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The Angolan Highlands are hydrologically and ecologically important - and the region’s newly mapped peatlands are valuable “carbon sinks”.
The essential ingredients in achieving the development goals are partnerships combined with smart thinking about how to deploy 21st century technologies.
A specific regional protocol could ease the management of internally displaced persons in the region.
For a country that aspires to reduce bureaucracy and liberalise its financial sector, currency redesign and cash withdrawal limits can only be counter-intuitive.
Several reasons have been advanced for rising levels in Kenya’s Rift Valley lakes. New evidence points to the most significant cause: higher rainfall.
Cholera has persisted longer in Africa largely due to worsening hygiene and sanitation situations in urban areas.
Western Sahara remains largely under occupation and without any kind of international human rights monitoring.
Destructive mining in Congo’s protected areas is rampant because it generates money for citizens, officials and armed groups.
Manufacturing firms exposed to increased Chinese competition employed fewer female production workers than men.
Countries that lean towards democracy are less likely to welcome Chinese labourers.
By adapting and applying existing policies, South Africa can protect and restore its critical ‘blue carbon’ sinks.
Harmonising tariffs and standards is a big step.
Africa’s used vehicle dependency is often attributed to low income and weak regulation.
The government’s approach to redistributing farmland has been mostly ineffective. Failure can be attributed to limited implementation, poor institutional capacity and corruption.
The coming copper boom presents Zambia with an extraordinary opportunity – not only to enable mining profits, but to power inclusive growth.
African leaders must take radical actions to strengthen the continent’s voice and participation in future events.
Spiralling insecurity is one of the biggest takeaways when considering Nigeria’s year in review, in 2022.
Although West Africa has made some headway with efforts to propagate democracy, its dividends, in the form of good governance, remain elusive.
In Kenya, the prevalence of female genital mutilation has dropped by 24.2 percentage points where an alternative rite of passage is being tried.
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