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Morocco’s new cannabis production law needs faster implementation

Morocco has long been ranked as one of the world’s largest cannabis producers. In June last year, Parliament adopted a law to regularise the plant’s production for medical,...

Just who is stirring up disinformation in Africa?

As digital access deepens across Africa, there’s growing evidence of external players weaponising social media platforms to achieve geopolitical ends. Russia’s disinformation campaigns in...

The many roots of Mozambique’s deadly insurgency

Conflict erupted in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province just a few years after some of Africa’s biggest gas reserves were discovered in the Rovuma...

Lake Turkana’s entire tilapia species threatened by smuggling

Lake Turkana in Northern Kenya loses hundreds of tons of immature tilapia fish monthly through smuggling. Harvesting the fish threatens the existence of the...

East Africa could achieve better cooperation on criminal matters

Transnational crimes such as terrorism and organised crime plague East Africa and the Horn and Nile Valley regions. Between 2019 and 2021, the ENACT...

Digital humanitarianism in Africa: hope or hype?

Many humanitarian organisations, including in Africa, are revolutionising their service delivery through new technology. This has become important in the context of rising migrant...

“They want a sample”: Women traders’ perilous cross-border journey

From the town of Busia in Uganda, the Kenyan border is tantalisingly close. Just a five-minute walk along a reddish dirt road, past low-slung...

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