A big rise in armed attacks in the Sahel - and the intensity of the attacks in recent years - is now seen as a major source of concern.
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African cities are failing to raise development funds through bond markets.
The international community has failed to recognise the new political visions being articulated by young musicians and activists across Africa.
To achieve universal energy access by 2030, the UN says Senegal must double its electrification rate.
The assumption that children’s schooling decisions are mainly decided by their parents, and their fathers in particular, is not entirely accurate.
Information and communication technologies (ICT) offer new opportunities for improving basic education in Africa.
Policy choices made by Senegal, Ghana, Rwanda, Angola, Cameroon, Ethiopia and Togo over the past 15 years have led to significant reductions in child undernourishment.
The international media and her supporters continue to hoist Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf up as the matron of African women’s rights. But she does not deserve this title.
As Senegal mourns the victims of the Demba Diop football stadium crush and searches for answers, it is to be hoped that lessons are learned, and consequences are swift.
European football matches allow African fans to partake in the aspirational dreams exported worldwide by the Premier League or the Champions League.
If the G20 is to remain relevant in the quest for more inclusive and fair global governance, Africa offers an historic opportunity for collective action, despite the absence of the US under Trump.
Despite being led by different presidents over the past six decades, the French government’s policy on Africa has been faithful to its neo-colonial roots. Will Macron’s government be any different?
Sea cows (Sirenia) descended from four legged mammals that roamed Africa when this continent was isolated. They belong to the Afrotheria, the ‘African beasts’.
The new Internet of Things has the potential to compensate for Africa’s legacies of underdevelopment.
Former Chadian president Hissène Habré’s fate will be sealed by the appeals judgment in a part domestic and international trial bringing closure to victims and human rights champions after a 20 years.
West African health systems were weak before the IMF got involved. Sadly, the policy reforms demanded by the IMF in exchange for loans have undermined governments’ ability to repair these problems.
The adoption of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance five years ago raised hopes for a new democratic Africa. But its ideals remain elusive for many parts of the continent.
SADC’s credibility is at stake. Its lack of political will in acting decisively against despots is at odds with the African Union’s goal of promoting legitimate governance on the continent.
The Gambian election dispute is not the first that ECOWAS has confronted. Côte d’Ivoire’s 2010 presidential election is a case in point. There it resorted to military action to enforce the outcome.
The creation of a UN special rapporteurship on the right to development should help develop practical solutions on how the right could be realised.
Principales colaboradores
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Professor of French and Postcolonial Studies, University of Strathclyde
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Professor of Communications, Howard University
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Professor of International Studies, Cornell University
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Assistant Professor, American University of Paris (AUP)
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Doctoral student in Anthropology, University of Amsterdam
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Assistant Professor, Emory University
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Professor and Chair of Kinesiology and Health Science, Stephen F. Austin State University
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Lecturer, University of St Andrews
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Professor of Higher Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Senior research fellow, Arnold Bergstraesser Institute
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Technology Management, University of Pretoria
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Independent Group Leader, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
