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Healthcare

Africa’s healthcare funding crisis: 3 strategies to manage deadly diseases

Francisca Mutap 24 Apr 2025

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Healthcare

Africa relies too heavily on foreign aid for health – 4 ways to fix this

Francisca Mutapi 25 Feb 2025

Media Freedom

Burkina Faso suspends more foreign media over killings coverage

Alessandra Prentice 29 Apr 2024

Human Rights Law

Mauritius is the latest nation to decriminalise same-sex relations in a divided continent

Frans Viljoen 16 Oct 2023

COP27 will be remembered as a failure - here's what went wrong

Climate Change

COP27 will be remembered as a failure - here's what went wrong

Mark Maslin, Priti Parikh, Richard Taylor, Simon Chin-Yee 22 Nov 2022

Source: © IOL eSwatini has recently been rocked by pro-democracy protests which have steadily intensified

Media Freedom

Media freedom in Esawtini declines further as Swaziland News and editor announced as terrorists

Aphiwe Kunene 25 Jul 2022

Activists publish list of Ukrainian civilians abducted by Russian forces as part of campaign to free 'The Taken'

PR & Communications

Activists publish list of Ukrainian civilians abducted by Russian forces as part of campaign to free 'The Taken'

Issued by Irvine Partners 29 Mar 2022

Ukraine considers switching grain export to railroads

Agro-processing

Ukraine considers switching grain export to railroads

25 Mar 2022

Ukraine: The good, bad and ideal refugees

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Ukraine: The good, bad and ideal refugees

Yvonne Su 9 Mar 2022

ESG

How palm oil became the world's most hated, most used fat source

Jonathan E. Robins 30 Jul 2021

Kenya plan to help Covid-hit poor plagued by irregularities - rights group

Health & Social Welfare

Kenya plan to help Covid-hit poor plagued by irregularities - rights group

George Obulutsa 22 Jul 2021

Kenya launches Lamu port. But its value remains an open question

Shipping

Kenya launches Lamu port. But its value remains an open question

24 May 2021

As press freedom continues to struggle in Kenya, alternatives keep hope alive

Media Freedom

As press freedom continues to struggle in Kenya, alternatives keep hope alive

Wambui Wamunyu 3 May 2021

Restricting digital media is a gamble for African leaders

Digital

Restricting digital media is a gamble for African leaders

Jeffrey Conroy-Krutz 3 May 2021

Central bank (in the background) can no longer perform its function of being the lender of last resort. Shutterstock

Economy

Zimbabwe wants to raise money through a sovereign bond. Why this is ill-advised

Misheck Mutize 11 Aug 2020

Media

Controls to manage fake news in Africa are affecting freedom of expression

Ashwanee Budoo 18 May 2020

People affected by xenophobic violence queue prior to being transported back to their countries from Johannesburg, South Africa. Kim Ludbrook/EPA-EFE

Public Health

Telling the complex story of 'medical xenophobia' in South Africa

Kudakwashe Vanyoro 5 Dec 2019

Mining activities in South Africa’s rural areas tend to occur at the expense of local communities and the environment. Shutterstock

Mining

How South Africa's rural communities are getting a raw deal from mining

Llewellyn Leonard 15 Jul 2019

How Twitter has been used in Cameroon's Anglophone crisis

Research

How Twitter has been used in Cameroon's Anglophone crisis

Julius T. Nganji and Lynn Cockburn 18 Jun 2019

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks during a press conference in Addis Ababa, in August 2018. Since Abiy's election, conditions for Ethiopia's journalists have improved, but some challenges remain. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Michael Tewelde.

Media Freedom

How the media is faring in Ethiopia

Muthoki Mumo 7 May 2019

Traffic flows in Mogadishu's Hodan district in 2018. On March 30, 2019 armed men raided the offices of Somalia's Universal TV station. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Feisal Omar.

Media Freedom

Armed men raid Somalia's Universal TV, fire guns in station

15 Apr 2019

Security is tight in Rwanda’s authoritarian state. Charles Shoemaker/EPA

Markets & Investment

Rwanda's economic growth could be derailed by its autocratic regime

Noel Twagiramungu & Joseph Sebarenzi 9 Apr 2019

Experts fear that Uganda’s efforts to eliminate graft in its health care system are not sustainable. Suuba Trust/Flickr

Public Health

What we found out about bribery patterns in Uganda's healthcare system

Heather Marquette & Caryn Peiffer 1 Mar 2019

Global trendspotter, Marian Salzman.

