June 05, 2022
Africa: The Award-Winning African Documentary Project That Goes Inside the Lives of Migrants
For far too long the west has been telling stories about and talking on behalf of Africa. However, a new slate of 25 documentary films by African filmmakers called Generation… Read more »
June 03, 2022
Ghana: A Root Cause of Flooding in Accra - Developers Clogging Up the City's Wetlands #AfricaClimateCrisis
Ghana has six designated Ramsar sites. These are wetlands designated under the criteria of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, an international treaty that seeks to protect them. In… Read more »
Uganda: Martyrs' Day - How Life in Uganda Today Mirrors the Dark Old Days of Kabaka
Martyrs' Day in Uganda commemorates the bold decision of some early converts to Christianity to give up their lives for the sake of the gospel. The day, marked on 3 June every year… Read more »
June 02, 2022
South Africa: South Africa's Economy Has Taken Some Heavy Body Blows - Can It Recover?
Economists are growing increasingly concerned about South Africa's economy. This is because the country's three major macroeconomic problems - lacklustre economic growth, growing… Read more »
Kenya: People Will Continue to Die of Rabies If Kenya Doesn't Educate Healthcare Workers
Rabies - a viral disease spread through an animal bite - has had an effective vaccine for more than a century. Yet people continue to die from it. Rabies kills nearly every known… Read more »
Africa: Where to Find More Water - Eight Unconventional Resources to Tap
As climate change worsens, and with populations rising worldwide, water shortages are a top threat to human development and security. Read more »
North Africa: African Champions League At a Crossroads After Bitter Wydad Vs Ahly Final
The biggest news from the conclusion of the Caf African Champions League final at the Stade Mohammed V stadium in Casablanca, Morocco was that it did not end in a farce. Morocco's… Read more »
Africa: Should We Protect Nature for Its Own Sake? for Its Economic Value? Because It Makes Us Happy? Yes #AfricaClimateCrisis
As spring phases into summer in North America, with trees flowering and birds migrating, nature seems abundant. In fact, however, the Earth is losing animals, birds, reptiles and… Read more »
Nigeria: Property Crime Could Be Reduced If Neighbourhoods Were Better Designed
Nigeria has a very high crime rate. The Global Peace Index ranked it the world's 17th least peaceful state. Discussion of crime in Nigeria tends to focus on insurgency, terrorism… Read more »
Nigeria: Blood Sisters - Why the Mini-Series On Netflix Sets a New Pace for Nollywood
Nollywood - the Nigerian movie industry - was described as a small screen cinema involving amateurs who produced low budget trashy videos with predictable storylines. Read more »
South Africa: Unvaccinated South Africans Told Us Why They Weren't Interested in Having Covid Jabs
South Africa is currently facing a new wave of infections related to the much higher transmissibility of the omicron COVID variant and its sub-variants. The most recent spike has… Read more »
June 01, 2022
Zimbabwe: How to Judge Candidates' Social Protection Promises Ahead of 2023 Elections
Zimbabwe is heading for general polls in 2023 amid an ongoing macroeconomic crisis. In the decade starting from 2001, the state-led economy started to show signs of strain.… Read more »
Southern Africa: Enforcing Competition Would Ease Food Price Hikes in East and Southern Africa
Small and medium-scale farmers and agri-businesses in east and southern Africa are getting a raw deal. To succeed they need fair and integrated regional markets. Research by the… Read more »
South Africa: Hunger Problem Is Turning Into a Major Health Crisis
One in ten South Africans go hungry every day. As a result malnutrition levels are high. Malnutrition has three simultaneous dimensions: undernourishment, micronutrient… Read more »
Kenya: Push for Affordable Housing Is Creating Opportunities Despite Barriers
In Kenya, the right to housing is embedded in the constitution, which provides that "Every person has the right to accessible and adequate housing, and to reasonable standards of… Read more »
Africa: Disparities in Global Empathy - Why Some Refugees Are More Welcome Than Others
The world is accustomed to the stereotypical face of the refugee. The well-worn tropes of the Black or Brown face from post-genocide Rwanda, war-torn Somalia, or gang-ridden… Read more »
South Africa: Tribute to Renowned Economist Francis Wilson
In 2016, South African economist Francis Wilson was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Cape Town. Nominators of a person for this highest honorary degree get to… Read more »
May 31, 2022
Kenya: Political Debates in Kenya - Are They Useful or Empty Media Spectacles?
It is a few months to Kenya's August 2022 general election. That means it is time for the theatrical, skeleton-revealing spectacle also known as the political debate. Read more »
South Africa: ANC Policy Papers Touch On Key Issues Facing Agriculture and Land Reform in South Africa
The latest policy discussion document published by the African National Congress (ANC) presents a positive change from the ambiguous agriculture policy the South African governing… Read more »
Africa: Hotter Kalahari Desert May Stop Hornbills Breeding By 2027
Rapid climate change has the potential to strongly influence the physiology, behaviour and breeding success of animals. Research is showing that increasing temperatures, for… Read more »
South Africa: Here's How Much Learning South African Children Lost in the Pandemic
When a state of disaster was declared in South Africa in 2020 in response to the COVID pandemic, a hard lockdown was instituted and schools were shut. This was followed by varying… Read more »
Somalia: Somalia's Election Raises More Questions Than Answers
Somalia now has a new parliament - and a president elected by its 329 lawmakers. This followed more than a year's delay. Read more »
Ghana: Power Demand in Ghana Has Dipped After Every Crisis - the Drivers and Consequences
Recurring electricity supply crises in Ghana over an extended period have driven consumers to turn alternative sources of energy. In turn, this resulted in a sharp decline in… Read more »
May 30, 2022
East Africa: What U.S. Re-Entry Into Somalia Means for the Horn of Africa and for Bigger Powers
The US has announced it will resume a limited military presence in Somalia. The former administration withdrew troops from the country in 2020. The mission of the American soldiers… Read more »
Africa: African Countries Need Tighter Controls to Curb Growing Tobacco Use
Average global smoking rates have fallen over the past 12 years with the proportion of people aged 15 or older who smoke declining from 22.6% in 2007 to 19.6% in 2019. Read more »