Tag: Africa

South Africa’s coalition government is crumbling: why collapse would carry a heavy cost

Vinothan Naidoo, University of Cape Town and Brian Levy, Johns Hopkins University South Africa’s multi-party government of national unity (GNU), which emerged in the wake...

Uganda’s speedy motorbike taxis will slow down for cash – if incentives are cleverly designed

Claude Raisaro, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID) Every day, 10 people die on the roads of Kampala, Uganda’s...

Announcement of Massad Boulos as Senior Advisor for Africa 

Media Note The Department of State is pleased to announce the appointment of Massad Boulos as Senior Advisor for Africa. Senior Advisor Boulos also serves...

MEPs set to approve renewal of EU-Guinea-Bissau fisheries agreement

On Wednesday, Parliament will vote on a renewed five-year fisheries agreement with Guinea Bissau. The updated protocol – provisionally applied since 18 September 2024 –...

EU pledges €3.4 billion to combat global malnutrition

At the Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit in Paris, the European Commission announced a new pledge of €3.4 billion until 2027 to combat malnutrition...

Wealthy nations owe climate debt to Africa – funds that could help cities grow

Astrid R.N. Haas, University of Cape Town - Wealthy nations fuelled their industrial growth and urbanisation by burning fossil fuels. This was the biggest...

The European Union and South Africa take their partnership forward during a summit in Cape Town

Brussels - President von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa were in Cape Town, where they met South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa for the EU-South...

Royal Zulu divorce drama: South African traditions are having to change with the times

Anthony Diala, University of the Western Cape - African monarchs are important figures in their countries. In South Africa, many Zulu people are strongly...

Violence in South Sudan is rising again: what’s different this time, and how to avoid civil war

Jan Pospisil, Coventry University - A rise in political tensions in South Sudan and an escalation of violence in the Upper Nile State have...

Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré is making waves in west Africa. Who is he?

Daniel Eizenga, Africa Center for Strategic Studies - Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following...

Egypt on edge: finding a delicate balance between Gaza and Trump

May Darwich, University of Birmingham - US president Donald Trump famously called Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi his “favourite dictator” in 2019, but their...

Strength in Unity: The Enduring Role of Family in Burundi

In the hill country of Burundi, the rhythm of life is often measured not by the clock but by the presence of others. Morning...

South African troops are dying in the DRC: why they’re there and what’s going wrong

Lindy Heinecken, Stellenbosch University - The death of South African soldiers on a Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission in the Democratic Republic of...

Cameroon could do with some foreign help to solve anglophone crisis – but the state doesn’t want it

Julius A. Amin, University of Dayton - What began in late 2016 as a peaceful protest by lawyers and teachers in Cameroon’s North West...

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