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Stumbling Blocks And Power Blocs Call For Cool Heads
11th June 2019 One can almost feel the despair of the South African population. Among the reasons for this are an unprecedented increase in the spate of farm... →
Time to consider negotiating with al-Shabaab in Somalia?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 11th June 2019 ‘I knew how to found al-Shabaab, I know how to finish them.’ This was a 2018 statement by Mukhtar Robow, former deputy leader of Africa’s deadliest... →
Adherence is delaying HIV elimination targets. What’s needed to break the cycle
10th June 2019 As 2020 draws closer, the deadline to end AIDS by 2030 looms large. The aim is to achieve the ambitious targets of “90-90-90”. That is, 90% of... →
Pressure grows on Africa to take back its migrants
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 10th June 2019 Migrant numbers to Europe have dropped dramatically since 2015 when the highest number of people recorded – over a million – arrived from outside... →
Angola under Lourenço: more than just a promising start?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 7th June 2019 Angolan activist Rafael Marques de Morais was persecuted by security agencies for his relentless exposés of corruption and human rights abuses by... →
Employed but still poor: the state of low-wage working poverty in South Africa
7th June 2019 Paid employment is generally considered the predominant and most sustainable way of pulling people out of poverty. But the past two decades have... →
What now?
By: Terence Creamer 7th June 2019 Then there were ten! In reality, far more than ten individuals have occupied the top job at State-owned electricity utility Eskom over its 96-year... →
Can the police investigate a case that hasn’t been reported?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 6th June 2019 If a crime victim in South Africa doesn’t open a case with the police, can the police still investigate? During the launch of Pieter-Louis... →
Tracking AU themes: Why the APRM should rise to the occasion
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 6th June 2019 Africa and its diaspora community are wrapping up the commemoration Africa Month – marking the anniversary of the creation of the Organisation of... →
Are nearly 80% of Kenya’s farmers smallholders? No data shows this
By: Africa Check 6th June 2019 Household budgets can be a tight balancing act in Kenya, with unpredictable weather playing ping-pong with food prices. The government’s budgets... →
