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Missed call: Fact-checking Kenya’s overshadowed 2024 state of devolution address
By: Africa Check 25th October 2024 In early October 2024, the Kenyan political arena erupted with a spectacular falling-out between president William Ruto and his deputy Rigathi... →
Age of Electricity
By: Terence Creamer 25th October 2024 The recent claim made by the International Energy Agency (IEA) that humanity is “moving at speed into the Age of Electricity” may not seem... →
South Africa’s massive Sasol petrochemical plant faces serious challenges – new report
24th October 2024 The giant Secunda complex of Sasol, South Africa’s biggest chemicals and energy company, provides the fundamental ingredients to South Africa’s... →
IMF isn’t doing enough to support Africa: billions could be made available through special drawing rights
24th October 2024 At the 2021 UN Climate Summit, Barbados prime minister Mia Mottley called for more and better use of special drawing rights (SDRs), the... →
Zimbabwe’s water supply is in crisis: how political interference and underfunding did the damage
24th October 2024 In Zimbabwe, control over water is supposed to be decentralised. In other words, the seven regions in the country have the authority to govern... →
Customary courts in East Africa – more than a means to lighten caseloads
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 24th October 2024 The relevance of traditional justice should be assessed by factors other than its potential to reduce formal court backlogs. Several African... →
Governance Challenges in Cabo Delgado: Spinning Wheels in the Mud
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 24th October 2024 Amid unrest surrounding Mozambique's election, the task of dealing with extremism in the country remains. Mozambicans went to the polls on 9... →
End of coal in South Africa: what 100,000 workers will need when their jobs go
23rd October 2024 South Africa’s move to renewable energy means that the coal industry will be phased out over the coming decades. This transition away from a... →
Cameroon after Paul Biya: poverty, uncertainty and a precarious succession battle
23rd October 2024 Cameroon’s President Paul Biya is 91 years old. He is Africa’s oldest head of state and only one has served longer: President Teodoro Obiang Nguema... →
Zimbabwe’s ZiG: devaluations won’t fix a currency that’s in trouble because of government overspending
23rd October 2024 The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe devalued the ZiG by 43% on 27 September 2024. This weakened the official exchange rate from 13.9 ZiG per US dollar to... →
