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Financing Africa’s future
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 18th December 2024 Africa’s debt is rising roughly four times faster than its economic growth, jumping 10 percentage points from 2010 to constitute 29% of GDP by... →
Artificial intelligence regulation in South Africa – prioritising human security
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 17th December 2024 Just months after the European Union’s (EU) landmark Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act came into force in July 2024, South Africa’s roadmap for... →
Letter to Mahlamba Ndlopfu: War Against Women and Children
13th December 2024 Ah, Chief Dwasaho! My psychiatrist has recently revised my diagnosis from clinical depression to melancholic depression—a more severe, almost... →
Who owns the traditional ‘family home’ in South Africa? Court sets a new precedent, but the law remains murky
13th December 2024 A recent ruling by the Johannesburg high court in South Africa has put the definition and control of the “family house” under African customary law... →
Tshisekedi, Kagame to meet on crucial eastern DRC peace deal
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 13th December 2024 João Lourenço’s Luanda peace deal seems unlikely to resolve the crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Democratic Republic of the... →
Trading blows
By: Terence Creamer 13th December 2024 Trade and industrial policy will play a more prominent and potentially more destabilising role given that President-elect Donald Trump has... →
Cattle rustling: a lifeline for Boko Haram in the Lake Chad Basin
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 12th December 2024 Insurgents fund their activities through stealing cows – making it more difficult to address organised crime and terrorism. In Africa,... →
North Africa’s migration governance: time for a new approach
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 11th December 2024 Misaligned frameworks that don’t address grassroots realities abound while migrants face deadly hazards on their journeys to a better life.... →
2024 Year in Review: The political trends that shaped Africa at the quarter century mark
By: In On Africa IOA 11th December 2024 Political developments in 2024 were largely extensions of events from the previous year and further back into the past. Key elections, though... →
Securing Africa’s food security against new challenges
By: In On Africa IOA 11th December 2024 Spurred by conflict crises that interrupt agricultural activities and climate change that is compromising food production, efforts to make Africa... →
