May 8, 2019

Is Africa’s Strong-man Era Reaching its End-game?

Is Africa’s Strong-man Era Reaching its End-game? In early April, after months of protests in Algeria and Sudan, the long-term presidents of both countries were forced […]
December 5, 2018

Britain Dances Around Relations with Africa

Africa Integrity finds it remarkable that five years elapsed between former prime minister David Cameron’s attendance at Nelson Mandela’s funeral in 2013 and prime minister Theresa […]
November 14, 2018

Taxing Questions

In 2018, there has been a growing trend of African government’s trying to tax, and in some instances restrict, the internet usage of their citizens. While […]
May 15, 2018

Bridging Nations

On 21st March 2018, 44 African heads of state signed the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), which seeks to remove tariffs on 90 percent of continental […]
March 1, 2018

A Look Ahead to March 2018

A Three Horse Race in Sierra Leone On 7th March 2018, Sierra Leone will go to the polls to vote for the country’s next president. The […]
February 20, 2018

Is Kabila Finally Preparing to Step Down?

Surrounded by accusations of wanting to alter the constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in order to remove presidential terms limits, President Joseph […]
February 14, 2018

Southern African Dynasties: The Parties Strike Back

In recent years, political dynasties have received a lot of attention across the African continent as ageing presidents have been accused of trying to manoeuvre family […]
May 26, 2017

Factionalism and Coalition: The two sides of Zimbabwean politics

On 21st May 2017, growing factionalism in the ruling ZANU-PF provoked violence at the party’s provincial headquarters in Zimbabwe’s second largest city – Bulawayo. Party youths […]
May 15, 2015

Francophone Africa Revisited

On 17th March 2015 we published an article entitled “Troubles en Afrique Francophonie” which discussed increasing anti-government protests across Francophone Africa, not seen in either Anglophone […]