South Africans have experienced significant shocks to their livelihoods, and the threat of hunger presents a major concern for health, political and social stability.
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Young people continue to find new ways to connect on social media, in spaces that are increasingly hard for governments to regulate.
Egypt wants a guarantee that the filling and operation of the Renaissance Dam will not affect the rights it got in 1959.
Cameroon’s anglophone crisis is not simply a dispute between two feuding groups: a range of international actors have been architects of the current situation.
President Alassane Ouattara (78) has been blowing hot and cold on whether he’ll be seeking a third term.
Fifty years after the Biafran civil war in Nigeria, the efforts of secessionist diplomats have recently come to light through the decryption of telexes sent from Portugal to Biafra during the war.
Leaders’ efforts to end conflict have been ineffective. Working through regional economic communities might be part of a better approach.
For democracy to work in Kenya the country needs good leadership. Politicians must uphold the constitution to infuse trust and confidence in state institutions.
The court’s decision has wider implications for international criminal law.
Should South Africa’s military get involved, it would be venturing into a highly violent and complex landscape, requiring a counter-terrorism type of operations.
Despite its dire health and economic situation, Sudan has yet to access emergency funding to combat COVID-19.
History will judge Nkurunziza as a man who brought unnecessary pain to a nation that had long suffered from political misrule.
The level of accountability within police agencies in Kenya is very low. They operate with impunity, because they know they will get away with it.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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