Producers in Zambia should be getting more for their crops, and buyers in East Africa should be paying less, alleviating food price spikes.
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Peacebuilding – Analysis and Comment
Women entrepreneurs in Africa face challenges which make them additionally vulnerable to climate change.
The UN mission is being held responsible for something the Congolese state should be doing.
A ‘learning journey’ research process exposed a broad group of participants to local realities of the food system and childcare in a small town.
Zimbabwe’s central bank should focus on tackling the underlying drivers of inflation rather than blaming the war in Ukraine.
Violence in the DRC can be brought to an end if the geographical scope of the conflict is broadened to include all neighbouring countries.
Ghana’s power sector is mired in debt and excess production.
Hijab controversy in Nigeria’s public schools has further exposed how religion has polarised Africa’s most populous nation.
More Nigerians should be encouraged to have health insurance to reduce the burden of treating facial injuries.
The country is still a very different political space. It’s a noisy democracy with a free media, lots of dissenting voices, and insulting the government doesn’t carry any overt sanction.
Russia is trying to normalise an international order where might makes right. And democracy and respect for human rights are optional.
Harnessing the combined effect of trade and urbanisation could significantly boost the economies of African countries.
Jailbreaks in Nigeria point to the need to reform the justice system.
The dam has helped to shift longstanding power relationships and could pave the way for more cooperation among all the countries that depend on the Nile.
The scenarios provide plausible and possible alternatives for futures of industrialisation. They also alert decision makers to desired and undesired development pathways.
If Russia keeps its word, the benefits will be immediate. Grain prices could soften as more grain supplies become available to the world market.
Our research found that Kenyan students dislike ethnic-based politics in principle, but feel the pressures of tribalism.
The chances of surviving Marburg are improved if there’s early supportive care with rehydration and symptomatic treatment.
Dos Santos was a withdrawn president. His silence produced an aura of power and the cult of personality that surrounded him.
Just over 100 years ago, Maasai in Kenya were moved into reserves, where they could be more easily taxed and controlled, to make way for white settlement.
Dos Santos died as he had lived and governed: in silence. His silence, and what he accomplished with it, is his most enduring legacy.
Vote buying compromises the quality of public leadership in Nigeria.
The global external shocks require a total rethink, repurpose and reform of the process of globalisation.
There is no such thing as ‘private’ religion. Beliefs have public implications. Yet, they cannot go unchecked when they cause harm.
Ethiopia’s largest region is pushing for self-determination - it hasn’t gone down well with Abiy Ahmed’s vision of a centralised state.