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Africa’s refugee camps are plagued by flooding: we looked into drainage systems that can withstand local conditions
9th April 2025 Almost one-million people live in 24 camps for refugees and internally displaced people in Ethiopia. They have fled wars and massacres in South... →
Kenya’s president Ruto inflates wins on controversial health plan sign-ups
By: Africa Check 9th April 2025 In April 2025, Kenyan president William Ruto gave a media interview ahead of a high-profile tour of the Mount Kenya region, the restless political... →
Trump’s tariff hikes and South Africa: hunt for new agricultural markets must begin now
8th April 2025 The South African government has underscored the urgent need to diversify the country’s agricultural exports in the wake of the US decision to... →
South Sudan on the brink of civil war: bold action from the international community is needed
8th April 2025 South Sudan is likely to return to full-blown civil war unless the international community takes a radical approach to stabilise the country and... →
Rwanda’s image abroad: how western countries are beginning to turn their backs
8th April 2025 Rwanda enjoyed good relations with the western world for many years. This was due to systematic and intentional efforts to build its profile as a... →
Demographics not poor governance explain Africa’s slow development
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 8th April 2025 Until dependency ratios shift, Africa’s large youthful population will remain the continent’s biggest barrier to growth. Africa’s disappointing... →
South Africa’s water crisis and the reform agenda
8th April 2025 South Africa, one of the 30 driest countries globally, faces a deepening water crisis, driven by erratic rainfall, over-allocated water resources... →
General visible policing should not be a priority for SA police
7th April 2025 The concept of ‘visible policing’ is confusing efforts to strengthen South Africa’s national police service. South Africa’s Police Summit on 8... →
Do African MPs reflect the people who vote for them? We studied 17 countries to find out
7th April 2025 By the end of 2025, 42 African countries will have held national elections in the previous 24 months. But do these elections produce parliaments... →
Why was South Africa’s ambassador to the US expelled? A view of the Ebrahim Rasool affair
4th April 2025 In a rare move, the Trump administration expelled Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa’s ambassador to Washington, in mid-March 2025. In a post on X, US... →
