’s precarious balancing act: health versus the economy
While the COVID-19 pandemic gripped most of Europe in March this year, the experience of the virus for much of Africa, including Zambia, was only just…
The victory of Chakwera and the Malawi Congress Party in Malawi sets a precedent for opposition parties in Africa
Malawi has just sworn in their new president, Lazarus Chakwera after a controversial election. Chakwera’s Malawi Congress Party won the elections with a majority of…
The daunting effect of colourism in modern day Nigeria
Nigeria gained independence from British colonial rule in 1960. Yet over half of a century later, the scars of colonialism remain embedded in Nigerian beauty standards.…