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Letter to Mahlamba Ndlopfu: War Against Women and Children
13th December 2024 Ah, Chief Dwasaho! My psychiatrist has recently revised my diagnosis from clinical depression to melancholic depression—a more severe, almost... →
Who owns the traditional ‘family home’ in South Africa? Court sets a new precedent, but the law remains murky
13th December 2024 A recent ruling by the Johannesburg high court in South Africa has put the definition and control of the “family house” under African customary law... →
Tshisekedi, Kagame to meet on crucial eastern DRC peace deal
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 13th December 2024 João Lourenço’s Luanda peace deal seems unlikely to resolve the crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Democratic Republic of the... →
Trading blows
By: Terence Creamer 13th December 2024 Trade and industrial policy will play a more prominent and potentially more destabilising role given that President-elect Donald Trump has... →
Cattle rustling: a lifeline for Boko Haram in the Lake Chad Basin
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 12th December 2024 Insurgents fund their activities through stealing cows – making it more difficult to address organised crime and terrorism. In Africa,... →
North Africa’s migration governance: time for a new approach
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 11th December 2024 Misaligned frameworks that don’t address grassroots realities abound while migrants face deadly hazards on their journeys to a better life.... →
2024 Year in Review: The political trends that shaped Africa at the quarter century mark
By: In On Africa IOA 11th December 2024 Political developments in 2024 were largely extensions of events from the previous year and further back into the past. Key elections, though... →
Securing Africa’s food security against new challenges
By: In On Africa IOA 11th December 2024 Spurred by conflict crises that interrupt agricultural activities and climate change that is compromising food production, efforts to make Africa... →
Ghana’s president John Mahama makes a comeback – what lies ahead
10th December 2024 John Dramani Mahama, Ghana’s incoming president, has won a chance to rewrite his legacy. He was voted out of office in 2016 by what was then the... →
COP29 failed Africa – what went wrong with the climate financing bid and what happens next
10th December 2024 The United Nations’ 29th annual climate change conference of the parties, COP29, ended with countries from the global north committing... →
