What it would take to break the impasse in Cameroon's deadly crisis: The government of President Paul Biya is accused of committing atrocities against opponents. EPA-EFEFelix Agbor Balla Nkongho is a leading Cameroonian lawyer and award-winning human rights advocate. Nkongho was detained for nine months for taking part in protests against the marginalisation of the legal and … [Read more...] about What it would take to break the impasse in Cameroon’s deadly crisis | The Conversation
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African universities battle to attract post-doctoral researchers. Here’s why | The Conversation
African universities battle to attract post-doctoral researchers. Here's why: Researchers need great equipment, infrastructure and support to thrive. ShutterstockPostdoctoral training is vital for new PhD graduates. This is a period of “apprenticeship” for a newly-minted researcher to hone their skills in a research environment. It typically follows completion of the doctoral … [Read more...] about African universities battle to attract post-doctoral researchers. Here’s why | The Conversation
Critics of South Africa’s judges are raising the temperature: legitimate, or dangerous? | The Conversation
Critics of South Africa's judges are raising the temperature: legitimate, or dangerous?: South Africa's Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has had to intervene to protect judges from unfair criticism. GCIS/FlickrThe South African judiciary is once more centre stage in the political drama unfolding around the battle for supremacy within the governing African National Congress … [Read more...] about Critics of South Africa’s judges are raising the temperature: legitimate, or dangerous? | The Conversation
Ghana’s Year of Return 2019: traveler, tourist or pilgrim? | The Conversation
Ghana's Year of Return 2019: traveler, tourist or pilgrim?: African diasporans visit forts and castles in Ghana as the material embodiment of death, violence and subjugation during the slave trade. Supplied“We may call ourselves African Americans but we are truly disconnected from Africa. I say WE because I’m not excluded! I thought ‘my people’ came from South Carolina … but … [Read more...] about Ghana’s Year of Return 2019: traveler, tourist or pilgrim? | The Conversation
South Africa close to ‘junk status’ from all three rating agencies. What would follow? | The Conversation
South Africa close to 'junk status' from all three rating agencies. What would follow?: Moody's, the only rating agency that keeps South Africa above junk, is scheduled to review its credit rating in November 2019. ShutterstockThe rating agency Fitch recently revised the outlook on South Africa’s long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating down from “stable” to … [Read more...] about South Africa close to ‘junk status’ from all three rating agencies. What would follow? | The Conversation
