Why African lives don’t matter
A complex combination of internal and external perceptions and beliefs has led to the devaluing of Black African lives, says Onyekachi Wambu
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Why do Black lives still not matter in South Africa?
Twenty-five years after the end of apartheid, Black is still the natural hue of injustice in South Africa, says Kelebogile Motswatswa
South Africa’s ghosts of white supremacy continue to rise
Do Black lives matter more in today’s South Africa than under apartheid? Mushtak Parker finds the reality falls far short of the hopes of 1994
Ethiopia: The ethnic tinderbox
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s reform agenda has won praise, but his shaking up of government in Ethiopia risks exacerbating long-simmering ethnic rivalries. James Jeffries reports
In Uganda, do African lives matter?
Why has the Black Lives Matter movement bypassed most of Africa? Epajjar Ojulu investigates the situation in Uganda and comes up with some disturbing answers
Magufuli defies Covid-19
Has the Tanzanian government’s laissez-faire approach to Covid-19 sacrificed lives in favour of popularity? Helen Jones reports