In this episode of The Horn, Alan speaks with Julia Steers, investigations editor at Lighthouse Reports, about the large-scale atrocities that took place in Darfur’s
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Everyone in Tanzania, including the government, was caught off guard when protests broke out on election day – 29 October. The polls had long been
Donald Trump is threatening to invade Nigeria on dubious claims of a genocide against the country’s Christian community. Here’s why the Christian Right has woven
Darfur is engulfed in atrocity, with famine, mass killings and displacement now defining what remains of Sudan’s revolution. The city of El Fasher in the
In 2024, Black Rose/Rosa Negra’s International Relations Committee began working closely with anarchist revolutionaries in Sudan. This relationship has involved the exchange of ideas, practical
Mass killings in Darfur and a serious shift in the civil war On October 26, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) captured El Fasher, Sudan after
During a trip to northern Morocco last week, I had the chance to meet two supporters of the GenZ212 movement that has been shaking the
From The Dial Meta has invested heavily in a submarine cable to Africa. What will it ask for in return? Ever since my fixation with
Following Nepal recently, in Madagascar, young people are organising and making their voices heard: the ’Gen Z Madagascar’ collective is mobilising in the streets and
Two activists from Sudfa (a media outlet founded by Sudanese exiles in France) and Génération Lumière (a decolonial ecology association founded by young Congolese people
“Ethiopian working people’s incomes are simply so low that they cannot be pilfered very much further.” Dr. Samuel Andreas Admasie is a researcher and archive
In the Sahel, art and cultural entrepreneurship are tools of resilience and social transformation The Sahel, an African region stretching from the Atlantic Ocean on
Eiad Husham is a Sudanese journalist whose investigative reports and insightful analyses have appeared in numerous outlets, including Sudans Post, Ayin, Al Jazeera, The New
The war in Sudan is often flattened with numbers, shorthand and labels that suggest it’s both too much and too petty to resolve. Even the
Amandla!: Ibrahim Traoré came to power in a coup in 2022. What was the situation in the country that led to the coup? Rahmane Idrissa:
In the global reckoning with slavery, Ethiopia occupies an ambiguous space. Often romanticized as the lone African polity to successfully resist European colonization and celebrated
From Fatteh In their inaugural editor’s letter Beza Lealem explains why they launched Fatteh — the first magazine of its kind for LGBTQ+ people in
From Atar: Sudan in Perspective The Haftar-Hemedti nexus rests on a shared ideology that scorns centralised state authority in favour of personal loyalty networks and
From The Elephant Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, one of the most prominent writers and philosophers in Africa and globally, passed away on 28 May 2025. Ngũgĩ’s
From Premium Times The documentary amplifies the nationwide dialogue about gender imbalance in Nigeria’s politics In a significant step towards amplifying the voices of women
In mid-June, a highly choreographed show of bonhomie was organised at the Mereb Bridge in Tigray, which connects Ethiopia’s northernmost region to Eritrea. Waving Eritrean and
In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Murithi Mutiga, Crisis Group’s Africa program director, to discuss the DR Congo-Rwanda deal, U.S.
From Africa is a Country Sudan’s revolution removed a dictator but left intact the deep structures of racialized hierarchy, militarism, and elite rule. Resistance committees
As Kenya marks the first anniversary of the uprising that shook the nation on 25 June 2024, Abdirashid Diriye reflects on the pivotal role played
From Africa Is a Country The global economic balance of power is shifting, and Africa finds itself at a crossroads. The traditional dominance of the
Second English language issue of the Al Amal Newsletter. Contents: Statement of the Anarchist Group of Sudan From our deep understanding of social revolution as
I now know that Africa has been in search for a progressive hero since the passage of the great ones – Nkrumah, Lumumba, Nasser, Nyerere,
From Africa Is a Country Anti-queer laws in Africa are often framed as cultural defense—but their roots lie in colonial legacies, religious nationalism, and global
From Sidecar. The 15 April marked the two-year anniversary of a civil war in Sudan that has left tens of thousands dead and millions displaced.
Today marks two years since the start of the counter-revolutionary war on April 15, 2023, between Sudan’s two ruling militias – the Sudanese Armed Forces
Africa today stands at a crossroads, caught between internal crises, shifting global power dynamics, and the slow unraveling of the post-liberation political order. Across the
In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Crisis Group’s Horn of Africa director Alan Boswell and South Sudan expert Daniel Akesh
Teklehaymanot G. Weldemichel is a human geographer with an interdisciplinary focus on how politics, the state and market actors shape the relationships between people and
By Pauline Ongaji What you need to know: Up to 40 per cent of hospital deaths in Kenya are linked to non-communicable diseases. More than half
The United Arab Emirates has become a sub-imperial power in Africa, investing in ports, airports and infrastructure projects to extract resources and increase its global
Two emails back to back in my inbox, received within two hours of each other a few days ago. The first, a press release from
The Sudanese people and the revolutionary forces are at a critical juncture, caught in the violent grip of a war that began on April 15,
In South Africa’s watershed election last May, the African National Congress (ANC) failed to secure an outright majority for the first time in the country’s
Paul Martial – When discussing Africa, the notion of ethnicity is frequently mentioned, both in general media and among social science researchers. How would you
From Hammer & Hope Inspired by a need for more grounded, non-elite analyses of the current situation in Sudan, we interviewed four people whose organizing
Teklehaymanot (Tekle) Weldemichael grew up in central Tigray. He received his Bachelor’s in Ethiopia before spending several years between Ethiopia and Norway, where he continued
The DRC is the subject of renewed interest, linked to the risk of regionalization of the M23 war in the east and to the focus
From The Contrapuntal Magazine On the first anniversary of the Sudan war, I am confronted with the thorny pains that accompany every act of remembrance.
From: London Review of Books Review of: Understanding Ethiopia’s Tigray War, by Martin Plaut and Sarah Vaughan. Hurst, 2023 What are the major wars of
Ethiopia is one of the world’s most populous countries, and yet the 2020-22 Tigray War and ongoing suffering in the region has been largely ignored
From The Dial The tech mogul’s statements about his country of origin reveal that he never really knew the place. There’s a legend among South
Summary Post-slavery is an academic analytical concept that signifies the fragmented legacies and continuities of past slavery and slave trade in contemporary societies after its
African evangelicals align themselves with the American right and there are many parallels between American and African evangelicals that may explain why the latter support
“Race and Racism in Africa and the Middle East” was part of the nationwide #ScholarStrike to halt academic business as usual and to instead host
Bruce S. Hall is an associate professor of history at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. This article first appeared in Antropologia Vol. 7 No.
Laura Menin is an Italian anthropologist based at the University of Sussex, UK, whose research explores love, intimacy, political violence, racialisation, and the legacies of
From New Politics A CNN report last November about slave auctions in present-day Libya shocked the world.1 The existence of these slave auctions was widely treated
In 1983, 23 years after its independence and the succession of several neo-colonial regimes, the Upper Volta was one of the most materially destitute countries
Kapya Kaoma is a Zambian, US-educated scholar, pastor and human rights defender who is most noted for his ecological, and LGBTQI+ scholarship, particularly regarding Africa.