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Twenty years ago today, John Garang de Mabior boarded a helicopter in western Uganda and never arrived at his destination. Garang had spent the day at Rwakitura; not in Kampala, not in a ministry, but ...

Pastoralists offer significant potential for a sustainable future in Africa’s dryland frontiers. However, this potential is increasingly threatened by both human and natural challenges. Pastoral ...

There is a particular quality of stillness that precedes recognition—the instant before the eye understands what it is seeing. The world experienced that stillness on a Houston tarmac in the summer ...

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, one of the most prominent writers and philosophers in Africa and globally, passed away on 28 May 2025. Ngũgĩ’s literary works and political ideas have effectively questioned and ...

Twenty years ago today, John Garang de Mabior boarded a helicopter in western Uganda and never arrived at his destination. Garang had spent the day at Rwakitura; not in Kampala, not in a ministry, but ...

Kenya’s Gen Z has already achieved what many thought impossible. It forced a sitting government into retreat, disrupted the language of national politics, and demonstrated that a decentralized ...

Foreign policy observers were struck with bewilderment when Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu reprimanded President William Ruto for announcing regional plans to build an oil refinery in Tanga. In that ...

I cherish two distinct memories of veteran Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. The first memory goes back to the early 2000s (I was 11 years old) when I stumbled on a copy of A Grain of Wheat, Ngũgĩ’s ...

In mid-July, I participated in the Conference on the Financialization of Politics in Africa that was held in Accra, Ghana. The conference brought together various stakeholders from the continent, with ...

How does one write for The Elephant? One of the values that undergird The Elephant is plurality and diversity of ideas thus anyone can write for The Elephant. The main requirement is for interested ...

Gambia’s former President Yahya Jammeh orchestrated the embezzlement of nearly US$1 billion of public funds and illegal timber revenue during his 22-year rule, looting the treasury in a long-running ...