AFRICA

TOGO: ‘The connection between economic hardship and politics drove people to the streets’

ESWATINI: ‘US deportees remain locked up in a maximum-security prison without due process’

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Botswana: criminalisation of same-sex relations off the books

A decade of legal struggle ends as penal code is revised, with marriage equality now in sight

SOUTHERN AFRICA

NIGERIA: ‘Protests will keep happening, because bad governance keeps happening’

DJIBOUTI: ‘The election was a ritual confirmation of permanent power’

TANZANIA: ‘People took to social media instead of the public square, where they might get shot’

KENYA: ‘The energy seems to have moved from the streets to the ballot box’

Russia’s African cannon fodder

Disinformation and economic despair drive recruitment of young men for distant war

CONFLICT | CRISIS

AI: ‘African governments are using “smart city” systems to monitor dissent and consolidate state control’

TUNISIA: ‘Human rights deserve to be defended, even when that involves taking risks’

NORTHERN AFRICA