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81. From $2,000 for a limb to $75,000 for a 'complete set' or corpse: shocking new report on albino killings in Africa

Eight months ago the UN hired an independent expert, Ikponwosa Ero, to monitor and track human rights abuses against people living with albinism. In her first report, which was released a week ago to…

82. The world looks away as blood flows in Burundi

Thierry wants to talk, but chokes on memories of blows and stabs punctuated by the sound of his father pleading for his life before masked men hacked him to death. He shrinks into himself, cold and…

83. Analysis: The Panama Papers are the tip of a very dirty African iceberg

The murky world of offshore companies is suddenly marginally less murky – with potentially disastrous consequences for dodgy leaders and crooked businessmen. For African countries, who are…

84. U.S.-Africa Relations in the Age of Mutual Misunderstanding

A quarter century since the end of the Cold War, the relationship between Global North and South remains fraught with misconceptions. Diplomatic relations, trade, economic cooperation, and security…

85. Nkandla verdict shows South Africa's democracy is alive and kicking

It’s not a good look for a young democracy when its president is convicted in the country’s highest court of failing to respect the constitution. In finding President Jacob Zuma guilty of exactly…

86. Do joint projects still have a future in East Africa?

There’s trouble brewing in the horizon, and it has everything to do with who gets the most out of the business arising from integration. Nobody’s making toomuch noise about it, but it is certainly…

87. America’s MCC decision: A reward to Tanzania

The United States has announced that it is suspending partnership with Tanzania on the Millennium Challenge Account’s new Compact development, supposedly because of the election in Zanzibar and the…

88. Ventilation on MCC move is primed on wrong assumptions

I have read some articles by concerned members of the public, government officials and politicians about US government’s recent decision to suspend all relations between our government and the…

89. Democrats v autocrats in Africa: is there a winning formula? – podcast transcript

As Yoweri Museveni extends his 30-year rule in Uganda, Hugh Muir looks at the pros and cons of long-term leaders, and discusses whether there are any ways to mitigate their grip on power.

90. What next after Tanzania misses MCC’s Sh1 trillion?

There are a number of ways in which the decision of the MCC board to turn down Tanzania’s application for the about Sh1 trillion can be looked at. For those who are well versed in the ‘Western aid…