Safe rural migration programmes are not a substitute for formal social protection. But they could buy governments some time.
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Peacebuilding – Analyses
By withdrawing its troops from Somalia, Kenya could be doing more harm than good.
Economic distress was the norm for many before the coronavirus outbreak. The pandemic is an opportunity to provide an economically secure future for all.
Downgrades have a devastating effect on economies that are already strained. The decision to downgrade during a crisis like the coronavirus pandemic must be challenged.
The recognition that COVID-19 is accompanied by an equally alarming “infodemic” has added a level of complexity to the situation. What are the consequences of this avalanche of information?
Power is visibly draining away from Tom Thabane. But, even at 80 years old, he remains a wily operator, and seems determined to cause maximum trouble to secure his immunity from prosecution.
Mauritius relies on a strategy of being open to imports and exports.
To contain COVID-19, African countries cannot rely just on doctors and nurses, who are already in short supply and at high risk of infection in the workplace.
Ubuntu provides a language for people to participate in preventive action, even if this involves practices such as lockdowns.
A wealth tax on the top 1% of South Africans could raise R143 billion. This corresponds to 29% of the R500 billion COVID-19 package announced by the government.
South Africa is taking seriously concerns about the risks that monitoring can pose for human rights. But there are still loopholes.
African countries should draw from past experience to put together plans to manage the post-COVID-19 tourism void
In spite of limitations, new forms of female religious authorities represent a significant development among Kenyan Muslims.
To refuse inclusion would prevent Africa’s researchers from being significant players in the universal fight against the virus.
The rapid sharing of research is so vital. In cases like the COVID-19 pandemic, it can save lives.
One of the key economic mitigating measures put in place after the country’s COVID-19 lockdown has had very little uptake by employers and will leave miillions of workers without any cover.
We’d all love to know more about our neighbours – from COVID-19 data, census data and other official data sources – but we shouldn’t.
The Niger Delta oil conflict requires broad consultation and effective dialogue between communities, oil companies and the Nigerian government.
The potential exists for malnutrition to exacerbate the health consequences of the COVID-19 epidemic.
County governments and the health ministry should allow produce markets to operate in urban areas.
When restricting the movement of their citizens to slow down the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, low income countries should tailor measures to local socio-economic circumstances.
Phones sometimes serve as a ‘digital leash’ to check women’s whereabouts - a growing feature of many relationships and conflicts.
Borders in southern Africa – as on the entire continent – were arbitrarily imposed by former colonial powers, and aren’t respected.
Attempting to defeat these folk theories with science achieved little; the myth busters of the AIDS epidemic were talking past those they were trying to convince.
Africa’s industries are not growing at the same pace as its cities, leaving the informal economy as the main source of income for many. COVID-19 lockdowns have cut this umbilical cord.