Shortcomings of Namibia’s land reforms suggest that voluntary, market-based transactions might not be suitable.
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Framing xenophobic violence as a question of immigrant victimisation invites divisions between neighbours.
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Botswana has been an unparalleled elephant conservation success story. That seems to be changing.
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Despite all Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed’s inspirational reforms, there can be no progress without the rural majority.