For Africa’s urban populations, new cities might not be the surest solution.
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Constructing fancy ‘smart cities’ might not be the best solution for Africa’s rapidly urbanising populations.
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The more people come to a city, the bigger demand for buildings. These buildings need to be safe.
South Africa’s finance minister, Tito Mboweni, delivering his mid-term budget.
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A major concern is that the government’s resolve is strongest on policies that are actually quite suspect.
A woman casts her ballot in Guinea’s presidential elections in the capital Conakry, in October 2015.
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Popular theories of high-level electoral conspiracy shaped the emergence of new political orientations
Russian President Vladimir Putin (waving) with some of the heads of state who attended the first Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia.
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At the Sochi summit, African states embraced Russia’s newly established relations.
Nigeria ordered its land borders closed on August 21, 2019.
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Nigeria’s border closure is a panicked reaction which violates ECOWAS protocol.
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Unpacking what South Africa’s new energy plan says about nuclear energy.
South African Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers the mid-term budget statement at parliament, Cape Town, South Africa, 24 October 2018.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa and his Finance Minister Tito Mboweni appear to have good intentions for the economy. But that’s not enough.
Marginalised and small-scale fishers must be given capacity and the space to engage and influence policy.
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It’s possible for local fishing communities to have a say in managing the system they work in.
African countries have an opportunity to reduce poverty with new policies.
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If trends continue, 87% of the world’s poorest people will live in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030.
Child labour is still endemic in Nigeria.
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Middle-class Nigerians employ children in their homes for a range of reasons.
The Supreme Court of Ghana has made ruling on legal education reform.
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Legal education in Ghana is at a crossroads with professionals asking for it to be decentralised
Nigerian soldiers pictured at their post on the land border with Niger in 2015.
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Border closure is an implicit admission of the ineptitude and incompetence of Nigeria’s customs and immigration officers
The border closure has affected goods from other West African countries.
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Efforts to increase trade within the continent are being undermined from the start
The newly elected President of Botswana Mokgweetsi Masisi.
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Serious challenges lie ahead for Botswana’s governing party as it celebrates retaining power.
For most of human history, people had access to food either by producing it themselves, or through trade.
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Hunger affects people’s health. It also affects their dignity and their ability to live full and productive lives.
Capital, family roles and stereotypes hinder women in business.
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The governments of the two West African countries could do more to enhance women’s participation in tourism.
The “marketisation” of universities means students are viewed as consumers.
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The commercialisation of universities in Kenya poses a serious threat to academic freedom.
Mmusi Maimane, former leader of South Africa’s main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance.
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Mmusi Maimane’s resignation highlights one of the core problems of democratic South Africa - the assumption that the only way to do anything is the way white men did it in the past.
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Kenya’s constitution protects children from all forms of violence, but the country’s implementation strategies are weak.