The worst floods in 30 years took the country by surprise

South Africa was an early adopter of unmanned aerial vehicles and the military pushed drone development from 1970

The pandemic is still claiming lives in the Indian Ocean country due to lack of HIV prevention and treatment services

Crocodile hunting was once lucrative, with its skin sought after for its power to protect people against evil spirits, and for use in the fashion industry

Long before the political crisis in the country, food production decreased because of environmental problems

More foreign news outlets are gagged over massacre reports accusing soldiers of killing at least 223 people in revenge attacks in February

Chad’s Mahamat Déby is determined to fill his father Idriss Déby’s shoes — and not just with the blood of his enemies

Allowing independent candidates to contest the next general election in South Africa is a boon for democracy. Prof. Colin Thakur asks if it is time to move to an electronic voting system?

Photographer Ala Kheir was using his camera to document the scars of Sudan’s old wars. Then came the new war.

Elections are being held in 19 countries across the African continent in 2024. Tom Mboya considers the rise in foreign disinformation campaigns.

Social media has changed the status quo in politics. In an election cycle, interaction between politicians and the electorate has evolved to near-real-time communication.

Only four of the 25 ministers are women and, by law, men are the supreme heads of the family

Efforts to modernise the capital Cairo’s infrastructure are running up against, and sometimes through, the city’s long history

The devastation of Cyclone Freddy, which Storm Ana and Cyclone Gombe, is being exacerbated by the drought brought on by El Niño

The health sectors in both countries are under pressure, with professionals either leaving or striking for better pay and working conditions

At least 250  000 women and girls were raped by Hutu extremists during the genocide targeting the Tutsi minority, according to the UN

Oscar Gakuo Mwangi, who studies radicalisation and counter-terrorism in Kenya, looks at the country’s preparedness to take on Haiti’s urban gangs

The digital boom experienced over the last decade has had a massive impact on African democracy. With the rise of social media platforms and the proliferation of mobile devices, citizens and leaders have a whole new electoral interface. Using a South African case study, postdoc fellow Maxwell Maseko argues for adopting digital technologies to bolster election management in Africa and overcome...

Digital journalism centre, The Digital Afrikan and The Mail & Guardian have partnered with Wits School of Governance Tayarisha Centre for Digital Excellence and The Institute for Election Management South Africa (IEMSA) to run a series of op-eds and podcasts on whether digitalisation benefits democracy in Africa.

The SADC mission shows how difficult and costly it is to launch and run a large scale military operation, especially if the host government is not taking full ownership and supporting the operation

Largely Christian Kenya has struggled to regulate unscrupulous churches and cults