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African must make its collective voice heard on Russian mercenaries in African conflicts.
African leaders at the second Africa-Russia summit need to speak with one voice.
The Russia-Africa summit has obvious benefits for Moscow: it conveys a perception of normalcy and the tacit approval of African elites.
Deliberate policies set in place by European states and supported by the European Union lead directly to migrant deaths.
Given South Africa’s staggering corruption levels, a strong legal framework is needed to encourage and protect whistleblowers.
Nigeria’s new police chief needs fresh ideas to confront old challenges.
Kenya’s inability to move past ethnic ideology has made it difficult to develop alternative bases for political organisation.
There is never going to be a final assessment of Mandela’s legacy. How it is regarded will continue to change, depending on the destination South Africa travels to.
Ghana is a signatory to several international conventions that oblige it to guarantee the right to life.
Past controversies and their impacts show how important it is to make the right appointment to the position.
Without policies that take account of a growing population with few working-age people, DRC risks seeing an increase in poverty and hunger.
The sites provide a rare tangible record of the international solidarity that existed during the Cold War.
There is increased demand to join BRICS in the emerging world order, partly as a countervailing power to “the west”.
The causes of violence in the DRC are complex. Narrowing them down to the single lens of ethnicity can be misleading.
Nigerians lack access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene facilities despite investment in these areas. Procurement law contributes to this inadvertently.
Jomo Kenyatta and his successor Daniel arap Moi set the tone for ethnic and authoritarian politics which Kenya has wrestled to free itself from in recent decades.
Ghana’s judiciary has a public relations problem that requires an urgent fix.
In parts of Nigeria and Mozambique, the central governments and state institutions are either absent or unable to address the dire socio-economic conditions and related instability.
The restitution of looted objects from former colonies in Africa is an essential component of post-colonial reparation.
President Macky Sall’s previous ambiguity on a third-term bid, perception of a weaponised justice system and arbitrary detention of opposition are the drivers of political violence in Senegal.
Nigeria’s National Assembly must not shirk its oversight responsibilities, focusing on four priorities will be a good place to start.
The Zondo Commission was globally unique in scope and scale. The book selects and explains its key findings and recommendations.
Sierra Leone needs to rebuild public trust in its election by maintaining a completely transparent process.
Observers regularly face dangers owing to political instability, insecurity, violence and other crises in some countries.