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In Ghana and elsewhere in Africa, NGO policies directing children’s welfare ignore indigenous knowledge on childhood, and how it can aid the sustainable implementation of interventions.
The November 2020 local and regional elections have indeed put Namibia’s political culture at a crossroads.
People are swayed by social pressure to help relatives, share contacts or reciprocate favours received from their networks. Many also believe that corruption is normal.
Conflict between Eritrea and Tigray has long represented a destabilising fault line for Ethiopia as well as for the wider region.
Had the national government and Tigray state government attempted to engage in intergovernmental dialogue, things might have turned out differently.
While South Africa should pay careful attention to all its existing trade and economic relations, particular attention should go to its intra-African economic relations.
The Trump administration’s policies affected Africa in detrimental ways.
The trouble is that the ANC’s branch structure, designed initially as a means of grassroots democracy at work, is in a mess.
Former presidents Obasanjo and Mbeki have arguably made the most important contribution to Africa in the 21st Century by promoting peace, democracy, regional integration and pan-Africanism.
Our findings suggest that it is time to take Kenyan youth seriously as politically important actors.
Although it’s failed to deliver democracy to citizens, Nigeria is not the collapsed and disintegrated entity which a 2005 US National Intelligence Council analysis predicted it would become by 2020.
Justice Raymond Zondo found that the test for recusal had not been met.
The problem for the Democratic Alliance is not one of policy. There is real substance in its commitment to substituting racial criteria for overcoming historical disadvantage.
The continued entrapment of African countries in the global circuit of capital and its proclivity to large scale accumulation imperils the ability of many to cope with the pandemic.
Nigeria is not getting full benefits of increased funding for its military
For every office holder who may lose a seat because they are prosecuted, another job opens up.
Local government elections in South Africa have traditionally been characterised by low voter turnout.
After endless, futile negotiations with the Kabila camp, Tshisekedi appears to have finally recognised the limits of the coalition government and has lost patience.
Many things have to change for Nigeria’s federal system to work and accommodate its diverse citizens’ interests
Kimi Makwetu embodied the values of integrity, selflessness, humility and hard work. He steadfastly believed in the South African constitution.
Touré pursued a strategy he called ‘the politics of consensus’, ostensibly enabling him to work with everyone, transcend partisan divisions and advance the public interest.
Jerry John Rawlings remains the most polarizing political figure in Ghana since Kwame Nkrumah
Crisis grips Ethiopia as political divisions spill over into armed conflict and potential civil war looms.
There is a need for a special unit for civil-military relations as the police cannot deal effectively with protests.