Ali Osman
Nigeria Is Becoming Africa’s Surveillance Superpower
On a muggy evening in Lagos, commuters stream past a row of new CCTV poles, each…
Kenya’s Deadly Floods Show How the World Is Failing on Climate Adaptation
On the outskirts of Nairobi, where paved roads give way to muddy tracks, the…
Uganda Brings Rhinos Home, With Kenya’s Help
Just after dawn, the metal crate fell silent. The thump of the truck had…
We Thought We Had Arrived: A Deadly Night on a LittleKnown Route to a French Island
On a recent night off the northern shore of Grande Comore, the shouts came…
May 14, 2026
In Addis Ababa, Africa Rewrites the SDG Script Africa is again gathering to take…
Britain and Nigeria Sign New Migration Deals, Testing a Fraught Partnership
On a grey mid-March morning in London, Nigeria’s interior minister, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, walked into…
Africa’s Trillion-Dollar Bet on the Digital Checkout
On a recent afternoon in the Kenyan capital, a street vendor selling secondhand clothes…
Africa’s Trillion-Dollar Bet on the Digital Checkout
On a recent afternoon in the Kenyan capital, a street vendor selling secondhand clothes…
Senegal Puts Africa at the Center of a New System for Climate Loss and Damage
On a July morning in 2025, as Atlantic waves hit the shore of Saly,…
Britain’s Big Bet on Nigeria’s Busiest Ports
On any given day in Lagos, container trucks crawl along the clogged roads leading…
South Africa Wants to Do More Than Dig. Its Youth Are Watching
On the crowded concourse of Johannesburg’s Park Station, a 24 year old mining graduate…
Africa’s Great Power Test: Can ‘Mission 300’ Bring Electricity to 300 Million People by 2030?
On a sweltering evening in rural northern Nigeria, the whirr of a plastic fan…