Identity Trade-Offs Define Today’s Globalised Citizens
Consistently over the past few months, there have been a slew of Western media articles on what Al Jazeera calls an instance of ‘reverse migration’. Many people who used to [...]
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The Politics of Water Sharing in the Nile Basin
The Nile: There Won’t Be Enough for Everybody Is the post-revolution change in Egyptian leadership bringing about a shift in foreign policy towards the nations of the Nile Basin? The [...]
A Troubled Democracy
Politicians and advocates frequently criticise the state for treating Arabs as “second-class citizens.”
In the Face of a Receding Lake, Water Conflict at the Ethiopia-Kenya Border
The Kenyan government has decided to send 200 additional reserve troops to the Kenya-Ethiopia border in response to Ethiopian militia attacks in the Turkana. At present, tensions are high following [...]
African Gold at London 2012 Olympics
African athletes won 11 GOLD medals and 34 other medals (silver and bronze) in all during the just ended London 2012 Olympics. It wasn’t only David Rudisha and Ezekiel [...]
Death, Democracy and Incumbency in Africa
The death of Ghana’s President John Evans Atta Mills some weeks back presented a different test of how much Ghana’s democracy has matured. This West African nation ushered in [...]
Infographic: African 2012 Olympic Medals
In my previous article: African Olympic Medal Winners at London 2012 I highlighted on all African sportsmen and women who won various medals at the just ended London 2012 Olympics. [...]
How African Athletes Performed At Olympics 2012
Writing a review of Africa’s participation in the Olympics has been harder than I imagined. With my country Ghana, the assessment was very simple and could be summed up [...]
African Olympic Medal Winners at London 2012
Africa’s countries are long time members of the Olympic family with the continent’s nations participating in the modern Olympiad since 1908, when South Africa was the lone sub-Saharan team participating [...]
Does It Matter If Uganda Fails To Get A Medal At London 2012 Olympics?
The current lead article – The Olympics: A Tale of Two Worlds is asking if; “Do the Olympic Games provide a unique opportunity for us to come together on a [...]
Ghana Leads Africa’s Fastest Growing Countries & Economies
According to the World Economic Forum; Africa is on the brink of a major transformation. Over the last decade, the continent was home to six of the world’s 10 fastest [...]
African Diaspora: Myths and Home-truths
This article was originally drafted by the SA Node of the Millennium Project for the newsletter “Southern Africa Horizon Scan” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content [...]
Forcible Resettlement and Land Grabs in Ethiopia
Ethiopia is Africa’s biggest aid recipient, and one of Africa’s most food-insecure nations. Simultaneously, Ethiopia is one of most militarized nations on the continent, with a history of both internal [...]
Foresight: Three Scenarios Regarding the Monetary Union
This article was originally drafted by the Society for International Development for the newsletter “GHEA Outlook” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click [...]
Land Grabbing in Sierra Leone: Who Benefits – Farmers or Investors?
In launching the “Agenda for Change” in 2008, the Government of Sierra Leone declared “agricultural development and food security to be the foundation of the country’s economic development and poverty [...]
The Greater We: The Mo Ibrahim Index of African Governance and Africa’s Youth
The World Bank defines governance as “the exercise of political authority and the use of institutional resources to manage society’s problems and affairs.” As we move forward in the second [...]
Stop Using Africa To Score Points On Social Issue Debates
Africa is too often used as a blunt weapon to score points in debates about hopeless poverty or desperate need. Many countries have learned from their past mistakes and are [...]
Remittances to Drought/Famine-Affected Households in Northern Kenya
Women and children are the ones most susceptible to the effects of drought and famine which is why it is important to consider ways to make remittances more accessible to [...]
Climate Change & Africa : A Look At Policy Formulation
Floods, droughts, desertification, coastal storms and famine are just a few of the impacts of climate change in Africa. Climate change is endangering the lives and livelihoods of millions of [...]
African Governments, NGOs & Civil Society: A Crisis of Legitimacy?
In April, the Columbia Journalism Review raised the question of whether non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Africa benefit from particular representations of the continent as conflict and poverty-ridden. „Yet US journalism [...]
“Cash Back:” Remittances from the African Diaspora
The African diaspora is comprised of over 30 million emigrants from Africa‘s 54 nations. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) estimates that each year the African diaspora contributes about [...]
