Closing borders with its neighbours isn't the answer. Nigeria can do better: Nigeria ordered its land borders closed on August 21, 2019 Sunnipix55/ShutterstockNigeria shut its land borders in the wee hours of August 21, 2019. There was no warning, nor measures taken to protect people whose livelihoods depend on crossing these frontiers. It was a shock to the border security … [Read more...] about Closing borders with its neighbours isn’t the answer. Nigeria can do better | The Conversation
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Russia steps up efforts to fill gaps left by America’s waning interest in Africa | The Conversation
Russia steps up efforts to fill gaps left by America's waning interest in Africa: Russian President Vladimir Putin (waving) with some of the heads of state who attended the first Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia SEFE-EPA-Pool/Sergei ChirikovThe Russian government and state companies signed dozens of memoranda of understanding and agreements during the first Russia-Africa … [Read more...] about Russia steps up efforts to fill gaps left by America’s waning interest in Africa | The Conversation
Rugby World Cup final sparks nostalgia for another Mandela moment | The Conversation
Rugby World Cup final sparks nostalgia for another Mandela moment: EPA-EFESouth Africa is emerging from a disastrous decade under the presidency of Jacob Zuma. The Zuma years crippled the economy and battered the country’s state-owned enterprises. Amid the relentless exposés of intractable corruption, politics became increasingly divisive and … [Read more...] about Rugby World Cup final sparks nostalgia for another Mandela moment | The Conversation
Tough times — and bad advice — are holding back South Africa’s economy | The Conversation
Tough times -- and bad advice -- are holding back South Africa's economy: South African Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers the mid-term budget statement at parliament, Cape Town, South Africa, 24 October 2018. EPA/Nic BothmaOver the past decade South Africa’s public finances have come under more and more strain. The days when the economy was growing and former finance … [Read more...] about Tough times — and bad advice — are holding back South Africa’s economy | The Conversation
African countries are behind on progress towards poverty reduction goals | The Conversation
African countries are behind on progress towards poverty reduction goals: African countries have an opportunity to reduce poverty with new policies Wikimedia CommonsIn their annual meeting at the United Nations in 2005, world leaders agreed on a common economic agenda. This was to halve – between 1990 and 2015 – the proportion of the world’s population living on less than one … [Read more...] about African countries are behind on progress towards poverty reduction goals | The Conversation
