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Opinion

Thursday, 13 August 2020

Lifeline Cut

Covid-19 shows Africa must reduce dependence on personal remittances

Personal remittances to Africa, which far outstrip foreign direct investment, have plummeted as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, severely undermining ... food security for the continent’s poor.

Farmer squeeze

What can be done about the damage Covid-19 is causing to South African agri-SMEs

Covid-19 has prompted widespread discussion of the resilience of food systems and how efficiency and competitiveness have been previously understood. ... Recent decades have seen the growth of increasingly complex food value chains. These are underpinned by just-in-time delivery systems, a growing share of food products sold through supermarkets, and increasing concentration of ownership among powerful, large food manufacturers.

Wednesday, 12 August 2020

What works?

Public anger seems to deter Somalia’s Al-Shabaab more than counter-terrorism efforts

In September 2014, a US drone strike killed Al-Shabaab’s most influential leader, Ahmed Abdi Godane. The immediate assumption was that Godane’s ... death would weaken the group and reduce its capacity to carry out further terrorist activities.

Tuesday, 11 August 2020

Borrower beware

Zimbabwe’s ill-advised plan to raise money through a sovereign bond

The Zimbabwean government recently signed an agreement to pay 4,500 white farmers $3.5bn for infrastructure improvements on the land expropriated ... by the government during the chaotic land reform programme of 1997/8.

Monday, 10 August 2020

Player in search of a team

Is France a reluctant multilateralist in the Sahel?

France is presenting its current involvement in the Sahel as a new, and more multilateral, form of intervention. ...

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Friday, 7 August 2020

total

Who to write off?

Avoiding Total disaster in Africa

On 30 July, oil giant Total wrote off $8bn of its fossil fuel reserves, admitting they were stranded assets that would never be used due to weak ... oil demand and the impact these assets would have on the climate.

Thursday, 6 August 2020

Zimbabwe Mugabe

mother, whore, witch

Zimbabwe: Mother, whore, or witch – the battle for women in politics

The political arena in Zimbabwe is a de facto male space in which women play very peripheral and insignificant roles. ...

Wednesday, 5 August 2020

key players

Nigeria: ‘What is most important is we put millions of young people in jobs, and quickly’

The Nigerian government recently launched the Special Public Works Programme (SPW) aimed at creating more jobs in the country to address the ... economic downturn from the coronavirus pandemic.

Tuesday, 4 August 2020

when life gives you lemons...

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Catalyst for basin-wide water cooperation?

Ethiopia’s on-going construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile River has attracted speculation that it could lead ... to a ‘water war’.

Monday, 3 August 2020

Ethiopia Alleged Abuses

ETHIOPIA’S ENTANGLEMENTS

Ethiopia: Who and what is behind the Oromia crisis – a view from Abiy’s camp

In Ethiopia, opposition activists accuse Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government of trying to reassert central control over Oromia and dismissing ... their campaign for cultural rights and linguistic rights – at stake is the future of country’s proclaimed system of ethnic federalism.

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