Africa
‘Bobi Wine: The People’s President’ powerful exploration of Ugandan democracy and resistance
August 2, 2023Museveni has been the president since 1986, but as this new documentary shows, he doesn’t rule without facing resistance.
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Imperial disintegration: What’s happening in West Africa?
August 2, 2023For centuries, Africa suffered under slavery, oppression, and exploitation from European colonialism. The situation in Niger shows the suffering still isn’t over.
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Nigeriens face harsh sanctions as former European colonial powers punish coup leaders
August 1, 2023Niger is already the world’s third-poorest country, but the economic situation is about to get a lot worse.
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Coup: Niger president detained by military, vows democracy will prevail
July 27, 2023President Mohamed Bazoum was elected in 2021 in Niger's first peaceful, democratic transfer of power since its independence from France.
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Zimbabwean women fight for sexual freedom; challenge law banning sex toys as ‘obscene’
June 28, 2023Sexually liberated women frighten the men who dominate Zimbabwe’s political, social, and cultural spaces.
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