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Africa
Africa news and analysis from The Nation
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July 5, 2019
Overnight, an EU-backed law criminalized the main source of income in the city of Agadez. It didn’t stop migration, but it wrecked the economy.
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July 2, 2019
The Old Drift tells the multigenerational story of Zambia coming into being.
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June 28, 2019
The author of the memoir Lives of Great Men discusses the skewed coverage of gay life in Africa.
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June 21, 2019
Outsiders have both helped and harmed Liberia’s LGBT community.
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June 4, 2019
A new generation of musicians and artists has been inspired by—and is inspiring—the uprising.
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May 28, 2019
LGBT activists say they will continue their campaign to dismantle the colonial-era legislation, inside and outside the courtroom.
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May 15, 2019
From Algeria’s soccer stadiums, fans launched an uprising that brought down President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
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May 6, 2019
The ANC has failed to tackle poverty and inequality—and will win the presidency anyway.
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May 2, 2019
It’s time that our president—like the autocrats he is propping up across North Africa and the Middle East—finally be held accountable.
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May 1, 2019
Ethiopia’s rivers and lakes are now drying up at terrifying speed.
