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The governments needs to adjust its agenda to take on board concerns voiced by citizens about the impact of technological changes.
African leaders who have sought ICC involvement have all seen the court as being beneficial to the survival of their governments.
Ntaganda’s conviction represents real progress, and an actual significant victory, for the ICC.
The fossil fuel industry depends on massive government support, which makes the public foot the bill for a harmful and uncompetitive industry.
A significant change in political mentality is required to shore up one of Africa’s leading lights.
South Africa’s rural communities where mining licenses have been granted are often excluded from consultations and bear the brunt having their environment and livelihoods destroyed.
A human rights approach offers central banks a new tool for understanding the true costs and benefits of their operations.
South Africa’s economic reforms of the 1990s were overdone, destroying some industries and thus impacting economic growth and job creation. A re-balancing of industrial policy is called for.
The story of Asameni and Christiansborg Castle’s keys reveals the complexities of decisions taken during the transatlantic slave trade.
The threat posed by measles is on the rise again in a number of countries in the world. One of them is the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
At least in the short term, it looks unlikely that Jammeh will face either his victims or consequences for human rights abuses
Western aid has resulted in an Anglo-American culture of journalism education which has proved impractical to implement in African countries with illiberal political regimes.
It’s unclear how relations between Addis Ababa and Asmara will develop but the warmth has largely gone.
Sharing data openly across regions and organisations can help to accelerate preparedness and responses to public health emergencies.
Now that African countries have signed up for the continental free trade agreement, they must complete the institutional loop by jumpstarting the creation of the African Monetary Fund.
Neither French nor American, Senegalese secularism stands midway between these two models
Election to the Security Council is prestigious for member states because it gives them a seat at the highest table of global decision-making.
The debate about the mandate of the South African Reserve Bank must be located within a clearly articulated political vision and social compact on the kind of society South Africans aspire to.
The child support grant, as a policy instrument, cannot work alone in ensuring that young people thrive and succeed.
What should be done to ensure that the SDGs actually change countries’ development trajectories? Here are four practical steps.
With accessible software tools and workflows, machines can be left to do the laborious work so that people can focus on planning, thinking and doing.
Zimbabwe has a severe energy crisis because its major sources of electricity are struggling to keep up with demand.
To reverse brain drain, the government should create a conducive environment for investment that will ensure employment opportunities
Ghana has completed yet another IMF financial assistance programme. Given its long history of living within its means and then blowing the budget again, will it be knocking on the IMF’s doors soon?