Until a few weeks ago few people outside Uganda had heard of opposition MP Robert Kyagulanyi, better known by his musical stage name Bobi Wine. But following his arrest first by the military and then on criminal charges of treason, protests in support of his plight have spread across East Africa and as far afield as Berlin and London. Jimmy Spire Ssentongo explains who Bobi Wine is, while Philip Effiom Ephraim discusses the role social media has played in bringing the story to the world. George Ogola describes the impact of growing dissent on digital platforms in the country.

Elsewhere on the continent, Zimbabwe's newly inaugurated President Emmerson Mnangagwa still has his work cut out for him. David B Moore examines what lies ahead for the southern African nation under its new leader. In neighbouring South Africa many people are still perplexed by US President Donald Trump's tweet about the country's land reform process. Steven Friedman explains what the tweet reveals about the broader links between race and the economy. And following the deaths of Kofi Annan and John McCain, Henning Melber writes about what honest eulogies to public figures might look like.