On September 15, 2021, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a $67.38 million loan to Equatorial Guinea under a Rapid Financing Instrument to help the country address the COVID-19 pandemic and catastrophic accidental… Read more »
Democracy and human rights advocates are expressing concern over the arrest of musician and activist Delphin Katembo Vinyasiki, aka Delcat Idengo, a prominent voice of civil society in the Democratic… Read more »
Elected leaders from Africa and elsewhere have seen their popularity rise after rolling back civil rights recently. What explains this phenomenon? MIT’s Peter Dizikes asks. Lily Tsai’s analysis of… Read more »
Activists in Togo risk being targeted by shadowy cyber-mercenaries who use covert digital attacks to try and steal victims’ private information to sell to private clients, Amnesty International reports: In… Read more »
Although not a new phenomenon in Africa, military takeovers or coups occurred with disturbing frequency over the last year, writes Dr. Jude Mutah, an Africa program specialist at… Read more »
Less than a year into his controversial third term in office, Guinea’s president, Alpha Condé, was ousted last week in a military coup, note analysts Carolyn Logan, Aliou Barry and Josephine… Read more »
In just over a year, Africa has experienced three successful coups (two in Mali and one more recently in Guinea), one unsuccessful coup attempt in Niger, and an arbitrary military… Read more »
In Africa and much of the global South, the spread of rumors, hoaxes, and calculated “fake news” primarily happens on WhatsApp, whose closed network and low data costs are good for… Read more »
Following the first round of general elections, and three years after the beginning of a hopeful transition to a democratic Ethiopia, the country is at a critical juncture. Civil war… Read more »
On Wednesday morning, police in Mwanza, in northern Tanzania, surrounded the hotel occupied by members of the country’s main opposition party, Chadema, and arrested 11 party members, including the party chairman, Freeman Mbowe, analyst… Read more »