Expansion of cashew production for export poses potential challenges particularly around food security
L’expertise universitaire, l’exigence journalistique
Peacebuilding – Analyses
Achieving the sustainable development goals on education in Ghana requires efficient resource allocation, not necessarily more money.
Corruption includes both what people do and what they fail to do. The critical issue is a person’s motive.
Politicians, activists and media outlets continue to deconstruct old narratives and perpetuate new grievances. Nobody, however, is as busy reconstructing a new, inclusive story.
Calls for secession in Ethiopia could destabilise the entire nation.
Do African decision-makers and leaders approach crises differently from counterparts elsewhere in the world?
South Africa’s data collection is constantly improving. That’s especially true when it comes to metrics that weren’t collected or were distorted for political purposes during apartheid.
Given the framework within which removals under the Group Areas Act took place in Cape Town, a social disaster was inevitable.
Attitudes to retirement can influence decisions to save and plan for it. In turn, factors such as stress or lack of interest at work can impact attitudes towards retirement.
We found that women who had access to subsidised day-care services were 17% more likely to be employed than those who were not.
The world of the fourth industrial revolution looks set to be one dominated by forms of knowledge and industries – like science and technology – that have long been dominated by men.
Women were able to pursue an impressive feminist agenda as South Africa made its transition to democracy. But 25 years later there’s not a lot left of the early victories.
Germany praises itself for having declared a ‘special responsibility’ for Namibia since independence. But the relationship is viewed differently from Windhoek.
In a surprising change in trends, citizens in many African countries increasingly support government restrictions of press freedom.
Private military and security companies are increasingly being contracted in Africa. But there are big gaps in understanding their impact.
Untreated trauma is dangerous as it may develop into other mental health complications that lead to drug abuse, depression, anger and hatred.
Given Africa’s projected population growth, management of its environment must be a global priority
Like many great men, the legacy of Ghana’s independence hero is not uncontested.
Health systems are generally structured around nation-states. Migration, especially across national borders, therefore leads to challenges.
Keeping track of migration and urbanisation is challenging, but it’s vital for population health that migration and urbanisation is well understood and planned for.
Health responses need to take on board the fact that the number of women and girls migrating across borders as well as within countries is growing.
It’s difficult to keep track of the medical records of patients on the move and some may be lost to follow-up, presenting further public health challenges and population-wide risks.
South African courts have been reluctant ‘to step into the shoes of the regulator’. But the confirmation by the Constitutional Court of the ruling by the Supreme Court of Appeal has changed all that.
The already extremely fragile political condition cannot handle any further instability and chaos.
Artisanal and industrial mining have a different impact on local conflict in eastern Congo.