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Employment programmes cannot replace economic growth in improving youth employability, but they play a crucial role in helping them find work.
Young black men are often viewed through a criminal lens. A new book based on an 11-year-long study of adolescent men in a South African township upends the stereotypes.
South Africa’s Constitutional Court verdict is possibly a defining moment for South Africa’s electoral system.
Policy implementation is about the execution of political decisions, informed by evidence.
History will judge Nkurunziza as a man who brought unnecessary pain to a nation that had long suffered from political misrule.
It is no accident that those leaders who have responded worst to this crisis have also been the main sources of countless conspiracy theories and misinformation.
Claims of Chinese self-isolation reflect a longstanding, global “Yellow Peril” discourse that persists despite discrediting evidence.
South Africa’s lockdown rules started with high legitimacy. But it has been eroded and has now dissolved.
The judgment creates a new layer of uncertainty in an already highly fluid situation and heaps further unwelcome pressure onto government.
Research has shown that African immigrants in South Africa refrain from speaking their own languages and try to speak local languages to blend in.
Given the contested success of transitional justice in Rwanda, the arrest showcases the mixed record of international justice.
While more people are using the internet and social media during the pandemic, they aren’t entirely happy with what they see.
South Africa’s post-apartheid leaders have failed to properly prepare the military for secondary roles such as peacekeeping, let alone to a fight a virus.
In spite of increased economic, political and social interactions, Nigeria-China relations are dented by old and new racism.
Moeketsi Majoro’s installation as Prime Minister is welcome. But it does not guarantee much needed political stability in an era of complex coalition politics.
Some Boko Haram victims suffer double jeopardy when they return home to their kith and kin.
Nigeria’s pre-eminent position in Africa, lost to corruption and political patronage over the years, can be regained by putting its house in order.
Trouble in Africa’s cities is due to the fact that electoral competition drives leaders to be biased towards rural areas.
Africa is now formally free of colonial rule. Yet, the aim of remembering and furthering the fight for self determination remains relevant as ever.
The court says people need to be able to trust the government to abide by the rule of law, make rational regulations, and not intrude on the rights of those subject to the law.
Though genocide survivors would ideally want Kabuga to be prosecuted in Rwanda, it won’t be possible, for legal or political reasons.
Nairobi’s refugees have few savings and depend on the day-to-day cash they generate from street vending.
The culture of remembrance in Germany is viewed by many as exemplary. But it has some grave shortcomings.
News-making practices in private radio broadcasting in Ghana need a re-think.