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Category: Africa

Our Sub-Saharan Africa desk covers the regions of the African continent that lie south of the Sahara. These include Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, and West Africa.

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Africa/Winter Issue

The Echoes of Colonialism: To what extent has colonization impacted the way Nigerian youths view their culture and indigenous language?

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Moyo Ogunfayo

Abstract  When Nigeria gained its independence in 1960, many wondered what the long-lasting implications of colonization would be. There have been several ...

Rwanda NGOs
Africa/Winter Issue

The Role of International Non-Governmental Organizations in Post-Genocide Rwanda

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Iza Konings

Chapter I: General Introduction and Background of Study  General Introduction  The goal of this research is to understand the role of international no...

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Column/Africa

Stop Scapegoating Rwanda for Conflict in the DRC

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Anping Zhu

On February 10th, 2025, activists Milain Fayulu and Jeffrey Smith wrote in Foreign Policy that in regard to the Eastern Congo Conflict, “Kagame is an arsonist m...

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Column/Africa/Weekly Update

Macron’s Remarks Reignite Tensions Over Colonial Legacy in West Africa

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Shannon Kanamugire

In early January 2025, French President Emmanuel Macron sparked outrage across West Africa after insinuating that countries like Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger h...

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Interviews/Africa

CNN Producer Nimi Princewell Discusses the Conflict in the DRC

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Julia Niemiec

This transcript comes from a written interview conducted in February 2025 with Nimi Princewill. Nimi Princewill is a news producer with CNN based in Abuja, Nige...

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Global Issue/Africa

Framing the Rape Crisis in South Africa

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Saghaar Wright

“We’ve been standing here for 26 seconds, and nobody has been raped”. On the 2nd of February 2000, the late Minister of Safety and Security went on an American ...

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Column/Africa

Waiting on the World to Change in Cameroon

Posted on April 8, 2025 by Anping Zhu

Cameroonians are in a waiting game. As elections approach this October, all signs point to an 8th term for president Paul Biya, now age 92. For decades, opposit...

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Column/Africa

Another War in Tigray? The Perpetual Cycle of Civil Conflict in Ethiopia 

Posted on April 8, 2025 by Meetii Tufa

After years of political unrest and division, Ethiopia may be headed towards yet another civil war. The nation has faced instability and violence within its eth...

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Interviews/Africa

Affinity Africa Founder and CEO Tarek Mouganie Discusses the Important Impact of Banking on Socioeconomic Development in Africa

Posted on February 13, 2025 by Owen Haywood

As part of a series of conversations with the 2024 Class of the Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program, Abla Abdulkadir, Sarah Jeddy, and Owen Haywood of th...

Babra Bhebe
Interviews/Africa

“Follow events. Write. Get your voices to be known.” 2024 Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellow Babra Bhebe on How to Make an Impact on the Future of Democracy.

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Owen Haywood

Last month, the YRIS Interview and Events Team sat down with Babra Ontibile Bhebe, a member of the 2024 Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program. A native Zim...

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