2019-02-15
Africa’s Year of Elections
On December 30 last year, around 40 million voters went to the polls in a hotly contended election in the
Making Sense
2019-02-08
Sydafrikas valrörelse har inletts
Vissa kallade det för det bästa sydafrikanska State of the Nation-talet (SONA) sedan Nelson Mandelas dagar. Det var också det
2019-02-05
“Mitt land är värt att kämpa för”
För drygt ett år sedan, den 18 november 2017, samlades tiotusentals zimbabwier på gatorna i huvudstaden Harare för att demonstrera
2019-02-01
Letter from: Dar es-Salaam
”He’ll be on time,” said the lady at the front desk at the hotel where I was staying. I’d been in Tanzania
2018-12-19
The Year in Politics
It’s the time of the year when we start to look back at major events of 2018. From a political
2018-10-30
The slaves who built the Cape
“You have entered the oldest surviving slave building in South Africa” reads a sign at the entrance of one of
2018-10-15
Små steg framåt efter #metoo
Ska Rwanda än en gång visa vägen i Afrika? Ja, det verkar så. Tillsammans med organisationen Care International har YMCA
2018-07-30
Crash Course to Zimbabwe’s Election
What is all the fuss about? This is the first time since 1980 (independence), that Zimbabweans go to the polls without
2018-07-18
Happy 100th, Mr Mandela!
I had gone to bed early that evening. Completely knackered after a long day, I was half-asleep when I heard
2018-07-03
Land reform the Rwandan way
A few years ago, we were once more travelling to Rwanda to write about the progress and development of this
2018-06-07
Land reform hottest topic after 100 days
Land reform – or the lack thereof – has become one of the most hotly debated issues in South Africa
2018-05-22
New book by Görrel Espelund
Two years ago, I started the research for my book about the descendants of the white settlers in Kenya, Zambia
2018-05-14
New Lifestyles – New Diseases
A two-litre soft drink and a loaf of white bread is the standard diet for most construction workers in Cape
2018-04-24
The Day After Day Zero
One year ago, Andreas and I did our first feature story for Waterfront, the magazine produced by Stockholm International Water
2018-04-19
Democracy on the move in West Africa
Africa is often talked about in sweeping generalisation and it’s easy to believe that not much is happening on the