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We need to talk about toilets. By Nilanjana Bhowmick.

Suicidal drives and fake patriotism by Leonardo Sakamoto.

After Mugabe by Nanjala Nyabola.

The judge who became vigilante – and then ‘God’. By Leonardo Sakamoto.

Enrolment does not equal education writes Nilanjana Bhowmick.

On Hodan Nalayeh by Nanjala Nyabola.

Check your passport privilege, writes Nanjala Nyabola.

India’s billion-dollar joke. Who’s laughing?

Where the heroes are, by Leonardo Sakamoto.

A history of violence. For Nanjala Nyabola, the sentencing of Trump’s campaign chair tells us a lot about the West’s relationship to Africa.

India’s record on children is puzzling for a country that is the world’s largest importer of arms and has a billion-dollar space programme. Nilanjana Bhowmick writes.

Will pensions unite the Left against Bolsonaro?

Mark Engler on the US's Green New Deal. What does it mean for for America, and beyond?

Nilanjana Bhowmick weighs up Modi's chances in the coming elections in India.

Nanjala Nyabola comments on the fluctuating, and often unaffordable, cost of local staples in Madagascar.

Mark Engler reflects on the life of Pete Seeger - an American musician, patriot and dissident.

Nanjala Nyabola questions Cameroon's never-ending presidential terms.

Nilanjana Bhowmick reacts to the 'unease' expressed by Indian men in today's #MeToo era.

Nilanjana Bhowmick reports on Modi's crackdown on dissent - from activist arrests to vigilante lynchings.

Misinformation and fake news in Africa is rife, particularly via social media writes Nanjala Nyabola, but it’s not just a Western problem.