Mozambique gained independence from Portugal in 1975 following a bloody liberation war that lasted about 11 years. But independence did not mean the end of conflict. The dominant liberation movement, Liberation Front of Mozambique (Frelimo), got embroiled in …
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In a recent interview covered in BusinessLive on the 14th of November, Finance minister Enoch Gondongwana noted:
With debt service costs topping R300bn next year as bondholders price in the risk of SA’s borrowing, he said there could never be …
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Ethiopia is at war with itself —- all over again. Again, it is in the global media spotlight for the wrong reasons: war, displacement, rape, and killings. A nation with a long but turbulent history and a rich religious …
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The Kenyan government is increasingly becoming intolerant of the people’s will and freedom of choice by imposing several lifestyle regulations.
When the coronavirus pandemic struck in 2020, many countries assumed society’s ‘nanny.’ They seized the opportunity to impose restrictions like …
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When the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global public health emergency in March 2020, it became apparent that the news media’s role in communicating health information was going to be pivotal to help control the spread of …
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Cannabis is a plant that has existed for over 4,000 years with medicinal and spiritual uses. This knowledge and information have been gate kept and a narrative of only the worst people using cannabis has been pushed. This has not …
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There are growing demands for the UN Security Council to act on the war in Tigray. The Security Council has held 11 sessions on the war that started in Tigray a year ago. But each session ended without even a …
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France has begun withdrawing its troops from northern Mali as part of plans to reorganise its anti-insurgent forces deployed in the Sahel region under Operation Barkhane. French army bases in Kidal, Tessalit and Timbuktu will be closed by the end …
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According to the World Bank’s South Africa Economic Update (Edition 13) titled ‘Building Back Better from Covid-19 with a Special Focus on Jobs,’ the pandemic has exposed long-standing structural weaknesses in the South African economy. These have progressively …
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There are approximately over 308 million girls below 18 years on the African continent. While the African Union’s legal and policy framework does refer – patchily – to the rights, interests and plight of girls; continental bodies and national …
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