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HIV is on the rise among older Africans, but care and research overlook this group – lessons from Kenya and South Africa
2nd September 2025 For decades, public health efforts across sub-Saharan Africa have focused on HIV prevention, testing and treatment campaigns on children, and women... →
Should governments pay businesses for climate disasters? Researchers unpack huge lawsuits in South Africa
1st September 2025 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
1st September 2025 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
1st September 2025 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 1st September 2025 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... →
