Tag: africa
How our African ancestors made sound in the Stone Age
The Middle and Later Stone Age, which lasted from about 300 000 to 300 years ago in South Africa, was an important time...
New media is misrepresenting women in Africa: what feminists can do
When computer technology made electronic communication possible, the “new media” emerged: email, chat rooms, blogs, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and so much more. It looked,...
Peeling back the layers on the role of private security companies...
Private military and security companies have been regular fixtures in conflicts across the globe. For Africa, these corporations became increasingly visible with their role...
Help realise Africa Beyond Aid vision – Akufo-Addo
Ghana's president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has charged Finance Ministers, Central Bank Governors and African Governors of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund...
Oliver Arthur: The indigenous agent rewriting the history of African football
It was the final day of 2018 Summer transfer window, I was in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). I had been in the City with...
Migration in the Mediterranean: why it’s time to put European leaders...
In June this year two lawyers filed a complaint at the International Criminal Court (ICC) naming European Union member states’ migration policies in the...
Flirting with fire: African leaders and international law
African leaders often behave in a contradictory way towards international laws, and courts. While speaking out against them, they also voluntarily submit to their...
AFCON 2019: Diatta Abuse Exposes Africa’s Hypocrisy
From all of 20 yards, it was a thing of beauty.
The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations was only three days old, and Mahmoud...
African leaders share vision for an integrated continent
Leaders from four African countries on Wednesday shared their vision for an integrated and borderless Africa that would foster economic growth and development.
The leaders...
JIM’S JOTTINGS: On Race, Hormones & An ‘Equal’ World
A Twitter account managed by The East African -- a website which seeks to bring a clearer and in-depth understanding of political and economic...
