South Sudan’s elite make their money and run
World’s newest country in dire need of committed, educated nation builders, writes Katrina Manson
View ArticleNo doubt that Africa needs what China offers
Africa has one thing to do: recognise its power to negotiate for a good and sustainable deal, writes Xhanti Payi
View ArticleTanzania takes a bulldozer to graft
Tanzanian President John Magufuli has already increased taxes and cracked down on waste, writes Joseph Burite
View ArticleChina slowdown to test its bonds to sub-Saharan Africa
Time for reckoning in Zambia and other single-commodity African states as China’s economic slowdown exacts painful toll, writes Norimitsu Onishi
View ArticleGlobal fallout exposes the shortcomings Africa has to tackle
As Africa rides out 2016 storm, the best policy makers can do is build internal resources and shift priorities, writes Dianna Games
View ArticleWhat the bones predict for Africa’s year ahead
Any losses at local government polls could further weaken a vulnerable President Jacob Zuma, writes Adekeye Adebajo
View ArticleOld guard not over the moon with over-the-top
Moroccan ban sparks fears of domino effect across Africa as free voice services pose threat to established telecom operators, writes Suzette Plantema
View ArticleAfrican heads of state hide behind idea of sovereignty and independence
The ICC’s prosecution of Africans and the West’s intervention indicates their commitment to peace and stability to Africa, writes Achievement Shitlhavani
View ArticleEgypt’s post-revolution comedown
Politicians have failed the people since 2011, writes Stephanie Thomas
View ArticleEthiopia quietly dispels Africa myths
Ethiopian example demonstrates high growth and development economies are not the sole preserve of some distant and unattainable ‘east Asian miracle’, writes Nimrod Zalk
View ArticleAfrica stranded as high tide turns
Countries failed to reform in fat years to reduce dependence on volatile commodity prices, write Jeffrey Herbst and Greg Mills
View ArticleLong-sitting leaders out of touch with citizens
The events in Burundi and Burkina Faso offer sobering lessons about the perils of an entitled and out-of-touch leadership, writes Lindiwe Mazibuko
View ArticleAU summit of ghosts, guns and Mugabe’s angels
African Union summit of lame ducks continues ineffectual sniping and griping, writes Adekeye Adebajo
View ArticleAfrica on the horns of a dilemma
Third-term fever: many of the 16 presidential elections in Africa this year are under constitutions that dispense with term limits, writes Christian Bouquet
View ArticleSpecial war crimes court in Dakar is new approach for AU
Extraordinary African Chambers court created specifically to try defiant despot Hissène Habré and funded by his former allies, writes Marlise Simons
View ArticleFive years on, Afro-Arab Spring has no bounce
Promise of new democratic dispensations in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya smothered by weight of history, writes Adekeye Adebajo
View ArticleIslamic State invades vulnerable Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa has become fastest-growing front of global jihad — and perhaps its deadliest, writes Yaroslav Trofimov
View ArticleDecision by Dos Santos to step down is good for Angola and for Africa
José Eduardo dos Santos’s move to step down follows more and more African leaders choosing to hand over power, writes Charles Stith
View ArticleJapan takes high road in African infrastructure
Japanese investment in Africa 'reliable but insignificant' while China’s is viewed as mostly inferior and more prevalent — which is wrong, writes John Aglionby
View ArticleMTN saga presents space to rearrange SA-Nigeria fraught ties
Profound lack of trust between South Africa and Nigeria has curtailed relationship, writes Dianna Games
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