Across the continent, governments have long relied on police and soldiers to maintain control. Increasingly, they are outsourcing that role to actors who work in the shadows. In Kenya, they are known as goons: young men who disrupt rallies...
We’re going on a publication break for three weeks to touch grass. While we’re away, the next edition of The Atlas – our new international publication – will be delivered to subscribers of The Continent via your usual channels on 30...
ESWATINI police killed 40 people and injured 200 more during pro-democracy protests in June 2021. This year, residents plan to mark 29 June, the five-year anniversary, with renewed calls for justice. The Swaziland Human Rights Network UK and...
GHANA on Friday marked Juneteenth, the anniversary of the liberation of 250,000 enslaved people in the United States on 19 June 1865. Delegates from across Africa and the diaspora gathered in Accra for events hosted by the African-American...
