The Overlooked Crisis in Burundi
While neighboring Rwanda is making news with the commemoration of the 1994 genocide and the increased tension with France, Burundi is marred in an overlooked political crisis and surge of violence that...
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5 Modern African Thinkers on Identity, Language and Regionalism
Street Philosophy at City Bowl, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, by Anne Fröhlich on Flickr – CC license-NC-2.0 African philosophy is generally overlooked in the field of philosophy. The reasons...
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Are Madagascar's Health Care Facilities Ready for Possible Ebola Outbreak?
Madagascar bat via Wikipedia Public Domain The fight against the Ebola epidemic is increasingly turning into an international emergency. The number of victims is growing rapidly in the three most...
View Article2015 Presents an Opportunity for Free and Fair Elections in Africa
Wekesa Sylvanus hopes that 2015 will be a year of free and fair elections in Africa: https://wekesasylvanus.wordpress.com/2015/02/18/will-2015-be-a-year-of-free-and-fair-elections-in-africa/ Since the...
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The Humanitarian Crisis You Haven't Heard of in Burundi
50,000 refugees have fled Burundi (here at the border with Tanzania). Photo via Jamii Forums Following Burundi President Nkurunziza's announcement of his candidacy for a third term (unconstitutional by...
View ArticleWhat We Know and What Is Still Up in the Air After the Alleged Coup in Burundi
Celebration and jubilation near Presidential offices in Bujumbura after the overthrow of Nkurunziza. #BurundiCoup pic.twitter.com/WhJzXKfS69 — Robert ALAI (@RobertAlai) May 13, 2015 Following...
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Ugandans Find Humor in Burundi's All-Too-Familiar Third Term Crisis
Burundian president Pierre Nkuruzinza. Photo released under Creative Commons by the World Economic Forum. Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza‘s attempt to extend his two-term limit led to mass...
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After Citizen Uprising in Burkina Faso and Burundi, Are Niger and Togo Next?
Protests in Niamey, Niger via Abdoulaye Hamidou on twitter (with his permission) 20,000 Nigeriens took to the streets in Niamey, Niger on June, 6. There are multiple causes for the protests: endemic...
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Arbitrary Arrests, Cybercrime, and Mass Mobile Adoption: Monitoring Digital...
Free Zone 9 Vigil, August 2, 2014. Martin Luther King Memorial, Washington, DC. Photo by EthioTube via Facebook. What is the state of freedom of expression online in Sub-Saharan Africa? To answer this...
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This Invention by Burkinabe and Burundian Student Scientists Could Save...
Screen Capture of Niyondiko and Dembele’ video at their presentation at Maker Faire in Rome, November 2014 Saving thousands of lives doesn't have to cost millions of dollars. Two students in Africa...
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Are Term Limits and Mandatory Political Changeover Really in the Interest of...
East African Community heads of state in 2009: Yoweri Museveni – Uganda; Mwai Kibaki – Kenya; Paul Kagame – Rwanda, Jakaya Kikwete – Tanzania, Pierre Nkurunziza – Burundi, by Magnus Manske CC-BY-2.0...
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The Crisis in Burundi Takes a Troubling Turn for the Worse
Burundians living in Nairobi, Kenya and friends of Burundi says no to a third term for President Pierre Nkurunziza. Photo by Vincent Munga. Copyright Demotix Burundi has been in crisis since April, but...
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Burundi's Independent Media Finds Itself in the Crossfire of a Deadly Crisis
Bujumbura, Burundi: President Pierre Nkurunziza talks to the press following his meeting with a UN Security Council delegation that came to reiterate the need for an inclusive dialogue to end months of...
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Burundi's Independent Media Aren't Going Down Without a Fight
The Press House in Bujumbura, from which independent radios were blocked access. Photo by Flickr user DW Akademie – Africa. CC BY-NC 2.0 Journalists in Burundi, where an escalating crisis has imperiled...
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Can Goodwill Gestures Help End Burundi's Political Crisis?
Aerial view of Lusenda Burundian refugees’ camp, South Kivu, DRC. August 2015. Photo released under Creative Commons by MONUSCO/Abel Kavanagh. Amid ongoing political instability, Burundi’s government...
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