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Zimbabwe's Constitutional Amendment Has Cleared Parliament. The Vote-Buying Questions Have Not.
6+ hour, 30+ min ago (856+ words) Zimbabwe's constitution may be heading for one of its biggest changes in decades, while allegations that lawmakers were bribed to support it remain unanswered. Development Diaries reports that war veteran Reuben Zulu recently filed an urgent application before the High…...
Nigerians Learnt about Foreign Troops from American General. Why It Matters
5+ hour, 12+ min ago (721+ words) Nigerians found out that foreign soldiers had entered, operated, and largely left their country only after an American general announced it. Development Diaries reports that a commander of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), General Dagvin Anderson, recently disclosed during…...
Nigerians Learned about Foreign Troops from American General. Why It Matters
6+ hour, 47+ min ago (721+ words) Nigerians found out that foreign soldiers had entered, operated, and largely left their country only after an American general announced it. Development Diaries reports that a commander of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), General Dagvin Anderson, recently disclosed during…...
17 Million Nigerians Face Catastrophic Hunger. The Biggest Cause Is Barely Being Discussed
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (920+ words) Nigeria's humanitarian response is shrinking while more than 17 million people across nine northern states are struggling to find enough food. Development Diaries reports that the World Food Programme (WFP) recently warned that'in Borno State alone, more than three million people…...
South Africa's Anti-Migrant Violence Has Returned. The Institution Meant to Defend Rights Has Barely Been Heard
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (958+ words) When people can be hunted out of their homes for where they were born and the institution created to defend their rights says almost nothing, xenophobic violence stops looking like a public order problem and starts looking like an accountability…...
Uganda's Military Shut Down Its Largest Independent Newsroom. The Institutions Meant to Stop It Never Did
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (780+ words) Uganda's legal framework for regulating the media collapsed the moment a military officer's social media post became more powerful than the country's communications regulator. Development Diaries reports that Uganda's Chief of Defence Forces, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, recently announced on X…...
Burkina Faso Is Dismantling Accountability Institutions. Citizens Are Running Out of Places to Turn
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (932+ words) Burkina Faso is steadily removing the people and institutions that record abuses almost as quickly as it is removing the institutions that can prosecute them. Development Diaries reports that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights…...
From 'Unfit' to 'Talent Discoverer' in One Appointment: The Okonkwo-Bwala Formula for Political Communication
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (661+ words) Development Diaries reports that on 02 July, 2026, barely a day after accepting an appointment as spokesperson to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) 2027 presidential candidate, Kenneth Okonkwo appeared on Channels Television, describing Atiku Abubakar as "a talent discoverer" and a pleasant, patriotic…...
'Unfit' to 'Talent Discoverer' in One Appointment: The Okonkwo-Bwala Formula for Political Communication
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (661+ words) Development Diaries reports that on 02 July, 2026, barely a day after accepting an appointment as spokesperson to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) 2027 presidential candidate, Kenneth Okonkwo appeared on Channels Television, describing Atiku Abubakar as "a talent discoverer" and a pleasant, patriotic…...
Apply: Global Rights Programme Support Volunteer
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (90+ words) Deadline: 10 July, 2026 Global Rights has opened applications for the role of Programme Support Volunteer in Ghana. Global Rights is an international human rights and governance capacity-building non-governmental organisation working with local activists in Africa to promote and protect the rights…...