Part 1: The History of Afrophobia in Africa, How the Pattern Was Built
From slavery to the present, Afrophobia has taken different forms, but the impact remains.
Africa News
Eswatini, Rwanda, Ghana and Uganda Among Countries Cutting Deals for Trump’s Deportees
Behind closed-door agreements, African governments are trading migration cooperation for cash, visa relief and political cover, while Ghana has repeatedly sent protected deportees home anyway.
Zambia’s Quiet Election Turns Contentious as Opposition Alleges Rigging
President Hakainde Hichilema won a second term decisively, but a fatal raid, a dead former minister and a looming court fight have turned a low-profile vote into one of the region's most closely watched political stories.
Paul Biya, Cameroon’s Absentee President Who Refuses to Leave
After 44 years in power, Biya has presided over a weak economy, corruption at the top of government, and the dismantling of nearly every institution meant to hold him accountable. His latest absence is testing what remains.
Why Africans Should Emulate Nigerians’ Audacity
Despite an unreliable government, Nigerians never wait for permission wherever they land. The result: a people who make a global impact in every sector they enter.
How the African Union Has Failed Africa
A documented record of non-enforcement, from South Africa's Afrophobia crisis to Rwanda's proxy war in Congo to Cameroon's entrenched presidency, raises the question of whether a continental body built to hold leaders accountable can ever hold its own members accountable.
South Africa’s June 30 Immigrant Ultimatum Comes and Goes. The Movement Says It Is Not Done.
Marches swept all nine provinces, a movement fractured in public view, a weekly protest declaration changed the shape of the campaign, and six African governments are still waiting for accountability.
June 30 2026: The Day South Africa Betrayed Africa
A brief history of a country that owes its freedom to the continent it is now expelling, the men and women leading the charge, the politicians enabling them, and an election in November that explains everything Ramaphosa is not saying.
Ramaphosa Moves To Slow South Africa’s June 30 Afrophobia Deadline
Two movements have set a June 30 ultimatum demanding that undocumented African migrants leave South Africa. In reality, documented migrants are fleeing too. President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on June 7 and still would not name either movement.
The Untapped Tech Potential of African Agriculture
Most young Africans do not dream of working in agriculture. But at the 2026 World Seed Congress in Lisbon this May, the world's largest annual gathering of seed leaders, scientists and innovators, farming looked less like a struggle with the soil and more like a frontier of technology. In a wide-ranging conversation with African Seed Trade Association Secretary General Yacouba Diallo,it emerged that Africa's future in agriculture may depend less on land and rainfall than on its willingness to embrace innovation.
