Mariem Marouani is a research scholar and writer on board at Africa Agenda. Her academic interests include public opinion and media analysis of critical issues impacting politics and international relations. She is based at the University of Pavia in Italy. Mariem is ambitious and curious, with the aim of understanding the world around her. She loves reading and writing poems, cooking, and traveling.

Volunteers and NGOs Work to Eradicate Gender Violence in Mozambique

Headline, Southern Africa

The recent achieve­ment of a group of female vol­un­teers opposed to ‘vio­lence against women’ in cen­tral Mozam­bique pro­vides a good chance to exam­ine the coun­try’s gen­der-based vio­lence prob­lem in greater depth. Rec­og­niz­ing the defi­cien­cies and a lack of progress in human rights in Mozam­bique, Mariem Marouani takes a look at the crit­i­cal impact that these…

UK Plan to Deport Asylum Seekers to Rwanda Considered “Cruel”

Ethics, Get Involved, Headline, Human Rights

Fol­low­ing a recent agree­ment signed between the British and Rwan­dan gov­ern­ments on asy­lum seek­ers in the Unit­ed King­dom, sev­er­al inter­na­tion­al aid agen­cies report that some asy­lum seek­ers in the UK have gone into hid­ing for fear of being sent to Rwan­da. Under the agree­ment, peo­ple sus­pect­ed of ille­gal­ly enter­ing the UK would be flown to…

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Tunisians Fight to Save Democracy

Elections and Democracy, Headline, North Africa

PAVIA, ITALY (AFRICA NEWS MATTERS)  Democ­ra­cy has tak­en a hit in the African nation of Tunisia, once again. This comes 10 years since the Jas­mine Rev­o­lu­tion.  Tunisi­a’s Pres­i­dent Kais Saied con­tin­ues to adopt mea­sures that con­tra­dict his con­sti­tu­tion­al duties. Fol­low­ing elec­tions in 2019, the num­ber of inter­nal divi­sions with­in the par­lia­ment began to grow. Recently…

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How the Swahili Language Can Lift Up the African Continent

African Perspective, Central Africa, Culture and Society, East Africa, Headline, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa

After so many years of talk about its poten­tial, the African con­ti­nent is wak­ing up to under­stand and appre­ci­ate the pow­er of uni­ty rep­re­sent­ed by a lan­guage.  The African Union (AU) offi­cial­ly adopt­ed Kiswahili or Swahili as one of the offi­cial work­ing lan­guages of the African con­ti­nent, the Assem­bly of Heads of State and Government…

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After Years of Conflict, Libya Struggles for Unity

Elections and Democracy, Finance and Economics, Headline, Human Rights, North Africa, Opinion

An African Nation Con­tend­ing with Two Gov­ern­ments Ten­sions in Libya have risen again with the appoint­ment of a new Pre­mier, Fathi Bashagha, by the Par­lia­ment in Tobruk. Bashagha is now con­tend­ing for the posi­tion with Abdel Hamid Dbeibah, an UN-rec­og­nized leader. After the announce­ment, Bashagha went to Tripoli air­port to deliv­er his inau­gur­al speech as…

Often Misunderstood, an African Tradition Comes Alive at Benin Festival

Analysis, Culture and Society, Headline, News Review, Objectivity, Research and Analysis

Jan­u­ary 2nd to 10th marked the fifth edi­tion of the Inter­na­tion­al Fes­ti­val of Voodoo Cul­ture, Arts, and Civ­i­liza­tion that was held in the African nation of Benin. The theme of the Fes­ti­val was: “Restor­ing Ben­in’s her­itage. Research on the ori­gin and trans­mis­sion of knowl­edge in Por­to-Novo’.  The 2022 Fes­ti­val was an oppor­tu­ni­ty to present to…

With the Goncourt Prize Win, Senegal’s Mbougar Sarr Sends a Message

Culture and Society, Headline, Opinion, Research, Spotlight, West Africa

  The pres­ti­gious 2021 Goncourt Prize has been won by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, with his nov­el “La plus secrète mémoire des hommes”, or “The most secret mem­o­ry of men.” The book was pub­lished in France by Philippe Rey. Mohamed Mbougar Sarr thus became the first writer from sub-Saha­ran Africa to receive France’s most pres­ti­gious lit­er­ary prize.…

With Omicron the Stigmatization of Africa Grows

Headline, Opinion

Just as the Omi­cron vari­ant of COVID-19 or coro­n­avirus began spread­ing, the Unit­ed States and oth­er West­ern gov­ern­ments imposed a trav­el ban on 8 South­ern African nations: South Africa, Botswana, Zim­bab­we, Namib­ia, Lesotho, Eswa­ti­ni, Mozam­bique, and Malawi. South Africa, the region’s largest econ­o­my, and where the vari­ant orig­i­nat­ed, suf­fered the most from the ban.  On Nov.…