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Is climate change to blame for KwaZulu-Natal’s flood damage?
A month ago, floods in the country’s eastern KwaZulu-Natal province killed 489 people, destroyed 4 000 houses and displaced about 40 000 residents.
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Op-Ed | Coal and Nuclear are “Weapons of mass destruction”
For the students of history, you will immediately connect weapons of mass destruction to the nuclear bombs that were dropped by the United States of
Mali’s Military Ejects France but Faces Serious Challenges
On May 2, 2022, a statement was made by Mali’s military spokesperson Colonel Abdoulaye Maïga on the country’s national television, where he said
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The war in Ukraine: Africa risks paying a heavy price for neutrality
Far from being swift, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine now looks likely to become a long-running war of attrition. It will therefore have an
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Resource-curse — Opaque mining deals in Malawi
On March 31, a prominent Malawian Media, advocacy and communications Specialist Idriss Ali Nassah made a viral post on Twitter, commenting on a dodgy
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The bad, dangerous and ugly days of “Nairoberry” are back
In the last years of President Daniel arap Moi’s Kanu rule, the central business district of the capital city Nairobi, become a bad, dangerous and
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Making COVID vaccines in Africa: advances and sustainability issues
The history of vaccine manufacturing capacity in Africa dates back to 1881, when Egypt’s Vacsera company was established. Before the COVID pandemic
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No support, No say: The hypocrisy of Anti-abortion Laws
The abortion debate has gone round and round in circles for centuries. Throughout history governments around the world have supported abortion and
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Kwame Nkrumah: Reflections on the Theoretician of the African Revolution
27th April 1972: in a hospital in Bucharest one of the greatest Africans ceased to exist, at least corporeally. Dying from cancer of the throat, or
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US abortion law decision brings attention to rights of women in Africa
Access to safe abortion is recognised as a human right. Bryan Dozier/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesA leaked draft of a majority opinion of the US
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How US policy on abortion affects women in Africa
Policies and decisions made in the United States echo around the world and often have widespread implications. Take sexual and reproductive health,
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Why Nonalignment Is an Urgent Imperative for the Global South
In South Africa, the domestic criticism has been extraordinarily shrill, and often clearly racialized. It is frequently assumed that abstention means
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A steady ticking towards the hour of the hangman
Since its first appearance in Soweto in 2021, Operation Dudula, which means to “push out”, has gained a reputation for inciting xenophobic
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Former South African president predicts the end of the ruling party: history is on his side
Former South African president Kgalema Motlanthe, one of the saner voices in the ruling African National Congress (ANC), has recently given voice to
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The other side of Mwai Kibaki
I got to know Prof Wangari Maathai in the early 1990s. I was then a member of the Release Political Prisoners (RPP) pressure group. It was a vibrant