In Ghana and elsewhere in Africa, NGO policies directing children’s welfare ignore indigenous knowledge on childhood, and how it can aid the sustainable implementation of interventions.
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The crisis in Tigray could have a spillover effect that will destabilise the Horn of Africa.
The police in Nigeria and Ghana must receive gender sensitivity training to effectively fight domestic violence.
Healthy soils are vital for food, biodiversity, and a healthy planet, but this below-ground world is often overlooked. The launch of the State of Knowledge of Soil Biodiversity Report highlights this.
The November 2020 local and regional elections have indeed put Namibia’s political culture at a crossroads.
People are swayed by social pressure to help relatives, share contacts or reciprocate favours received from their networks. Many also believe that corruption is normal.
Parents have the primary role of educating their children about their sexuality. But cultural beliefs and taboos about sex can work strongly against their efforts.
Studies demonstrate that vehicular emissions are a huge pollution source in Nairobi.
Combating social media disinformation regarding vaccines is critical to reversing the growth in vaccine hesitancy around the world.
Despite knowing how harmful it can be, companies and businesses (primarily those in Europe and the US) target countries in the Gulf of Guinea as a dump for their toxic waste.
The changes proposed by the initiative are were well-addressed in the country’s 2010 Constitution.
Rural people’s access to fuelwood isn’t determined by the availability of the wood, instead it’s controlled by power dynamics.
South African customary law should be understood from the perspective of dissonance between the past and the present.
Major challenges in the youth empowerment policy implementation mean that young people don’t benefit from start-up funding.
Conflict between Eritrea and Tigray has long represented a destabilising fault line for Ethiopia as well as for the wider region.
Had the national government and Tigray state government attempted to engage in intergovernmental dialogue, things might have turned out differently.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will be better able to balance policies between the advanced economies and developing ones to achieve sustainable global economic growth and development.
Extreme heatwaves aren’t systematically monitored in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa. This leads to unnecessary and premature deaths which are often unrecorded.
While South Africa should pay careful attention to all its existing trade and economic relations, particular attention should go to its intra-African economic relations.
Companies can’t verify that their source didn’t involve artisanal mining. A discussion over responsible sourcing strategies and practices is needed.
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