BY LINDA-GAIL BEKKER As the 21st International AIDS Conference wraps up in Durban, South Africa, Professor Linda-Gail Bekker, incoming International AIDS Society President, talks to The Conversation Africa health and … Read More
BY SANDILE SWANA AND LUMKILE MONDI One of the most hotly-debated topics in development economics is: what does it take to steer a poor country from Third World to First … Read More
BY CHERISH CHIRUME At 29, I didn’t feel fulfilled. I’d been working in advertising trying to move high up the career ladder, but that was proving difficult. It was a … Read More
BY KAFAYAT AMUSA, NARA MONKAM AND NICOLA VIEGI The foreign aid arena in Africa has traditionally been dominated by the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. However, over the past … Read More
BY BEN RADLEY In recent years Western advocacy groups have achieved unprecedented success in mobilising Europeans and North Americans behind a “conflict minerals” campaign to help end the conflict in the Democratic … Read More
BY PETER LEVINE Young Americans don’t care much for political parties. According to the Pew Research Center, 48 percent of millennials (ages 18-33) identify as independents. That’s almost as many as … Read More
BY BERNY SEBE For the fourth time in five months, a major terror attack inspired by radical Islamist ideology has been perpetrated in the Francophone world. After the November 13 attacks in … Read More
BY JIBRIL TURE According to statistics released Sunday night by the Benin Polling Institute (IBS), a reliable organization that has accurately predicted previous elections in the country, Benin cotton magnate … Read More
BY PHYLLIS TAOUA Ghana has long been a symbol of Africa’s promise. But it has also been a reflection of the pitfalls of the continent’s post-independence era. The country has … Read More
BY MODUPE ABIOLA, SPECIAL ENVOY COTONOU, BENIN—Just moments ago this Tuesday morning, the National Autonomous Electoral Commission of Benin, CENA, announced the two-front runners who will face off during the … Read More