Trends

#BizTrends2019: Top 12 trends for SA and the world

Marian Salzman 8 Jan 2019

Bauxite mining boom in Guinea threatens locals

Mining

Bauxite mining boom in Guinea threatens locals

17 Oct 2018

How the Ugandan media has borne the brunt of censorship for decades

Media Freedom

How the Ugandan media has borne the brunt of censorship for decades

Geoffrey Ssenoga 8 Oct 2018

Delays in South Africa's wheat tariff publication not helpful

Agriculture

Delays in South Africa's wheat tariff publication not helpful

Wandile Sihlobo 20 Aug 2018

An alleged arson attack on Cameroon's Sky FM gutted the private community radio station in the Northwest Region town of Ndu destroying equipment, furniture, and the studio. Credit: Barnard Tata Gibip/CPJ Africa.

Radio & Audio

Cameroon community radio destroyed in alleged arson attack

14 Aug 2018

Why the US left the UN Human Rights Council - and why it matters

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Why the US left the UN Human Rights Council - and why it matters

Rosa Freedman 21 Jun 2018

It's time for Malawi to quit tobacco

Agriculture

It's time for Malawi to quit tobacco

Julia Smith 4 Jun 2018

Why release of two journalists in Ethiopia does not signal end to press crackdown

Media

Why release of two journalists in Ethiopia does not signal end to press crackdown

Muthoki Mumo and Jonathan Rozen 26 Jan 2018

Disabled people in Africa get a raw deal. What's been done to fix this

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Disabled people in Africa get a raw deal. What's been done to fix this

Laura-Stella Enonchong 18 Jan 2018

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Agriculture

Settling the land compensation issue is vital for Zimbabwe's economy

Ian Scoones 9 Jan 2018

Rwanda's agricultural revolution is not the success it claims to be

Agriculture

Rwanda's agricultural revolution is not the success it claims to be

Multiple authors 20 Dec 2017

Economic inequality lies behind growing calls for secession in Nigeria

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Economic inequality lies behind growing calls for secession in Nigeria

Omolade Adunbi 28 Sep 2017

Media threats increase in Kenya

Media

Media threats increase in Kenya

30 May 2017

Angola: new media law threatens free speech

Media

Angola: new media law threatens free speech

1 Dec 2016

Gambia: three journalists arrested as election campaign begins

Media

Gambia: three journalists arrested as election campaign begins

17 Nov 2016

Media

Algeria urged to free blogger jailed over Facebook poem

5 Sep 2016

Media

Angolan activists conditionally released from prison

12 Jul 2016

Media Freedom

Uganda must investigate human rights violations

28 Jun 2016

Uganda moves to tighten control of social media

Social Media

Uganda moves to tighten control of social media

14 Mar 2016

Uganda media intimidated ahead of presidential polls: HRW

Media

Uganda media intimidated ahead of presidential polls: HRW

11 Jan 2016

From blood diamonds to dirty gold: how to buy gold less tainted by mercury

Mining

From blood diamonds to dirty gold: how to buy gold less tainted by mercury

Kristin Sippl 24 Dec 2015

Why promoting green infrastructure in Africa may be bad for development

Sustainable Development

Why promoting green infrastructure in Africa may be bad for development

Mike Muller 11 Aug 2015

Unease reigns as culture and the constitution collide in South Africa

Politics

Unease reigns as culture and the constitution collide in South Africa

Thandabantu Nhlapo 18 May 2015

Ethiopia clamps down on independent media

Media Freedom

Ethiopia clamps down on independent media

23 Jan 2015

Kenyan media face fines, prison terms under proposed media bills

Media Freedom

Kenyan media face fines, prison terms under proposed media bills

15 Nov 2013

Dangers of child labour in the extractive industries and a case for due diligence

Health & Safety

Dangers of child labour in the extractive industries and a case for due diligence

Mariam Diarra 29 Jul 2013

Media Freedom

Media discover the limits of freedom in Somalia

Abdurrahman Warsameh 26 Feb 2013