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Africa can make important contributions to the issues on the agenda: defending against authoritarianism; fighting corruption; and respect for human rights.
Ghanaian postcolonial intellectuals viewed terms such as development, neo-colonialism, self-reliance, and indigeneity as central to discussions of global inequalities.
African countries can’t afford to tread water waiting for the global multilateral and private financing system to become more equitable.
TikTok has exploded in popularity among young people in Nigeria. Here’s why it’s such a hit.
Bearing the burden of policies on conservation, together with the impact of out-competition by other sectors within the blue economy, has led to increased poverty in fishing communities.
Violence in Ethiopia could cause ripples across the Horn of Africa, destabilizing the region.
Military expenditure is a relevant policy option in reducing the negative effect of terrorism on economic growth in Africa.
Central banks have a responsibility in addressing the challenge of climate change. But how? Experts explore some ideas.
Livelihoods which communities have relied on for centuries are being criminalised by heavy-handed state restrictions.
Benin’s new abortion law will take a woman’s educational, professional and material situation into consideration.
Damon Galgut joins a distinguished line of South African authors, who are grappling with the complex dynamics of the country’s white community in their writing.
Migration can be a matter of life and death, but religion can help people cope.
Plus, why reusable food containers aren’t always better for the environment than disposable ones. Listen to The Conversation Weekly.
Young people’s use of technology such as Twitter shows that they are interested in politics and governance and have found a way to participate.
Africans are stereotyped as having no regard for time and timing. This is a myth.
Africa was divided by European imperialists depending on what each desired in natural resources
New technologies can help reduce the cost of producing maps that warn where floods might happen.
Young Nigerians are culturally encouraged to overdrink. How can they be protected?
Women and girls in low-income countries are disproportionately likely to be affected by the plastic waste that’s flooding our planet.
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