Nigeria’s “defeat” of Boko Haram is hollow rhetoric for the abducted Dapchi schoolgirls’ parents
“No one told us anything. They had not even began seriously searching for them.”
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Cape Town is running out of water and Day Zero is looming
“You can’t avoid it. If Day Zero happens, Cape Town becomes a dysfunctional space.” But isn’t it already?
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May and Cameron have a terrible record on health, and it could be cutting lives short
Life expectancy in the UK has stalled. In many places, and for more vulnerable groups, it is now falling.
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South Africa’s new dawn: How Jacob Zuma’s misrule was ended
“We are going to look back at the past ten years and think of it as a lost decade.”
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Libya’s slave markets are a reminder that the exploitation of Africans never went away
Slavery was recorded in 20th century Ethiopia and continues to exist in Mauritania today.
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Jacob Zuma took South Africa to the precipice – and the ANC took it back
The end of the Zuma era has left South Africa both damaged and strengthened.
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Theresa May’s trip to China just highlights the UK’s diminished importance on the world stage
China’s ambitious plans in Africa and beyond are building alliances that make the UK increasingly irrelevant.
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Do South Africa and Zimbabwe’s new leaders represent a moment of hope?
Cyril Ramaphosa and Emmerson Mnangagwa both have tarnished pasts, but attract optimism.
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