By Joel Massibo Bungoma County, Kenya Sharon sits on the edge of a wooden bed in Bukembe, gently rocking her infant to sleep. She is 16. Her baby is...
Category - Africa
Stories and features from across the continent
In Côte d’Ivoire, the Singrobo-Ahouaty hydropower dam was meant to showcase President Alassane Ouattara’s vision of green growth and inclusive...
Africa, Guest Post
Power and performance: How African Union organs are shaping, or failing, Africa’s Future
By Mkhululi Chimoio An institution born out of a need for a unifying force against historical conflicts, poverty, poor governance, and economic...
Africa, Press Freedom
A Campaign of Disappearances: Inside the Killings, Abductions and Surveillance of Mozambique’s Government Critics
Key findings. The abduction of journalist Arlindo Chissale is part of a broader pattern of enforced disappearances and political killings in...
By Moige William and Ronald Ssekandi East Africa’s high unemployment level is pushing young people to the extreme where well organised individuals...
May 31, 2026 (Ethiopia Insider) – The 7th general national elections in Ethiopia are scheduled for Monday, June 1, 2026. Official documents from the...
By Theophilus Abbah How new machines did not help Nigerian voters “I was so frustrated and exhausted,” Josephine Ochadamu says when asked about her...
By Selay Kouassi It is March 2025, seven months before the much-anticipated presidential elections. In the brightly lit conference room of the...
Africa, Kenya
Inside East Africa’s Human Trafficking Crisis: Kenyans & Ugandans Sold to Myanmar Scam Compounds
Imagine being promised a well-paying job abroad, only to end up being sold into labor slavery. In the shadows of Southeast Asia’s booming cyber...
By Charles Mafa For more than four decades, Caesar Masina (62), a resident of Zambia’s capital, Lusaka, has participated in his country’s elections...