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Mozambique’s people should come before resources

Institute for Security Studies — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 12:29:47 +0000

Is an obsession with gas profits leading African countries to neglect the security of local populations?

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“There are still literary islands in Africa” – Interview with Mozambican writers and curators David Bene and Mélio Tinga

Onai Stanely Mushava — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 13:59:29 +0000

OitentaNoventa is facilitating monthly conversations between writers born in the 1980s and 1990s with writers and industry actors they look up to from older generations. Founders and award-winning writers David Bene and Mélio Tinga share their progress with This Is Africa’s Onai Mushava.

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Why Nonalignment Is an Urgent Imperative for the Global South

Globetrotter — Thu, 05 May 2022 13:20:42 +0000

South Africa and other countries that have abstained from voting against Russia at the United Nations General Assembly in response to the war in Ukraine face intense international criticism.

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Rising sea levels may threaten 70% of Africa’s heritage sites by 2050

The Conversation — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 10:05:59 +0000

Hundreds of Africa’s heritage sites are exposed to sea-level rise and coastal erosion in the future.

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Planned relocation: a hard but vital part of climate adaptation

Institute for Security Studies — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 07:59:56 +0000

Moving communities at risk is better than dealing with emergencies, but relocations have a fraught political history in Africa.

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