The Conversation
Anti-immigration policies: why harsh new rules put in place by Trump and other rich countries won’t last
31st January 2025 Donald Trump, America’s new president, has cut back massively on US commitments to asylum seekers, blocked all asylum processes and started to... →
WHO in Africa: three ways the continent stands to lose from Trump’s decision to pull out
30th January 2025 President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the World Health Organization (WHO) will be keenly felt across the globe, with profound... →
A hot and troubled world of work: how South Africa’s bold new climate act and labour law can align to drive a just transition
29th January 2025 Increased average temperatures, climate variability, and extreme weather events are taking a toll on the environment and disproportionately... →
WHO in Africa: three ways the continent stands to lose from Trump’s decision to pull out
29th January 2025 President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the World Health Organization (WHO) will be keenly felt across the globe, with profound... →
Peace in Sudan: a fresh mediation effort is needed – how it could work
29th January 2025 Intense fighting has ravaged Sudan since 15 April 2023. The war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and its erstwhile comrades-in-arms, the... →
600-million Africans don’t have electricity – the green energy transition must start with them
28th January 2025 The world is fast transitioning towards renewable energy systems. But in many African countries, this transition is not solving historical... →
DRC has created a reserve force to fight the M23 – why this may backfire
27th January 2025 After nearly three decades of warfare, armed conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) seems only to intensify. The Rwanda-backed... →
Political assassinations, police violence and lack of press freedom: 3 barriers to peace in Mozambique
27th January 2025 Mozambique’s parliament and its new president, Daniel Chapo, were sworn in in mid-January 2025 after a tumultuous post-election period of protests,... →
Informal mining in South Africa is here to stay. Police brutality won’t end it – here’s what will
23rd January 2025 In mid-January 2024 over 1 000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in South Africa. They had... →
Africa without borders could help the continent prosper – what’s getting in the way
23rd January 2025 The vision of a “borderless Africa” is one of unity and shared prosperity for the continent. It is rooted in the ideals of the pan-Africanist... →
