‘A day without internet is a day in the dark’: The Gambia's growing digital divideUnstable, expensive internet and frequent outages impedes developmentWritten by Jainaba Sonko31 March 2021
The Gambia’s missed opportunity for digital rights reformActivists hope to overturn many draconian laws that stifle dissentWritten by Alieu Sowe31 March 2021
LIVE on April 7: The other health crisis—breaking the taboo on abortionThe webinar will be live-streamed on YouTube, Facebook and TwitchWritten by Melissa Vida31 March 2021
Post-Magufuli, will Tanzania review its repressive online content regulations? EPOCA 2020 content regulations are used to undermine digital rightsWritten by GV Sub-Saharan Africa30 March 2021
In Kenya, abortion focus obscures legislation towards safe reproductive healthcare servicesTagged “the abortion bill”, the Reproductive Healthcare bill of 2019 is, in fact a comprehensive documentWritten by Laila Le Guen30 March 2021
South African shack settlement activist wins the 2021 Per Anger PrizeSibusiso Innocent Zikode is an advocate for homeless peopleWritten by Nwachukwu Egbunike29 March 2021
Billionaire Patrice Motsepe, the favoured FIFA candidate, becomes Africa football bossOther contenders step aside in favour of South Africa’s candidateWritten by Richard Wanjohi29 March 2021
Transition in Tanzania: From President Magufuli to President HassanTanzanians grapple with the complexity of Magufuli’s death and legacyWritten by Amanda Lichtenstein, Pernille Baerendtsen, Nwachukwu Egbunike24 March 2021
Did the Ethiopian government use its COVID-19 restrictions to silence dissent?The state of emergency restrictions were used as grounds to arrest a lawyer and a journalist last yearWritten by BefeQadu Z. Hailu23 March 2021
Angola's new penal code, which decriminalizes homosexual relationships, comes into forceThe new penal code also punishes acts of homophobiaWritten by Dércio TsandzanaTranslated by Liam Anderson22 March 2021
Sierra Leone’s new cybercrime bill could turn a phone into a crime scene The bill grants legal pretext to clamp down on dissent Written by Alhaji Koroma21 March 2021
The difficulties journalists face covering the COVID-19 pandemic in three African countriesThree journalists shared their experiences with US journalism studentsWritten by Jeslyn Lemke19 March 2021
Kenya police turn to Twitter PR as the arrest of a blogger goes against public opinionKenya police use anti-cybercrime legislation to silence social media usersWritten by Njeri Wangari19 March 2021
How a youth movement is challenging the political old guard in NamibiaColonial inequalities prevail in Namibia, 30 years after independenceWritten by Lisa Plank17 March 2021
Personal attacks follow Burundi human rights defender into exile in Uganda'The best way to attack a woman is through her sexuality'Written by CIVICUS11 March 2021
A plan to allow logging in Cameroon’s biologically rich Ebo Forest was halted, but the area remains vulnerableThe area is home to critically endangered primates, including rare tool-wielding chimpanzeesWritten by Ekonde Daniel8 March 2021
After 28 years, Kenya qualifies for major African basketball tournament, led by record-breaking female coachKenya’s men win against Angola to secure their place at AfroBasket 2021Written by Richard Wanjohi8 March 2021
Africa adrift, and awaiting Nigeria’s leadership?Africa’s prosperity hangs on Nigeria's bold leadershipWritten by Sanna Camara6 March 2021
Sudan's revised cybercrime law falls short on its promiseVague terms enable government institutions to violate fundamental freedomsWritten by Khattab Hamad4 March 2021
African media perpetuating harmful stereotypes about the continent, report findsFinancial constraints are causing too heavy a reliance on global news agencies Written by Njeri Wangari4 March 2021