How Senegal keeps unique balance between religion and a secular state
BY RACHID ID YASSINE On 1 May this year the principal of a catholic high school in Dakar sent out an email informing parents that students would only, as of … Read More
Category: Politics
The African Magazine provides first-hand information about U.S.-Africa relations in politics, economy, and relations between Africa and black America, and the black Diaspora,
Nigeria’s President Buhari under pressure to free prisoners of conscience
BY MODUPE ABIOLA Abuja, Nigeria—The pressure is coming from multiple sources: human rights organizations including Amnesty International; an African umbrella-civil society group; U.S. lawmakers including New Jersey senator Cory Boker, … Read More
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara doubles down on plan to seek a third term, excites a crowd
BY JIBRIL TURE (Reporting by Paul Yao) On the occasion of the high-profile celebration of the 26th anniversary of the passing of Cote d’Ivoire’s founding father Félix Houphouët-Boigny, President Alassane … Read More
United States and Sudan announce steps to improve relations
BY USMAN MAMA Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, who is on his first visit to Washington this week, has something tangible to show for it: the announcement that the United … Read More
U.S.-Zambia relations ‘decaying’ over U.S. Envoy condemning the jailing of gay couple
BY FRED LEWIS (Lusaka, Zambia) A 15-year jail sentence for two Zambian homosexuals, Japhet Chataba and Steven Samba, was confirmed last week after the court quashed their appeal. The development, … Read More
Cote d’Ivoire’s President Alassane Ouattara announces a possible third run
BY JIBRIL TURE There was no ambiguity to it. In an address Saturday, President Alassane Ouattara, who is only ten months away from the end of his second term in … Read More
Threats to media freedom in Africa: some old methods and some new
BY GEORGE OGALA The government of Benin last year cancelled a decree that imposed a tax on users of platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp. Known as “over-the-top” platforms, they can … Read More
China reacts to Zimbabwe understating aid figure
BY ALAN GREEN During the presentation last week of the 2020 budget, Zimbabwe’s finance minister, Mthuli Ncube, stated Chinese aid to his country through September to be US$3.6 million, a … Read More
Why the UN’s financial crisis will hurt Africans more than anyone else
BY GARY WILSON The United Nations might run out of cash to meet its commitments by November. The organisation is facing a US$1.7 billion shortfall because a third of its member states … Read More
Gambia Brings Genocide Case Against Myanmar
(The Hague, November 11, 2019) – The Gambia’s case against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for violating the Genocide Convention, filed on November 11, 2019, will bring the first judicial scrutiny of … Read More