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Latest analyses and reports relating to societal issues in Africa.
Free movement in West Africa: three nations quitting Ecowas may confront migration challenges
Ecowas covers a variety of sectors, but migration is a major one. The bloc’s protocols since 1979 have long been...
Read moreDetailsUnfinished Melodies: Mohbad’s Death and its Influence on the Young Rising Stars on the African Continent
The Nigerian media space has been on “fire” since the announcement of a promising Afrobeats musician named Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka...
Read moreDetailsPresident Ruto and delivering on the promises he made to Kenyans
It is barely six months after Kenya’s Supreme Court upheld Dr. Ruto’s victory against his main challenger, Mr. Raila Amollo Odinga, as...
Read moreDetailsIn South Africa, climate crisis is at its brim
Several days of unsettled weather have brought copious amounts of rain to KwaZulu-Natal, the eastern coast of southern Africa. According...
Read moreDetailsDR Congo’s entry in EAC and the militia menace
By Partick Ilunga By the time Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi signed the deed to formally join the East African...
Read moreDetailsRising sea levels may threaten 70% of Africa’s heritage sites by 2050
By Joanne Clarke*, Lena Reimann*, Michalis Vousdoukas*, Nicholas P. Simpson* The value of heritage has been underestimated in climate policy and...
Read moreDetailsZambia firm starts producing fuel from used tyres, plastic
The used tyres and plastic containers that litter the back streets of cities and towns in Zambia might be an...
Read moreDetailsHow social pressures and poverty affect the ability of children to navigate school in Eswatini
By Ncamsile Motsa* The population of Eswatini (previously called Swaziland) is slightly below 1.2 million people, and about 58.9% of the...
Read moreDetailsArms trade to Africa can be opaque: why this is dangerous
By Nicolas Florquin*, & Alaa Tartir* Eolika, a Guyana-flagged cargo vessel, had already been detained in the port of Senegalese...
Read moreDetailsHow to break the logjam facing African countries on the free movement of people
By Alan Hirsch* Most African countries signed onto the Free Movement of Persons protocol in Addis Ababa in January 2018. Its rationale was set...
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