Tag Archives: Africa

Officially they are there to fight terror, but external interventions may be more about self-interest.

To unlock sustained growth across countries and cultures, regular leadership and policy renewal is needed.

Amid changing geopolitical dynamics, Africa is both searching for and being courted by new strategic partners.

Unless all potential beneficiaries find a way to share the Nile water conflict will continue.

Biofortification is a partial solution global hunger, which must go hand in hand with efforts to reduce poverty, food insecurity, disease, poor sanitation, social and gender inequality.

South Africa can look to the arid Israeli model for its water solutions.

A closer look at Africa’s elected governments suggests that they are not different from autocratic regimes. The elected ruling elites rely on an intricate web of personal, family, clientelism and ethnic ties, and on the military and intelligence services to control state resources and oppress society.

Whether Bangladesh succeeds in meeting its challenges will depend on its ability to improve its infrastructure and tax collection, its willingness to deal with governance and corruption, and to deepen economic inclusion. Few would, on the record of the last 20 years, bet against it.

The poor of South Asia need compassionate consideration by their ruling elites. Spare them arrogant brinkmanship, says one analyst.

Britain's decision to leave the EU will fundamentally affect Africa's relationship with UK in a way that will be damaging to all.