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Wednesday, 27 January 2021

Virus Outbreak South Africa New Years Eve

public health response

The COVID-19 response is testament to the power of global cooperation

Two decades ago, we created a foundation focused on global health because we wanted to use the resources from Microsoft to improve as many lives ... as possible. Health is the bedrock of any thriving society. That fact has never been clearer than it has been over the last year, as the pandemic has upended lives in Africa and around the world.

Monday, 25 January 2021

Protesters with signs demonstrate in downtown Cairo

learning the truth

Egypt’s revolution: The day I finally heard the cries of anger

Can we believe in change? Can we dare to dream of it? Are we ready to fight for it? “Yes, but Egypt is not yet ready for democracy”, is what ... many of the elders around me would say. “In countries like France and the US, people are educated and are aware of the choices they make. Our poor citizens are ignorant and can’t decide on their own” said another another man.

Saturday, 23 January 2021

sudan

long march towards freedom

Sudan: The hijacking of the people’s revolution continues on

The signing of the Juba Peace Agreement and the removal of Sudan from the US black-list of State Sponsors of Terrorism (STT) achieved the main ... objective of General Abdel Fattah Burhan and other members from the former regime under Omar al-Bashir regime: to reestablish international credibility. With that in hand, Khartoum would finally be “free”.

Friday, 22 January 2021

trade jobs

How AfCFTA will decrease conflict by increasing youth employment

Africa’s quest to foster pan-Africanism and integration through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) could be futile unless deliberate ... steps are made to guarantee peace and security on the continent.

Terrorism rears its ugly head

Is Algeria once again confronted with the threat of terrorism?

Across Algeria, a growing number of attacks, arrests and weapons have come to light, indicating a possible resurgence in jihadist activity in ... the country; a chapter from the 1990s that many hoped would stay closed.

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Thursday, 21 January 2021

tigray war

Order and Repression

Eritrea’s involvement in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict ‘is a tragic but explainable option’

Undisputed evidence of Eritrean military involvement in the conflict in Tigray region of Ethiopia between the federal government and the Tigray ... People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) is hard to come by, but some claim there is evidence showing the involvement of Eritrea in the war.

Wednesday, 20 January 2021

new deal

To exit the Covid-19 era, Africa needs to rebuild the social contract

Prospects that the record-breaking vaccine development and distribution plans will start to counter the political and economic devastation of ... the pandemic have opened this year with a blast of hope and goodwill. It will be short-lived unless there are credible efforts to launch a new social contract.

Tuesday, 19 January 2021

students

keeping the nest open

Advice to Africans: Don’t send your children to study in the West

If you are an African of means, of moderate wealth, please stop accepting the fancy but illusive idea that educating your children in the West, ... namely Europe and North America, is a good idea, enhances for your sense of achievement, of self-worth and/or is good for the inter-generational transfer of the fruits of your labour. Experience strongly suggests otherwise.

bye-bye Trump

What can Africa expect from the Biden administration?

Tomorrow, the whole world’s eyes will be on the inauguration of Joe Biden. Stepping into a moment of unprecedented domestic crisis, he will ... probably have relatively little bandwidth for Africa.

Monday, 18 January 2021

democratic transitions

Niger: Democratic progress hindered by increasing insurgency

Despite the twin problems – poverty and insecurity – that have faced Niger in the past few decades, President Mahamadou Issoufou successfully ... completed his two-term tenure.

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