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Should governments pay businesses for climate disasters? Researchers unpack huge lawsuits in South Africa
Updated 6 hours ago The most catastrophic natural disaster ever recorded in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province – also the worst flood in South Africa for more than... →
Cameroon’s election risks instability, no matter who wins
Updated 6 hours ago Cameroonians will vote in presidential elections on 12 October 2025. The incumbent, Paul Biya, who has been in office for nearly 43 years, will be... →
Senegal’s rating downgrade: credit agencies are punishing countries that don’t check their numbers
Updated 6 hours ago Senegal’s dramatic two-notch credit rating downgrade in February 2025 by the credit rating agency Moody’s was followed by a Standard & Poor’s... →
Using the power of technology to prevent violence against children
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies Updated 6 hours ago Digital parenting support offers a scalable and cost-effective way to prevent violence against children and ensure happy families. Headlines of... →
World maps get Africa’s size wrong: cartographers explain why fixing it matters
29th August 2025 The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of... →
Why the AfCFTA can’t simply plug the US trade gap
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 29th August 2025 Africa’s continental free trade area offers long-term promise, but expecting it to quickly compensate for US trade losses may be unrealistic.... →
Africa is expanding its digital public infrastructure for its digital future
By: In On Africa IOA 29th August 2025 Analysis in brief: Africa’s digital transformation is being pushed by demand from businesses and ordinary citizens, whose needs in the modern... →
FUL August 2025 Newsletter – Major events relating to the judiciary and the rule of law
29th August 2025 This briefing note seeks to provide a short overview of significant events in the preceding month, relating to Freedom Under Law’s work on the... →
Pressure mounting
By: Terence Creamer 29th August 2025 With industrial and trade policy firmly back on the global agenda, South African industry is becoming more vocal in highlighting the threats posed... →
Africa’s city planners must look to the global south for solutions: Johannesburg and São Paulo offer useful insights
28th August 2025 For decades, the dominant theories and models in urban studies have been built from the experience of a small set of mostly western cities. Other... →
