Uganda: Officials Summoned Before Court Over Torture of LGBT+ Youth
The court's move is seen as a positive step for sexual minorities in the east African nation, where gay sex carries a life ...
South Africa: South Africa Needs Electoral System Overhaul
The Constitutional Court's decision in July 2020 to declare unconstitutional aspects of the Electoral Act which disallow individuals to stand as independent candidates ...
South Africa: Building an Inclusive Post-Covid-19 Economy for South Africa
Introduction Given the cataclysmic nature of the Covid-19 economic crisis conventional economic responses, of pursuing counter-cyclical fiscal policy, which is increasing public spending ...
As Nigeria celebrates Polio-free status, Faisal worried about suspension of immunization following Covid-19
By Joseph Erunke For years, Polio, a viral disease that is transmitted from person to person, mainly through a faecal-oral route or, less ...
Africa: AfCFTA Secretariat Commissioned in Accra As Free Trade Is Set to Begin in January 2021
A flagship project of the African Union’s Agenda 2063, the African Continental Free Trade Area creates a market of 1.2 billion people with ...
Africa: Violent Extremism Costs African Countries $97 Billion Each Year
18-country study examines the impact of attacks on infrastructure and physical damage, formal and informal economies, and of 'security spending' on development processes. ...
Zimbabwe president signs law allowing pregnant girls to continue in school
Agency Reporter Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed a law barring government schools from excluding girls, who fall pregnant, from attending lessons. Teachers ...
Zambia: Youth and Covid-19 Diaries – Really Missing Church
Zambia: 26-year-old Laika Lizimu's Story Date of diary session: 7 May 2020 The situation is tough, the country is facing an economical crisis, ...
Mali: Germany, France, Britain to Keep Troops in Mali Despite Coup
German Defense Minister Kramp-Karrenbauer said Sahel terrorism remained a "great threat." Her French coounterpart called Mali part of a "security challenge" across Sahel ...
Mali: Time to Match Deeds to Words in Mali
Mali is moving towards a dead end. Unless the new government engages all parties in dialogue and starts making good on its pledges ...
