South Africa’s recently introduced carbon tax may lead to financial losses in the short term, but it’s necessary and will be beneficial in the long term.
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Ghana is taking advantage of its strategic location in Africa
The April 1994 election proved to be a watershed for South Africa.
The biggest problem with using the military to fight rime is that soldiers are not trained for law enforcement, but warfare, using maximum force.
The IMF has increasingly turned its focus to growing inequality worldwide. Ironically, research shows that policy reforms it mandated exacerbated income inequalities.
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In South Africa, it is possible to be employed and still poor.
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.
There are reasons to be cautiously optimistic about Bissau-Guinean politics going forward.
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.
Women who survive violence in Kenya are building peace in their communities.
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.
Ugandan women MPs are working with men to amplify their own voices and pass meaningful laws.
At least in the short term, it looks unlikely that Jammeh will face either his victims or consequences for human rights abuses
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