Tanzania Rising
New president John Magufuli’s determination to transform his country from regional laggard to integration champion has borne early fruit. But Dar es Salaam must take …
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A Borderless Africa: So you want that African e-Passport?
Excitement, praise, concern, and heaps of speculation have greeted the much-hyped launch of the common African e-passport at the Kigali African Union Summit on 17th …
Policing the flowers of paradise
James Jeffrey examines the domestic wars over khat consumption.
What prospects for a lasting peace in South Sudan?
South Sudan, Africa’s youngest nation, is yearning for a lasting peace after two and a half years of civil war. Fred Oluoch reports from Juba.
Why does al-Shabaab still exist?
Almost a decade since the African Union military intervention in Somalia, the antagonists have fought to a standstill. Or maybe not. All things considered, explains Ben Rawlence, it could well be in East Africa’s interest to keep al-Shabaab alive.
Digital radicals on the Swahili coast
Youth radicalisation and recruitment into jihadist groups is on the rise. Little is said about the histories of exclusion and marginalisation fuelling recruitment, argues Paul Goldsmith.