After years of censorship, opposition parties have to – all at once – rejoin public debates, reorganise and remotivate demoralised supporters.
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Peacebuilding – Analyses
Simply put, southern Africans are experiencing heat stress more often than in 1979.
Ghana’s finance ministry is struggling to build consensus on the country’s debt burden.
Football provides a way for unpopular elites to build political capital – but also creates space for citizens to voice dissent.
The recurrent bickering and fragmentation within the Nkrumahist parties raises doubt as to whether they can rise to the call by Ghanaian electorate.
Mzala’s distinctive intellectual contribution combined a sophisticated grasp of revolutionary theory with the reality of ethnic nationalism.
Kenya, Malawi, Gabon, Nigeria and Togo are already interested in scaling carbon credit production.
Ghana needs improved supply systems to expand the use of clean fuels.
Ethnicity, religion, money, history and insecurity are among the forces that will be at play.
South Africa’s world-leading wage inequality has as much to do with what bosses are doing as it does with how educated or experienced workers are.
It’s likely that free movement will advance first among groupings within regional communities.
It’s likely that the terrorist group will be defeated one day. But there are no signs that the political elite is capable of changing.
The Angolan Highlands are hydrologically and ecologically important - and the region’s newly mapped peatlands are valuable “carbon sinks”.
The essential ingredients in achieving the development goals are partnerships combined with smart thinking about how to deploy 21st century technologies.
A specific regional protocol could ease the management of internally displaced persons in the region.
For a country that aspires to reduce bureaucracy and liberalise its financial sector, currency redesign and cash withdrawal limits can only be counter-intuitive.
Several reasons have been advanced for rising levels in Kenya’s Rift Valley lakes. New evidence points to the most significant cause: higher rainfall.
Cholera has persisted longer in Africa largely due to worsening hygiene and sanitation situations in urban areas.
Western Sahara remains largely under occupation and without any kind of international human rights monitoring.
Destructive mining in Congo’s protected areas is rampant because it generates money for citizens, officials and armed groups.
Manufacturing firms exposed to increased Chinese competition employed fewer female production workers than men.
Countries that lean towards democracy are less likely to welcome Chinese labourers.
By adapting and applying existing policies, South Africa can protect and restore its critical ‘blue carbon’ sinks.
Africa’s used vehicle dependency is often attributed to low income and weak regulation.
The government’s approach to redistributing farmland has been mostly ineffective. Failure can be attributed to limited implementation, poor institutional capacity and corruption.