Au Sénégal, le débat autour des droits des personnes LGBTQ a franchi un nouveau seuil avec l’adoption par l’Assemblée nationale d’une loi visant à durcir la criminalisation de l’homosexualité. Le texte a…
On February 14, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni addressed the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union during the 39th General Assembly. In her speech, Meloni acknowledged that…
In Senegal, the debate surrounding the rights of LGBTQ persons has reached a new threshold with the announcement of a bill aimed at tightening the criminalisation of homosexuality, including prison sentences for…
In 1810, a young woman from the Eastern Cape, South Africa, was brought to London by colonial…, put on display in a cage, and exhibited under the racially charged moniker ‘Hottentot Venus’.…
There is a quiet kind of violence that states are particularly good at. It does not arrive with spectacle. It comes through paperwork. Through silence. Through the slow, bureaucratic unmaking of a…
It was the end of 2025, that in-between stretch of the year when offices begin to wind down, group chats fill with “last meetings,” and people speak as though life will slow…
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) is preparing for a new president following the end of Faith Odhiambo’s two-year, non-renewable term. There are three candidates in the race for the 52nd President…
The just-concluded 35th AFCON edition held in Morocco showed that racial hierarchies and the legacy of colonialism continue to shape the continent profoundly. This is a continuation of the debate by the…
The 35th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), recently concluded in Morocco, was far more than just a sporting event. It served as a lens through which pre-existing social, political,…
At five in the morning, before the village of Savalou, Benin is fully awake, Véronique is already outside. The air is still cool, and the smell of fermented cassava hangs faintly around…