Democratic South Africa is new to the art of coalition politics. To succeed, Richard Calland and Mike Law explain, the country’s political parties will have to reshape their political cultures. They will need to start viewing their political rivals not as enemies, but as opponents with whom they can potentially do deals.

Efforts are underway to control the ninth ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 40 years. Nevashan Govender explains why this time around there is a more coordinated approach to bringing the virus under control even with the multiple challenges caused by the ongoing conflict in the country.

African law schools should find ways to disrupt the Eurocentric approach to teaching international law. Music, poetry, literature and films could help do this. Babatunde Fagbayibo argues that the music of Nigerian superstar Fela Kuti provides a great example of how this could work.