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How US policy on abortion affects women in Africa

Policies and decisions made in the United States echo around the world and often have widespread implications. Take sexual and…

Dodgy deals are putting brakes on young careers of young Kenyans

Loan sharks collude with organised crime groups to smuggle motorcycles into Ethiopia.

Informal sector organisations in Zimbabwe are shaping notions of citizenship

Informal organisations have a significant impact on stimulating their members to become self-reliant citizens.

Amending Ghana’s Constitution to protect its democratic gains

Consensus on reform between political players could win the trust of a dissatisfied population.

Africa faces hard knocks as rich countries take manufacturing back home

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has seen reduced reliance on global supply chains by businesses.

South Africa: When deep-seated frustration meets prejudice and weak leadership

Calls for government to act on the presence of illegal foreign nationals in South Africa are not new. They have,…

G7 can support Africa’s climate agenda. Here is how

South Africa’s $8.5 billion Just Energy Transition Partnership addresses vital questions about how African countries can best use international climate…

Policies must reflect why Zimbabwe’s small tobacco farmers use trees for firewood

Poor people’s energy poverty is an outcome of a web of relationships between the state and the market, where there…

Africa should be better prepared for Europe’s security funding shift

There are concerns that the new European Peace Facility could signal increasing militarism and interventionism in Africa.

Nelson Chamisa: The fog is clearing in Zimbabwe

At the beginning of last year, I wrote an article in which I promised that “the fog will soon clear”.…