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For Africa, Going Green Is Not a Luxury

A A warsame Aug 31, 2019

by Carlos Lopes-CAPE TOWN – Earlier this year, Tropical Cyclone Idai tore through southern Africa, killing hundreds, injuring thousands, and displacing even more. In Mozambique, as much as half of all annual crops and critical…
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Reports: Somalia arrests UAE spy network

A A warsame May 9, 2019

Somali authorities are reported to have arrested a spy network working for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Only Twitter users report the news, quoting a local intelligence source. Earlier this year, Somali Foreign Minister Ahmed Issa…
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Fixing Africa’s Budget Problems

A A warsame Apr 7, 2019

by Biniam Bedasso,Neil Cole--PRETORIA – Africans had good reason to be hopeful when all 193 United Nations member states adopted the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015. Alongside their ambitious pledges to end poverty by 2030 and “leave…
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An African Opportunity for Post-Brexit Britain

A A warsame Jan 28, 2019

by Zuneid Yousuf-Mareeg.com-LUSAKA – The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos has long been the political and business world’s equivalent of the Vanity Fair Oscar party: by invitation only, it is a place to be seen. This year,…
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The Feminization of African Politics

A A warsame Nov 29, 2018

by Shona Bezanson,Fatima Al Ansar-BAMAKO/TORONTO – Last month, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed appointed a new cabinet; ten of the 20 positions went to women. One week later, the country’s parliament unanimously elected Sahle-Work Zewde…
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African Nations Show Rare Transparency in Military Spending

A A warsame Nov 28, 2018

A panel discussion on the politics of peace. Credit: SIPRI UNITED NATIONS, Nov 26 2018 (IPS) - When the United Nations began publishing annual reports on arms expenditures, starting in 1981, not all 193 member states voluntarily…
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Redefining African Migration

A A warsame Oct 18, 2018

by Mukhisa Kituyi-GENEVA – Few issues are as emotional as human migration. Images of desperate people on the move – whether trying to cross the US-Mexico border or packed onto rickety boats crossing the Mediterranean Sea – have heightened…
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