The role of the military in toppling authoritarian rulers, after intensive popular protests, raises questions about how the AU’s policy against coups should be applied.
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Human rights organisations worry that the UNHCR may be helping refugees return to war zones and, as an enabler of repatriation, are helping Kenya to violate refugees’ rights
This is the age we live in, and it is crucial that fact-checkers be in place to help media consumers guard against falsehoods.
Changes in weather patterns have made life a great deal more precarious for pastoral communities.
Wealth inequality in South Africa is not only intolerably high, its also not reducing.
Individual relationships between China and particular African countries differ a great deal.
Urban public spaces may be built to represent governments, but often become sites of protest.
For democracy to work, the press has to be free.
Government restrictions on individual freedoms in the name of public security is increasing.
Urban adaptation to climate change is more effective where local citizens participate.
Any policies and interventions around water management can only really be successful if women are included.
South Africa’s universities are doing well on technology transfer. But the rest of the continent is lagging behind.
People in Sudan are determined to provide a new political path and need to guide candidates who want to lead the country.
In recent years, the delay and failure of rains in Kenya has become a norm.
Government funding in Nigeria’s education sector has been chronically low and needs to be changed.
The current crisis in British politics is significant for countries like South Africa where a change in electoral systems is needed.
An international civil service matters for global governance. Without it, it would be impossible to promote and maintain a rules-based world.
Responsible mineral sourcing programmes in the DRC have their flaws.
Cyclone Idai showed just how unprepared SADC is to respond to major natural disasters.
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Diseases like cholera are among the many health crises Cyclone Idai has created.
Decision making on water infrastructure in peri-urban areas is challenging. But lessons have been learnt from a water project in Mozambique.
To claim that protests are being organised suggests sinister motives. But all protest is organised. So are cake sales and shopping expeditions.
Forest communities have seen little or no change in improving livelihoods and stopping deforestation.
The US needs to review whether a security agenda based on US priorities will solve problems in sub-Saharan Africa.
Three urgent issues at the interplay of foreign and domestic affairs will be of strategic long-term importance to South Africa and Africa.