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demographic exceptionalism

Africa: Carbon emissions play a central role in current economic crisis

Stratospheric statistics and serial superlatives can still cut through – even in this age deluged by data. For some, today’s omnicrisis, ... born of the pandemic and the ensuing geopolitical clash over Moscow’s war on Ukraine, might seem to rival the great crash of 1929, which also followed a pandemic amid heightened geopolitical rivalries.

Constitutional rules

South Africa: The dilemma of justice

Most of us South Africans consider our constitution – with its enshrined civil and social rights – as a matter of pride, even national ... identity. After centuries of colonial exploitation and then apartheid, this basic law turned South Africa into a constitutional democracy. That means our constitution is the supreme law of the country – so constitutional supremacy rules, okay?

Power of the pen

We need journalists now more than ever – so why don’t we do more to protect them?

When it comes to saving democracy and fighting for freedom, no one has a more important role to play than journalists. ...

New dog old tricks?

DRC: How did President Tshisekedi’s first term in office go?

The peaceful handover of power from President Joseph Kabila to President Felix Tshisekedi was applauded worldwide. It was seen as the rupture ... from a past characterised by coups and military takeovers, corruption and misgovernance

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new broom

Ecobank: 5 reasons new CEO Jeremy Awori will be walking a tight rope

crunch time

Angola: Lourenço tried to break with Dos Santos legacy, will voters buy it?

racial healing

Reparations: Nana Akufo-Addo’s highly political appeal

new broom

Ecobank: 5 reasons new CEO Jeremy Awori will be walking a tight rope

crunch time

Angola: Lourenço tried to break with Dos Santos legacy, will voters buy it?

racial healing

Reparations: Nana Akufo-Addo’s highly political appeal

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Shoots of growth

How Africa can win from the omnicrisis

Beyond planning national economic recoveries as they exited the pandemic, policymakers were also focusing on ways to maximise the value of the ... African Continental Free Trade Area to diversify regional economies and break free of the dependence on unprocessed commodity exports.

Ethiopian massacres

Ethiopia: The fight between Oromo and Amhara militants

Civilians are caught in the crossfire of violence between rival political camps. Violence in western Oromia often follows a familiar pattern. ... After security forces withdraw from an area, militants attack civilians.

bungled job

Nigeria: Buhari’s failure to plan his succession

Muhammadu Buhari, a Northern Muslim, has been President of Nigeria since 2015 and is due to leave office after elections next year. Last week, ... he summoned the 22 (out of 36) Governors who belong to his All Progressives Congress (APC) party and asked them to allow him to choose his successor.

Radical changes

Energy Transition: A historic opportunity for Africa

A radical change has taken place during the last few months within the old debate surrounding natural gas. ...

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Bola Tinubu on 2 June 2022 (facebook/Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu)

Lion of Bourdillon

Nigeria: Machine politics trump policy as APC picks Tinubu

By six o'clock this morning, Bola Tinubu’s newspaper ‘The Nation’ was confidently predicting that he would clinch the presidential nomination ... of the ruling All Progressives’ Congress (APC), winning over as many as 1,800 of the 2,322 accredited delegates in the primary elections. And ‘This Day’ newspaper, owned by fellow media baron Nduka Obaigbena, concurred.

nation-building

Ethiopia: Imperial ambition is the main hurdle to peace

The continued downplaying of Oromo concerns will only breed more violence. The civil war in northern Ethiopia has raged for close to 20 months. ... The belligerents accuse each other of starting the conflict.

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