Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent warm greetings to African leaders, business people and participants early October, signaling that everything is set for the first Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, southern coastal city of Russia. The message reads, in part: “Today, the countries of Africa are well on their way towards social, economic, scientific and technological development, a...
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The unfolding scenario in South Africa, East Africa and the Horn brings to test the African Solutions to African Problems mantra. This week, riots broke out in South Africa after hundreds of...
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Recently, former students of the University College London (UCL) wrote an open letter to the leading institute to criticise the “Eurocentric” teaching and content in the Africa studies progr...
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Congratulations to Dr Abiy Ahmed for joining the prestigious and illustrious list of Nobel Peace Prize winners that include, depending on your world view, the good, the bad and the ugly incl...
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We, the leaders of the ZHOCD made up of EFZ, UDACIZA, ZCBC and ZCC, met at the Africa Synod House on the 7th of October 2019 to consider the currently unfolding national crisis in its totali...
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Each year, on 30 April, music lovers around the world celebrate International Jazz Day to “honour jazz and its enduring legacy, as well as its power to bring people together,” says Audrey Az...
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Botswana is one of the few countries on the African continent that have held regular elections since the mid-1960’s in which I have had an interest. Two of those elections took place when I...
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Trade wars, protectionism, and nationalist rhetoric are combining to create the possibility of a nightmare debt crisis that could be worse than any previously experienced. Global borrowing i...
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In early September, 2019 the Moroccan National Tourist Office, signed an agreement with the China Digital Travel Agency (Ctrip), to promote the Moroccan market in China. The 3-year agreement...
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