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Unemployment has long been a major preoccupation for the South African Government. Based on a narrow definition of unemployment - those people who had not worked for the previous seven days but...
In the last 10 years or so, Africa has experienced a wave of innovative efforts in the technology, agriculture and services sectors, which have immensely improved the lives of Africans. For...
This paper discusses how drug trafficking in West Africa causes severe economic, social, political and public health problems across the whole region. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime...
South Africa will step up collaboration with other countries to fight terrorism and trans-national crime, State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele said on Tuesday. Speaking during a budget vote...
The European Union will pledge more than half a billion euros to help Mali rebuild after months of conflict, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Tuesday. "Tomorrow we will...
The World Bank's investment arm will increase lending to sub-Saharan Africa by up to a quarter this year as private sector companies flock to the fast-growing region, its vice-president said....
Mali will ask international donors for nearly €2-billion to help rebuild the country and try to halt a resurgence of al Qaeda-linked Islamists who were driven out of the major northern towns by a...
One of the most revealing moments of Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s state visit to South Africa this week was when Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote – reputed to be the richest person...
Chad's President Idriss Deby, a survivor of countless rebellions, has stepped into a void left by Africa's traditional heavyweights and turned his desert nation into a powerbroker as France...
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies says Nigeria and South Africa will play a critical role in building the value-added production capacity of the African continent. Minister Davies...
Privatisation in today’s world is a common word, but its impact, especially in regions like Africa, is less known. With increasing globalisation, the scope to privatise enterprises has increased...
In 2012, the Sahel region of West and Central Africa was once again hit by a severe food crisis, affecting over 18 million people at its peak. At the start of 2012, when the crisis began to unfold,...
The harsh realities incurred by many African nations following decolonisation in the mid-twentieth century produced violent civil wars, extreme poverty and shortcomings in sustainable development....
The nature of conflicts and security threats across Africa has been changing. In the 1970s and 1980s, interstate conflicts prevailed, and were dealt with through the use of power politics. Yet the...
“Investing in Africa” is a common phrase these days, yet, the question begs, how does one approach a continent of 54 countries with a diverse array of economic, sociocultural, political, and...