Yearly Archives: 2024
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South Africa: Will an investor-friendly mining policy turn the economy around?
Reviving South Africa’s flagging mining sector will take much more than the cosmetics of a new investor-friendly policy. The establishment of South Africa’s Government of National ... -
Why gas is not a good alternative to coal for South Africa
Vested interests are lobbying for gas as a transition fuel despite its many economic, logistical, and environmental risks. South Africa is immersed in a “just energy ... -
Hundreds of local Malawians quietly leave World Bank climate project
Experts warn that payment problems and a lack of local ownership could undermine the effectiveness of a nationwide adaptation project. Local participants working on a World ... -
The digital future of pharmacy in Africa
Amid the drain of Africa’s trained healthcare workers to the West, pharmacists are increasingly playing a frontline role that goes beyond dispensing drugs. Across Africa, community ... -
On World Meningitis Day, too many people are dying of cryptococcal meningitis in Africa
Improving outcomes for patients requires urgent efforts to reduce the price of treatments and increase access to drugs. When Zikhona, a young woman from New Crossroads ... -
Ethiopia’s quest for a seaport, Egypt and the geopolitics of the Nile Basin
Tensions between Ethiopia and Egypt go back decades and reveal a web of Cold War intrigue, clandestine diplomacy and internal meddling. With Cairo winning friends and ... -
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In Memoriam: Elleni Centime Zeleke’s Tizita
Elleni Centime Zeleke’s obituary: celebrating Tizita -
Black-and-white thinking about Rwanda
Spotting discrimination, polarisation and propaganda are important functions of the media. But to do that, journalists must be able to recognise them. Rwandans used to make ... -
Without debt relief, Africa is fighting climate change with its hands tied
Africa spends nearly three times more servicing its external debt than it receives in climate finance. Debt cancelation is urgent and critical. Earlier this month, environment ...
