In her writings spanning more than two decades in books, newspapers, magazines, newsletters, anthologies and lately on X, Rasna Warah was preoccupied by recurring themes. She was, first and foremost, ...

Contemporary global political discourses are often noted for their intense polarization, in which elections are increasingly reduced from choices about governance and ideology to something more banal ...

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 ...

Nelson Mandela, the first democratic president of South Africa (1994–1999), secured a catalytic and at times confounding place in world history. He was neither an enthralling orator, an imposing Great ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

As the country struggles with a cash crisis, did the national debt quadruple under Uhuru Kenyatta, and did his government borrow more than KSh4 trillion in its last term? Africa Check is a non-profit ...

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 ...