Earlier this month I travelled to Bosaso and Garowe in Puntland, the strongest of Somalia's five federal states, to report on the intense debate underway about one of the world's oldest state-building projects.

(My photo from the road from Garowe to Bosaso)

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And here is this week's leader: on the risks Ruto poses to Kenya, its democracy, its economy and its fraying social contract

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My newsletter this week is on the march of Africa's Christian right, their allies in Washington, and why their political ascendance is unlikely to be brief flash in the pan 👇

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My newsletter this week is about the risks of war between Ethiopia and Eritrea, and reasons to take them seriously:

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An important intervention from Ethiopia's former army chief, warning of a coming war between Ethiopia and Eritrea -- now dangerously close -- and that a faction within Tigray might side with Eritrea against the federal government in Addis Ababa

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I spent last week in Burkina Faso, attending Africa's largest film festival, FESPACO. Excellent line-up, great atmosphere, and some fantastic BBQs as well. A resounding success all round. Politics never far away, however.

My newsletter this week 👇

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I wrote this week’s Africa newsletter about Bamako’s brilliant but beleaguered photography biennale, which I was lucky enough to catch last week 👇

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“Every single day you wake up and a woman has been killed somewhere,” says Muthoni Maingi, a leading campaigner. 👇

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