Sub-Saharan Africa · May, 2020

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Sub-Saharan Africa · May, 2020

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Stories about Sub-Saharan Africa from May, 2020

Quarantine debates in Zanzibar conjure memories of colonial racial segregation

Racial segregation shaped public health policies

Written by Jessica Ott

29 May 2020

Côte d'Ivoire withdraws from African Court on Human and People's Rights

The withdrawal from the court is a setback to democracy

Written by Abdoulaye Bah

Translated by Adam Long

29 May 2020

Mozambique revokes decree that imposed exorbitant fees on journalist accreditation

Some say the decree's purpose was to restrict coverage of the 2018- 2019 elections

Written by Dércio Tsandzana

Translated by Dércio Tsandzana

29 May 2020

A Yorùbá language activist strives for linguistic diversity in digital spaces

Adéṣinà Ọmọ Yoòbá advocates for Yorùbá rights online

Written by Adéṣínà Ọmọ Yoòbá

27 May 2020

Southern African leaders meet to address urgent security threats in Mozambique

'The region must avoid a purely militarized approach'

Written by Kudzai Chimhangwa, Dércio Tsandzana

26 May 2020

How identity-driven conflicts fuel Ethiopia's incendiary social media rhetoric

An army of social media personalities stoke inflammatory content

Written by Endalkachew Chala

25 May 2020

Burundi voted — but will the political situation change?

The election took place amid longstanding security concerns

Written by Liam Anderson

22 May 2020

From counterterrorism to counter-COVID-19, governments use crises to impose continuous states of emergency in the Middle East

Emergency powers carry the risk of undermining rule of law

Written by Saoussen Ben Cheikh

22 May 2020

Women in Nigeria face a caustic landmine of political advocacy online

#BringBackOurGirls and #ArewaMeToo reshaped political activism in Nigeria

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike

19 May 2020

How a football team from Cameroon’s conflict-stricken regions defied all odds to win a maiden national trophy

'With all those negative factors ... PWD broke all odds.'

Written by Ekonde Daniel

18 May 2020

Nigerian pastor spreads COVID-19 conspiracies and disinformation

'Oyakhilome has been all kinds of messy this COVID-19 season'

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike

15 May 2020

Women journalists in Uganda carry ‘double burden’ with online attacks and harassment

Being a woman and a journalist is a double threat

Written by Sandra Aceng

15 May 2020

Cameroon’s 3-year separatist crisis: Online threats, attacks on identity and freedom of expression

A year-long internet shutdown in English-speaking regions stifled dissent

Written by Ekonde Daniel

15 May 2020

Truck drivers blamed for spread of COVID-19 in East Africa

Truck drivers are the heartbeat of regional trade

Written by Amanda Lichtenstein, Pernille Baerendtsen

15 May 2020

In Burundi, four journalists jailed for months await appeal

The journalists were accused of threatening state security

Written by Liam Anderson

15 May 2020

Mali holds elections despite COVID-19 pandemic and terrorist threats

These elections were held under unique circumstances

Written by Abdoulaye Bah

Translated by Laura

14 May 2020

Amid COVID-19 pandemic in Niger, government violates whistleblowers’ freedom of speech

A journalist is detained after mentioning the pandemic on Facebook

Written by Abdoulaye Bah

Translated by Stephanie Phaneuf

12 May 2020

Promoting coronavirus education through indigenous languages

'We are focusing on marginalized oral languages'

Written by Subhashish Panigrahi

11 May 2020

Benin's partial withdrawal from African Charter of Human Rights is a retreat from democracy

The court is 'once again the target of political attacks'

Written by Abdoulaye Bah

Translated by Adam Long

7 May 2020

Mozambique gets creative with handmade anti-virus gear

Mozambique has just one ventilator per every 1 million inhabitants

Written by Alexandre Nhampossa

Translated by Ayoola Alabi

4 May 2020

COVID-19, locusts and floods: East Africa's triple dilemma

'Coronavirus could kill, but hunger kills many more people'

Written by Amanda Lichtenstein

4 May 2020

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