Article 25 and Article 26 of the Constitution of Kenya provide full right to life and protection from inhumane treatment, but other legislations such as the 2011 National Police Service Act, serve as the legal basis that shields officers who violate those very rights and protections.

Saba Saba Day evokes the traditions upon which the activism and struggles for Tanzania’s independence were built. Rubara critically examines President Suluhu’s labelling of activists in Tanzania as terrorists during the 2026 Saba Saba Day in the attempt to criminalize dissent, avoid accountability, and further restrict civic space in the country. 

Professor Shivji analyses the arrest and detention of academic staff amid the terrorising efforts of the Tanzanian state to restrict civic freedom, including in classrooms. He notes among other arguments that “The ghosts of non-accountability and lack of public integrity continue to haunt the powers-that-be.” The recall of past scandals in political and ethics classes perhaps uncovers the fear that current scandals might also surface. 

A critical response to the analytical framework and conclusions drawn in a recent publication with Pambazuka on Somalia’s political elite. Ahmed reflects on the neocolonial state and calls for a more historically grounded framework that acknowledges the structural realities and paths of self-determination of African peoples.

In this rejoinder to a critical rebuttal published in this issue (927) of Pambazuka on Mogadishu’s blind spot, the author defends his position through eight facts necessary to consider. With close attention to the intellectual positions on the rebuttal’s sources, Samatar poses important questions, including the distinction of the AU, Africa’s positon against genocide, and Somaliland’s elites. 

GPAM calls on the United States Congress to legislate to protect persons whose humanity is threatened by the US Supreme Court ruling to terminate the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program

Mwende reflects on cases where insurers collect premiums without being made to compensate claimants for accidents due to technical reasons, to the detriment of the victim.

Somalis and their well-wishers are frustrated by the endless turmoil and the population’s wretchedness. Samatar examines why the Somali elite have failed to save their people who share dense cultural commonalities.

The Conference of the Left gathered to organise against the multifaceted challenges confronting working people across Africa and the Global South in a time of deep structural crisis. 

Kwame Nkrumah’s vision of an awakened African intelligentsia has found its heir in today’s digitally connected African youth, but whether their energy of refusal can build resilient, accountable institutions remains as urgent as it is unresolved.

A regional call for human rights, inclusion, and accountable governance at the SADC Joint Standing Committee Session amid escalating tensions against fellow Africans in South Africa. 

The US Supreme Court has ruled to restrict the creation of a second majority-Black district, portending vote dilution and retrogression under the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Further setbacks or future gains will heavily depend on political struggle.

 Fourteen French and Cameroonian historians concluded their report on France’s colonial violence. What obstacles and ways forward for reparative justice in Cameroon? 

The 2024 protests in Kenya highlight the requirements for popular sovereignty and the power of gendered, multiclass, cross-generational, broad-based mobilisation in the face of state repression.

Bembir and Murrey reflect on a recent workshop on extractive capitalism and hyper-imperialism held at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, Accra, on 24 April 2026.

Africa's democratic decline is not a failure of culture or capacity — it is the logical outcome of a system designed from the beginning to extract, not liberate.

How executive power in the EAC limits democracy and curtails meaningful regional participation.

A geopolitical-economic assessment of US withdrawal from climate-related international organizations and implications for climate justice movements.

The IDEAS Conference held in Dakar, Senegal, in November 2025, emphasizes integration and transformative tasks for Africa and its peoples

Amid the fracturing of Tanzania following repressive rule and blood-stained undemocratic elections, what must (not) be done for the country’s peace and reconstruction?