Africa embraces cannabis farming
Growing cannabis may have once earned you a visit from the police. But with medical marijuana becoming increasingly popular in the West, Judy Cogan discovers African governments are keen to cash in.
Algerian Berbers fight for rights
Algeria is braced for a summer of discontent as members of the minority group protest historic injustices. By Zachary Ochieng.
Trial fears for Hotel Rwanda ‘hero’
The subject of the Oscar-nominated film Hotel Rwanda , Kagame-critic Paul Rusesabagina is currently on trial for terrorism in Kigali. But, as Andrea Dijkstra discovers, questions are being raised over his chances of receiving a fair trial, while the dubious means used to detain him have led to a diplomatic fallout with Europe and the US.
Ghana gripped by power struggle
The country may have only gone to the polls five months ago, but the ruling party is already fighting over who will succeed President Akufo-Addo in 2024. By Cliff Ekuful.
Liberia’s civil wars back in the spotlight
Seventeen years after the Liberian conflict ended, victims are still fighting for justice. By Jonathan Paye-Layleh in Monrovia.
Politics
Why is no one talking about terror in Mozambique?
Mozambican Tomas Queface asks why no one is talking about the Islamic State-backed jihadists.
Business & Economy
Kenya’s recycling queen
The enterprising young businesswoman turning Nairobi’s plastic waste into environmentally friendly building materials. By Zachary Ochieng in Nairobi.
Banks warn against South Africa land reform bill
As a proposal to seize white-owned farms looks set to upend Mandela’s post-apartheid vision, businesses warn it puts more than just race relations in jeopardy. By Donald Paul in Cape Town.
African business news: May 2021
Uganda-Tanzania oil deal to add 10,000 jobs to East African economy
China ‘stealing’ Africa’s fish
As a new Netflix documentary puts illegal fishing under the spotlight, Britt Collins reveals the devastating impact China – and the EU’s – supertrawlers are having on Africa’s coast.
Was Tanzania vindicated on Covid testing claims?
A scientist with a PhD in chemistry, President Magufuli abandoned Covid-19 testing after his own trials allegedly showed fruit juice tested positive for the virus. Yet despite being widely ridiculed at the time, many are asking whether the late Tanzanian president was right, with European courts declaring tests unreliable – while the inventor of the Covid-19 PCR test is facing a multi-million-dollar law suit for ‘misleading’ world governments. By Sonia Elijah.