The Peer Review Mechanism is opening avenues for citizen engagement all over Africa

The electoral registration frenzy among Senegalese youth in districts across the country is a result of "Y'en a marre's" awareness campaign. But Y'en a Marre...

Those who doubted the near-86 year-old Senegalese leader, Abdoulaye Wade's capacity of campaigning will have to eat their words.

In both Kenya and Nigeria extreme poverty has declined due to improvements in water, sanitation, health and other living standards, while Ghana has made steady progress and is now ranked as having medium human development.

Amid the crisis in the eurozone and speculation about another devaluation of the CFA franc, policy makers in West and Central Africa are faced with new calls to change their relationship to France and the euro. Is it time to abandon the CFA franc?

The elevation of dealmaker extraordinaire Katumba Mwanke to the Democratic Republic of Congo's Order of National Heroes, two days after he was killed in a plane crash in Bukavu on 12 February, prompts an unhappy comparison with the only other two recipients of the award: Prime Minster Patrice Lumumba and President Laurent-Désiré Kabila.