The world’s been seized by football fever, and Africa is no exception. Two of the continent’s five representatives, Morocco and Egypt, have been knocked out in the World Cup group stages; three - Nigeria, Senegal and Tunisia - remain. But their geography doesn’t mean everyone on the continent is united behind those teams. Mahfoud Amara writes that this comes down to issues of identity and what different African regions think of each other.

Global fears about immigration have increasingly led to travel within Africa being conflated with economic migration towards Europe. Now, says Julien Brachet, Niger has emerged as Europe’s latest border guard.

The grand scale of corruption in Kenya has hurt the country’s image. It’s seen as one of the most corrupt countries in the world and is plagued by a long list of scandals. Odongo Kodongo writes that the haemorrhaging of public funds will do enormous damage to Kenya’s already struggling economy.

Next year Nigeria heads to the polls but there are many areas of concern that need to be tackled before the ballot. Olayinka Ajala argues that the conflict between farmers and herders in the north, and the Boko Haram threat are among the challenges that need urgent attention if the country is to hold credible elections.