Peeling back the layers on the role of private security companies in Africa
Nigerian soldiers clearing Boko Haram camps in Borno State. The government has contracted private security companies to help. EPA/Stringer Jonathan Powell, University…
Nigerian soldiers clearing Boko Haram camps in Borno State. The government has contracted private security companies to help. EPA/Stringer Jonathan Powell, University…
Low-wage poverty is highly associated with unstable work such as in the informal sector. Shutterstock Derek Yu, University of the Western Cape…
"By Bayo Omoboriowo - This image was made available by Official Photographer of President Muhammadu Buhari, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=72788912 Iwa Salami,…
"Lagos Fashion and Design Week” by Chidi "Lex Ash" Ashimole is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 On November 5, the New York…
A KFC in Harare, like many other shops, has shut down as a result of Zimbabwe’s financial crisis . EPA-EFE/AARON UFUMELI Robert…
The Okavango Delta in Botswana. Shutterstock Mark New, University of Cape Town The release this week of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…
Stephen Chan, SOAS, University of London The counting of the votes in the Zimbabwean elections lurched from tragedy to farce. The tragedy…
John Campbell, The Council on Foreign Relations On May 28, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) credibly announced 603 corruption convictions…
Mashupye Herbert Maserumule, Tshwane University of Technology South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), glossed over the causes of what…
Nic Cheeseman, University of Birmingham Paul Kagame has exercised firm personal control over Rwanda’s politics since becoming president in 2000. EPA/Phillip Guelland…