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Is Kenya relying on foreign forces to do its dirty work – such as ‘disappearing’ opposition figures? That may sound like speculation, but some people say…

Donald Trump’s decision to halt USAID funding has sparked mixed reactions – particularly in Africa, where the agency has long been a key player in foreign…

Financial-rights activist Alex Gladstein dissects the IMF’s African operations in this video. Drawing on the case of Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo), he reveals…

In 1983, in what was then known as Upper Volta—now Burkina Faso—a revolutionary 33-year-old military captain known as Thomas Sankara (1949-87) rose to power through a…

Bread is at the heart of politics across the world. It represents labour, life and livelihoods. Ruling classes down the ages have always offered ‘bread and…

In our end-of-year review, William Sakawa takes us through the Kenyan protests against William Ruto’s government. The June-July protests in Kenya traced back to reforms the…

The International Monetary Fund has for a long time been dictating economic and development policy to African countries. It will grant them loans – but only…

Africa got flag independence, while the colonisers retained the tools of power – such as control of Africa’s economies via chokehold institutions like the World Bank…

In Ghana, the recently concluded elections have seen the incumbent New Patriotic Party lose to the National Democratic Congress. But while this signals a shift in…

According to the UK’s newly-elected opposition leader, we should be grateful that Britain ended slavery – and should stop moaning about the past. Remarkably, Kemi Badenoch…