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More pragmatic than socialist - Burkina Faso’s recent politics is no remake of (…)
Bettina Engels 07/05/26
Since Burkina Faso’s current president Ibrahim Traoré came to power through a military coup in 2022, parallels between Traoré and the country’s former president and Pan-Africanist icon Thomas Sankara (1983-1987) have become commonplace. In this (…)
The Condor Playbook : East Africa’s Transnational Crackdown on Dissent
Mohamed Amin Abdishukri 16/06/25
Mohammed Amin Abdishukri offers a compelling account of recent coordinated transnational repression targeting cross-border activism by East African activists in Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya. He discusses the arrest and ill-treatment of human (…)
Carbon markets and the new scramble for African land
Thelma Arko 14/11/24
While often presented as a solution to the climate emergency, the growth of carbon offset markets are fueling a new scramble for African land and perpetuating colonial-era exploitation. We must move beyond market-based solutions to embrace (…)
The June Days : Senegal’s struggle for justice
Ndongo Samba Sylla 27/06/23
Since the start of the month, Senegal has seen major demonstrations, rioting, and violence. In an interview with ROAPE’s Leo Zeilig, Ndongo Sylla explains what is happening. Supporters of opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, are furious at the (…)
The return of recession, debt and structural adjustment
Peter Lawrence 09/05/23
There are strong echoes across Africa of the recession of the late 1970s and early 1980s. The reappearance of recession, debt and structural adjustment to the continent reminds us of the fundamental contradiction of capitalism. However, there are (…)
Let’s Decolonize the Coronavirus
Andrea Filipi, Katrin Wittig 18/05/20
In a dispatch from their lockdown in Kigali, two UK-based researchers Andrea Filipi and Katrin Wittig reflect on the international media coverage of the Coronavirus pandemic and Africa. They argue that the coverage has recycled stereotypical (…)
Western Advocacy Groups and (Class) Conflict in the Congo
Ben Radley 18/04/17
In recent years Western advocacy groups have achieved unprecedented success in mobilising Europeans and North Americans (particularly in the US) behind a ‘conflict minerals’ campaign to help end the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the (…)
Rebellion of the poor: South Africa’s service delivery protests
Peter Alexander 28/10/10
Since 2004, South Africa has experienced a movement of local protests amounting to a rebellion of the poor. This has been widespread and intense, reaching insurrectionary proportions in some cases. On the surface, the protests have been about (…)