Collaboration or coalition? Tshisekedi’s tough choices as leader of the DRC

Former DRC President Joseph Kabila congratulates President Felix Tshisekedi at his inauguration. EPA-EFE/Hugh Kinsella Cunningham
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It has been a little over a month since Felix Tshisekedi became the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC’s) head of state. Protests that followed the...

Massacre grew from rise of white supremacy

US President Donald Trump (L) and national security adviser John R. Bolton (R) Gints Ivuskans/Shutterstock
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This past Friday, a 28-year-old Australian-born white supremacist mowed down 50 Muslim worshippers, including women and children, at two mosques in the quiet New Zealand...

The Al-Noor Mosque Massacre: The New Crusaders of the West?

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Throughout history, right-wing terrorists inspired and passed relay of hatred to one generation to another. From Peter the Hermit in the first Crusaders to...

Committee to Protect Journalists Releases ‘The Last Column’ to Highlight the Human Cost of Journalism

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The book features the final articles and photographs of fallen journalists New York, NY, March 13, 2019 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent,...

Somaliland: Sunday March 10: Living for Black Joy: The Gift of Storytelling with Clemantine Wamariya & Laylah Amatullah Barrayn

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In our first OkayAfrica 100 Women event of 2019, we are bringing 100 women honorees NYT-best selling author, Clemantine Wamariya, and celebrated phototgrapher Laylah Barrayn for an evening...

Protesters in Algeria use nonviolence to seek real political change

The Algerian population has taken to the streets in a peaceful and nonviolent manner to protest against President Bouteflika’s running for a fifth term of office. Ryad Kramdi/AFP
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Algeria’s 82-year-old president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, whose has been in office since 1999, is seeking a fifth term – and many Algerians are not pleased with his decision. There...

How Africa can catch up with the world in the fight against poverty

Mali one of the world’s poorest countries would take about 31 years to eradicate poverty. EPA/Nic Bothma
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The world is making remarkable progress in combating poverty. From 2000 to 2013, the portion of the world’s population living on less than the...

Postponement fuels lack of trust in Nigeria’s ability to hold fair elections

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari holding a flag during a recent campaign rally. He is running for a second term in office. EPA-EFE/STR
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Nigeria has postponed its 2019 presidential elections. The presidential and parliamentary votes have been rescheduled for February 23rd and the gubernatorial, state assembly and federal area...

Somaliland is not Somalia UK FCO told

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By Goth Mohamed Goth Hargeisa-Mr. Mohamed Muse Diriye, Somaliland deputy minister of interior speaking to reporters stated , “The UK FCO should realize Somaliland is...

Forty years on from the Iranian Revolution, could the country be at risk of another one?

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Iran’s ruling clergy are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1979 revolution, during which Shi'ite Islamists, led by religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini, toppled Mohammad...