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IREN Thought Leader Forum 2024 - Building a Resili...

Building a resilient job market

21st August 2024
Media Forum: The Future of the United Nations in a...

Theme: Adapting to Power Shifts: The Future of the United Nations in a Multipolar World

14th March 2024
The Sahel Imbroglio: What Should Africa Do?

The current volatile situation in the Sahel calls for a coolheaded look at the fundamentals of the e...

25th September 2023
Germany’s New Africa Strategy Is Trapped in Europe...

Unfortunately, the strategy is trapped in conventional European thinking, and that includes a tenden...

20th April 2023
Navigating The Predatory Global System

Global powers have competed to tailor Africa’s social, cultural, political, and economic landscape i...

1st February 2023
World Population Clocks 8 Billion People

Rapid population growth in the 20th century reflects public health progress, which lowered infant an...

16th November 2022
Unipolar or Multi-Polar World: Which Way for Afric...

The socio-economic crisis occasioned by the Russia-Ukraine war place Africa in a dilemma of whether...

27th July 2022
The Clash of Systems: African Perceptions of the E...

Although the European influence in Africa dates back several centuries, this influence is rapidly dw...

28th June 2022
Racism: China Must Clear the Air

China must clearly explain its position on these acts of racism on Africans.

22nd June 2022
Belgium's King Philippe and the Return of Patrice...

Kinshasa wants to see something more tangible commensurate to the wealth plundered and suffering met...

9th June 2022
George Ayittey- A Tribute

We mourn the passing on of a giant and a great African economist Prof. George B.N. Ayittey.

13th April 2022
DR Congo: The Highs and Lows

Since the beginning of this year, DR Congo has appeared in the news in various shades

29th March 2022
GERD Begins Operation

Unresolved conflicts over shared water resources in Africa could escalate into full-blown diplomatic...

23rd February 2022
Ethio-Tigray War: Elimination Talk Should Be Disco...

Ethiopia is such a huge (people) dam that if it overflows, all neighbouring countries will be advers...

26th January 2022
Intra African Trade Fair – A Step in the Right Dir...

The Intra-African Trade Fair could be a concrete step towards the continent writing its own economic...

16th November 2021
Is Ethiopia Facing an Implosion?

A protracted struggle in Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan will be a disaster for the region

9th November 2021
Is Racism in Football Finally Being Addressed?

Racism continues to bring shame to the sport. The steps that respective authorities and team members...

13th July 2021
Will eSwatini’s Birth Pangs Yield Dividends?

Trouble is brewing in eSwatini, the country of Africa's last absolute monarch King Mswati III.

29th June 2021
Can the Germany and France Remorse Narratives be T...

African experts must interrogate these ‘new’ remorse narratives and find out what they intend to ach...

1st June 2021
The Future of Africa in the Post-COVID-19 World Bo...

Inter Region Economic Network is delighted to launch a book entitled The Future of Africa in the Pos...

18th May 2021
Digitalization and Framing of Political Issues in...

IREN will engage journalists and IT professionals to explore Digitalization and Framing of Political...

4th May 2021
Russia's Cessation of Air Travel to Tanzania and T...

Russia’s moral standing is most likely to be put in jeopardy for using a health scourge to settle po...

13th April 2021
Lessons from the Suez Canal Blockade

Shipping has resumed in Egypt’s Suez Canal, a man-made waterway constructed between 1859-1869

30th March 2021
John Pombe Magufuli: The Passing of an Iconoclast

Tanzania has weathered many storms. With unity of purpose, Tanzania will heal and continue playing a...

18th March 2021
Tanzanians Must Know the State and Whereabouts of...

While wishing President Magufuli well, The African Executive appeals to President Magufuli’s family...

16th March 2021
Call for Abstracts: Re-purposing Africa’s Intellec...

The challenge is open to participants in all disciplines

10th March 2021
Re-Imagining Africa

Recreating this image demands establishing meaningful and rewarding presence in the world’s economic...

24th February 2021
IREN – Celebrating 20 Years Unpacking and Interrog...

Africa continues to face major structural transformations  in a bid to develop and establish presenc...

3rd February 2021
Storming of Capitol Raises Questions on Social Med...

The world watched in consternation as a violent mob stormed Capitol, desecrated the federal building...

12th January 2021
Silencing the Guns in Mozambique is Urgent

The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, which monitors incidents of conflict around the wo...

16th December 2020
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African Perceptions of the Eur...