Trade and investment can help reduce poverty, promote women’s empowerment, and support children’s rights. It can also do the opposite.
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Compared to other politicians who tend to be indirect and evasive, Nkrumah was direct, explicit and assertive.
Politics and Society How politics and poverty affect electricity provision in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s energy policy needs to be reconsidered if the country’s electricity shortage is to be resolved.
Arts and Culture Unpacking the role of religious counselling services in Ghana
Religious counsellors form one of several avenues where people seek help for problems that they encounter in life.
Politics and Society Why Kenya is failing to integrate technology into secondary schools
Integrating technology into schools involves understanding the dynamic relationship between technology, how it’s used in the classroom and the content of the curriculum.
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Bobi Wine in Uganda does it; so do the Economic Freedom Fighters in South Africa. The red beret is worn to signify the revolutionary. Its power lies in a symbolism that combines art and politics.
Politics and Society Photographs reveal the personal lives of the Lord’s Resistance Army
Photographs give unprecedented insight into the lives and humanity of those involved in the Ugandan rebel movement.
Politics and Society Ethiopia’s new party is welcome news, but faces big hurdles
Ethiopia’s new political outfit could bring minority groups into the centre of power.
Politics and Society Global and historical lessons on how land reforms have unfolded
Land reform has always been closely tied to shifts in the wider political economy of countries.