Category : The Rest of AFrica
Namibia: Beware the new scramble for Africa under the guise of reparations for colonial atrocities.
By Admin
June 10th, 2021
By David Monyae Is the German government’s apology to Namibia’s Herero and Nama people for the 1904-1907 genocide just another way to make inroads into the neo-colonialism project through grossly one-sided and unapologetically unfair bilateral and multilateral agreements leveraged off legacy partnerships? “Inkukhu iyawusola umgqhakazo” – Isisho sesiZulu (“The hen is suspicious of the mielies” […]
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Civil-Military Imbalance in the Sahel
By Admin
May 28th, 2021
By Nina Wilén In less than a year, the Sahel region has experienced two coups, one coup attempt and something that now looks like a ‘coup within a coup’, firmly putting civil-military relations at the top of the agenda for understanding the current context of power competition between political and military elites. In democratic states, […]
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Vaccine nationalism poses a major threat to Africa as the West gobbles up supplies – we need to up our game
By Admin
February 10th, 2021
By David Monyae and Sizo Nkala counsel The race to inoculate world populations against Covid-19 has begun in earnest and Africa is losing it. According to The New York Times, as of 4 February 2021 a total of 107.3 million vaccine doses had been administered to individuals across the world. North America leads with 6% of […]
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Covid vaccines: Russia, China, India…Who is supplying Africa?
By Admin
January 29th, 2021
By Marie Toulemonde, The Africa Report. Covid vaccination campaigns have kicked off across the globe. But while many developed countries are busy inoculating their populations, the continent is grappling with growing bilateral agreements with foreign laboratories and mobilising its health professionals. Western countries, perhaps hit harder by the virus, but above all richer, are creating […]
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Outside Powers Are Making the Conflict in the Central African Republic Worse
By Admin
January 23rd, 2021
Proxy wars pitting France and Chad against Russia and Rwanda threaten to destabilize the entire region while subjecting Central Africans to more violence and instability. By John A. Lechner, Alexandra Lamarche. BANGUI, Central African Republic—Citizens of the Central African Republic (CAR) went to the polls on Dec. 27 to select their next president and legislature. […]
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Ethiopia Has Launched Its Second Satellite, ET-SMART-RSS
By Admin
December 24th, 2020
A few hours ago, the maiden flight of the Long March 8 was launched from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site. One of the payloads on the rocket is Ethiopia’s second satellite, ET-SMART-RSS. Other payloads include Apocalypse constellation and Zhixing-1A. ET-SMART-RSS, initially scheduled for October 2020 was postponed to 20 December. Due to unfavourable weather condition, the satellite […]
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Belgium earmarks 4 million Euro on Coronavirus vaccines for Developing Countries.
By Admin
December 22nd, 2020
By Allawi Ssemanda. Belgium has announced four million euro (about 17,843,735,168.00 Ugx) for COVAX program. COVAX is a global initiative that brings together governments and pharmaceutical companies with aim of ensuring that Covid-19 vaccines are available and accessible to all those in need especially in developing countries. Presently, all approved and available vaccines have been […]
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How Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed went from man of peace to a leader at war.
By Admin
November 15th, 2020
Domestic conflict threatens to wreck any chance of peaceful democratic transition promised by Nobel Peace Prize winner By David Pilling and Andres Schipani. “War is the epitome of hell,” Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s prime minister, told an audience in Oslo last December on accepting the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating peace with the neighbouring country of Eritrea. Now […]
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What’s at stake as conflict flares in Ethiopia?
By Admin
November 12th, 2020
By David Pilling and Andreas Schipani Military confrontation in Africa’s second most populous country could spill out across the regionHeavy fighting has broken out in the northern region of Tigray after Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s prime minister, announced he was sending troops to the restive area. Mr Abiy alleged that Tigrayan troops had attacked a federal […]
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Africa and China Share Common Approach to Climate Change.
By Admin
October 5th, 2020
By David Monyae Weather patterns across the globe are signalling that climate change will bring about catastrophic calamities to all of us. Increasingly, droughts, heatwaves, wildfires, rising sea levels, warming oceans, thawing permafrost, changing rain and snow patterns are adversely heart-rending. Africa and China joined the rest of the world at the UN’s 75th anniversary […]
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