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Africa’s blue economy initiatives focused on economic outcomes. Limited attention was given to social equity and ecological sustainability.
Nigeria’s management of the COVID-19 outbreak, and other future outbreaks, will require improved diagnostic capacity, effective testing and tracing, and massive investment in health infrastructure.
Africa has opportunities to integrate further and bring its economies into the global economy.
Research shows that governments, more often than not, shut down the internet to hide gross violations of human rights.
Africa accounts for nearly 27% of the World Trade Organisation’s membership and 35% of members from developing countries, but an African has never run it.
Why there’s no need to panic over warning of ‘jaw-dropping’ fertility decline.
Africa has always contributed to global technological breakthroughs and economic systems.
There is concern over the growing influence of non-regional players in decision making at the regional bank.
The British press ignored the millions of deaths from HIV/Aids in Africa for far too long.
The ruling elites in parts of Africa are destabilising efforts to maintain order by living by their own rules
The court has focused on African cases to the exclusion of developed countries, as well as developing regions such as Latin America.
It is important that procedures surrounding funerals are developed by public health officials alongside traditional and religious authorities.
The sudden death of Burundi’s former president, Pierre Nkurunziza, marks the end of a long reign, characterised by violent political crises.
It’s important to unravel how disability is understood as a step towards improving the well-being of disabled people.
Claims of Chinese self-isolation reflect a longstanding, global “Yellow Peril” discourse that persists despite discrediting evidence.
Removing social medicine from the education of medical students would be to their detriment - as well as their future patients.
While more people are using the internet and social media during the pandemic, they aren’t entirely happy with what they see.
In football, a number of African teams draw heavily on their European-born diasporas, a reflection of a colonial past and deeply entrenched migration routes.
In spite of increased economic, political and social interactions, Nigeria-China relations are dented by old and new racism.
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Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School
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Anthropologue et démographe, professeur émérite au Muséum national d’histoire naturelle et conseiller de la direction de l'INED, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN)
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