East Africa’s teeming youth are in a race to acquire skills for a job market that’s left many behindByAmy Fallon and CommentaryPublishedJuly 17, 2017
Somalia is in its third week of an internet blackout and it’s hurting grassroots aid relief effortsByAmanda Sperber and CommentaryPublishedJuly 14, 2017
Yes, Macron’s “civilizational” Africa statement is problematic but it’s also very FrenchBySiddhartha Mitter and CommentaryPublishedJuly 11, 2017
Eritrea’s picturesque capital is now a World Heritage site and could help bring it in from the coldByTom Gardner and CommentaryPublishedJuly 11, 2017
Ethiopians are having a tense debate over who really owns Addis AbabaByTom Gardner and CommentaryPublishedJuly 6, 2017
We need African countries to support our literature, says 2017’s Caine prize winnerByFarid Y. Farid and CommentaryPublishedJuly 6, 2017
Scientists are studying chimpanzee food as a way to treat human diseases, including cancerByLinda Nordling and CommentaryPublishedJuly 4, 2017
Egypt’s austerity cuts have been great for investors but not for EgyptiansByFarid Y. Farid and CommentaryPublishedJuly 3, 2017
The mounting debt at East Africa’s top supermarket chains is souring a rising middle class narrativeByJoshua Masinde and CommentaryPublishedJune 29, 2017
Afropunk will make its African homecoming in Johannesburg this yearByCommentary and Brian BrowdiePublishedJune 25, 2017
Researchers have reevaluated the age at which you officially become “old”ByCommentaryPublishedJune 22, 2017
A Florida university is making Quidditch a (virtual) realityByAlice Bonasio and CommentaryPublishedJune 17, 2017
Ghana is safe and stable, but its young people are still risking their lives to cross to EuropeByBrennan Weiss and CommentaryPublishedJune 13, 2017
Uber is on the front line of women’s rights in Saudi ArabiaByGhada Alsharif and CommentaryPublishedJune 10, 2017
Nigeria needs to start talking about the horrors of the Biafra war, fifty years onByChika Oduah and CommentaryPublishedJune 4, 2017
Citizen scientists’ photos capture the impact of climate change on southern Africa’s landscapeBySarah Wild and CommentaryPublishedJune 3, 2017
Ten years ago I was sent to DR Congo as an aid worker without security training. Not much has changedByElettra Pauletto and CommentaryPublishedJune 1, 2017
Fleeing scandals at home, Trump may be following Saudi Arabia into a whole new quagmireByOmar Rahman and CommentaryPublishedMay 19, 2017
Uber and its rivals are struggling to keep both drivers and riders happy in LagosByPaul Adepoju and CommentaryPublishedMay 19, 2017
Global penicillin shortages are bringing back old diseases, and creating new, deadlier onesByKeila Guimarães and CommentaryPublishedMay 18, 2017
