Inflation is perhaps the biggest poverty accelerator in the economy due to its weakening effect on people’s purchasing power.
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Peacebuilding – Analyses
Ethiopia’s direct engagement with Somalia’s regional governments will likely weaken the prospects of restoring a functioning Somali state.
Rather than ban motorcycles, the Nigerian government must intensify its military campaigns and address socioeconomic causes of insecurity.
Media houses fined recently by Nigeria’s Broadcasting Commission for documentaries on terrorism should approach the courts for redress.
The commitment of African leaders remains the greatest obstacle to African renaissance and development. Consultation with citizens is also called for.
The centrality of religion as a governing principle is cause for concern given the reversals of women’s rights seen globally.
Ghana’s maritime economy faces significant challenges in becoming viable.
Many urban residents live in dire poverty, lack shelter, and have limited access to basic services.
It’s unclear what practical purpose the drafters of South Africa’s foreign policy document envisaged it serving, and who its intended audience is.
Political interests have informed conservation policies in one of East Africa’s most important water towers, the Mau Forest Complex.
Angola’s 2022 election is the first in which citizens born after the war are old enough to vote.
Senegal enters uncharted territory as for the first time in contemporary history, no single coalition won an outright majority in parliament.
Academics provide their insights into the state of the country’s economy, Ruto’s economic promises and what to expect.
Bakers in Nigeria might go on strike again to protest rising cost of operations.
Individual beliefs about the past and its relevance to the present strongly influenced awareness of the Marikana tragedy.
The South African Revenue Service is on a path to rebuild itself.
Incidents of terror attack on churches in Nigeria don’t happen in a vacuum. They are driven by jihadism, pastoral conflicts and related criminality.
The most prominent economic legacy of Kenyatta’s government is runaway public debt.
Informal workers are victims of the smart city drive in Africa.
Nigeria’s next president must take these steps to redeem the country’s endangered national security.
When people fail to exercise their right to vote, it increases the likelihood of political extremism and the pursuit of narrow interests.
Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia are caught in a conflict in a country that was supposed to provide them refuge.
Removing a pre-existing right like cancelling the school nutrition programme is a retrogressive measure, and should only be done under very specific circumstances.
The AU’s first two decades have largely represented a magical, mystical world of unfulfilled expectations.
The country urgently needs more people who are committed to living decently to undo the systemic humiliation caused by political and economic institutions.