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African languages for AI: the project that’s gathering a huge new dataset
17th October 2025 Artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Siri or Google Assistant are developed by the global north and trained in English,... →
A little too late? The ICC’s first Darfur conflict conviction
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 17th October 2025 With funding for global institutions shrinking, the slow, arduous and costly task of international justice will weigh on ICC member states. On 6... →
Content over form
By: Terence Creamer 17th October 2025 South Africans are naturally strongly opposed to any more hefty electricity hikes, having borne above-inflation increases for years while power... →
Africa has a History of Using Science and Moral Conduct in Shaping the Society.
16th October 2025 As a consequence of daily humiliation by a Neo-colonial society obsessed with perversion, Africans are being deracinated. Racial barriers are... →
Tanzania polls: will election observers be the last line of defence?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 16th October 2025 Domestic observers may not improve the quality of polls on 29 October, but could increase transparency and public awareness. Tanzania’s general... →
Travel between African countries is still hard: fresh ideas to get movement flowing
15th October 2025 It remains too difficult for Africans to travel between African countries. Africa-wide reforms have failed. The keynote continental agreement, the... →
Nigeria’s Boko Haram rehabilitation efforts ignore the emotional trauma of soldiers: why this matters
15th October 2025 Since 2009, Boko Haram has waged one of the deadliest insurgencies in Africa. Concentrated in north-east Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin, the group... →
Trade is shaping new global power relations: what this means for Africa
14th October 2025 Over the past two decades, economic strength, trade flows, technological leadership and even consumer demand have been moving steadily from west to... →
West Africa’s trade monitoring system has collapsed - why this is dangerous for food security
14th October 2025 A decade ago countries in West Africa set up a unique trade monitoring mechanism. Its purpose was to track intra-regional trade in agricultural... →
Water wars: has GERD reset Africa’s hydropolitics?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 14th October 2025 Water scarcity in Africa is a crisis, and the GERD conflict shows why mutually beneficial cooperation agreements are vital. Ethiopia officially... →
