Analysis Post: Nigeria’s ailing President Buhari misses third cabinet meeting
I think it is interesting how the media can put pressure on the president to disclose his health. It is also illustrative of how little privacy the president has.
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Uganda’s punishment island: ‘I was left to die on an island for getting pregnant’
Unmarried girls who got pregnant used to be seen as bringing shame to their families in parts of Uganda, so they were taken to a tiny island and left to die. The lucky ones were rescued, and one of them is still alive. The BBC’s Patience Atuhaire tracked her down.
What Kenya’s chaotic primaries tell us about August election
Political parties in Kenya have been holding primaries to choose the candidates who will represent them in the general elections. The BBC’s Dickens Olewe looks at why the exercise has been marred by violence in some regions and what it means for the August elections.
Nigeria’s ailing President Buhari misses third cabinet meeting
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has missed his third cabinet meeting in a row amid ongoing questions about the state of his health.
Robert Mugabe: Zimbabwe second-most developed country in Africa
Zimbabwe is the most highly developed country in Africa after South Africa, President Robert Mugabe has said.
The Guardian view on South Africa: fighting for the ANC’s future
Jacob Zuma danced and joked at his party in Johannesburg on Wednesday, but his 75th birthday was not a happy one. Tens of thousands of South Africans were protesting against the president again, days after crowds took to the streets in the biggest anti-government demonstrations since
UN condemns ‘grotesque rape chants’ of Burundi youth militia
The UN human rights chief has condemned a “campaign of terror” by government-backed militia in Burundi who are calling for the rape and murder of members of the opposition.
Analysis Post— Letter from Africa: Sudanese fight for their African identity
I found it interesting and alarming that people are going to the extreme of bleaching their skin. While I understand that President Omar al-Bashir has an economic incentive to undergo “Arabisation”, he is in a very tough situation because of the diversity and differing interests of his population.
Letter from Africa: Sudanese fight for their African identity
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has announced a strategic partnership with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), a regional political organisation that brings together seven Arab states. The move comes after a series of bilateral talks and a stream of multi-million dollar investments from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
How factions in South Sudan’s war took shape on British campuses
Among the South African, Palestinian and other young exiles debating revolutionary politics on campuses across early 1980s Britain, there was little at first to mark out Riek Machar, a twentysomething student from what is now the troubled young country of South Sudan.