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clash of systems

Is Africa undercutting its sovereignty with China’s debt-trap diplomacy?

China’s string of pearls and China’s debt-trap diplomacy are the most gripping terms in sino-Africa relations. The meagre mention of these ... words makes us fraught with antipathy because of the calamitous leverage attached to them.

heavy dependence

Nigeria: Forget oil and gas, look at the potential of shea

The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), reacting to calls by citizens to take drastic action against the free fall of the naira against ... the US Dollar, was quoted in a report saying: "Domestically, there has been zero dollar remittance to the country’s foreign reserve by the NNPC. Monetary policy alone cannot bear all the burden of the expected adjustments needed to manage all these difficulties. It’s our collective duty as Nigerians to shore up the value of the naira.’’

racial healing

Reparations: Nana Akufo-Addo’s highly political appeal

On social networks, Ghana’s president reopened the debate on the financial reparations that, according to him, should be paid to African victims ... of slavery.

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growing technology

How Agtech can ‘dramatically improve’ food insecurity on the continent

The Ukraine crisis has sent shockwaves around the world, with a blockade on exports driving prices of food and fertiliser to record highs. ...

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racial healing

Reparations: Nana Akufo-Addo’s highly political appeal

yoke of apartheid

South Africa’s systemic xenophobia betrays a political comrade in Zimbabwe

lone ranger

Sahel: What’s the secret to Niger’s security resilience?

racial healing

Reparations: Nana Akufo-Addo’s highly political appeal

yoke of apartheid

South Africa’s systemic xenophobia betrays a political comrade in Zimbabwe

lone ranger

Sahel: What’s the secret to Niger’s security resilience?

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yoke of apartheid

South Africa’s systemic xenophobia betrays a political comrade in Zimbabwe

Towards the end of last year, the South African government announced that it would not be renewing the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) that ... had been granted to citizens prior to 2009. The decision, which was attributed to Zimbabwe’s collapsing economy under Robert Mugabe’s four-decades-long regime, stands to affect close to 200,000 Zimbabweans currently working and studying in the country.

'practical path'

Why the G20 needs African Union as a member

Representing over 80% of the global economy, the Group of 20 (G20) is the main multilateral platform for global economic and financial cooperation. ... Discussions at the group’s yearly meeting deeply relate to Africa.

New playbook

Lessons from Zambia’s debt restructuring

President Hakainde Hichilema is creating a new playbook for African restructurings. ...

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cowpea extraordinaire

A defining moment in Ghana’s GMO journey

About four months ago, Ghana’s National Biosafety Authority (NBA), an authority under the ministry of Environment, Science, Technology, and ... Innovation, published a notice inviting public comments on whether it should approve the country’s first genetically modified crop, the Pod Borer Resistant (PBR) cowpea or black-eyed bean.

immigration and globalisation

Nigeria: Eliminating human trafficking to harness people power

Today, human migration – in its connections to a multiplicity of issues good and bad – is right on the front burner of global conversation: ... making headline news, forming the basis of protests and influencing strategic government action.

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Nigeria: Bola Tinubu must reckon with history after picking his running mate

Nigerian history is repeating itself. Almost three decades ago, Moshood Abiola, a Yoruba Muslim from the south-west, won the 1993 presidential ... elections in what was meant to signal the end of a decade of military rule.

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