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Djiboutian Mahamoud Ali Youssouff, Kenyan Raila Odinga, and Malagasy Richard Randriamandrato are candidates for the AU Chairmanship
International

New AU commission to be elected as summit gets underway in Addis Ababa

Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Heads of State and Government from the East African Community and Southern African Development Community pose for a photo at the joint meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Courtesy
Africa

EAC-SADC leaders urge for political solution to silence the guns in eastern DR Congo

Saturday, February 08, 2025
Grégoire Kayibanda (center), Rwanda’s first elected president, with African and Belgian government representatives in Brussels, December 1961.(AFPGetty)

How the monarchy was replaced by Hutu-based republic

Friday, February 07, 2025
M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo.

Why there were no Tutsi rebel groups in DR Congo before 1995

Friday, February 07, 2025
The Congo Free State later became Belgian Congo; upon gaining flag independence, it was named Congo Léopoldville, then Congo Kinshasa, then Zaire, and now, the Democratic Republic of the Congo

DR Congo: The endless mirage of Freedom

Thursday, February 06, 2025
US President Donald Trump delivers his speech at his inauguration on Monday, January 20. Internet

Trump’s inauguration speech: Wrong on some counts, but right on ambition

Thursday, January 23, 2025
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International

Trump orders US to leave World Health Organization

Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, DR Congo president.

Tshisekedi: A relic of Africa’s darkest leadership

Monday, January 20, 2025
Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, DR Congo’s Minister of Foreign Affairs during the meeting in Luanda Angola on December 14, 2024. Courtesy

The world’s blind spot: Tshisekedi’s abracadabra

Wednesday, January 15, 2025
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Education

Want to understand finance? Read this

Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance (University of Cape Town)

Unmasking the commodification and corporatization of higher education in Africa

Monday, January 13, 2025
Refaming Rwanda's origin. A look beyond colonial narratives.

Reframing Rwanda's origins: A look beyond colonial narratives

Monday, January 13, 2025