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    • Sunday, 24 January, 2021
      African politics
      An African lesson in reform for the US after Donald Trump

      Aim to change the underlying causes of division, be ambitious, also honest, but most of all humble

    • Thursday, 20 August, 2020
      Coronavirus treatment
      Mobilise traditional African medicine against Covid-19

      Practitioners’ expertise is real and can bolster the deficit in other medical personnel

      Across Africa, there is one doctor for every 40,000 people, but one traditional healer for every 500
    • Thursday, 23 July, 2020
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      Media audiences are talking back

      Struggles at The New York Times show that journalists can no longer define the conversation

      Last week an editor at The New York Times resigned, alleging that management had been unwilling to protect her from harassment
    • Tuesday, 23 June, 2020
      African economy
      Black Lives Matter protests should lead to rethink of attitudes to Africa

      A racial hierarchy is clearly evident, with white nations at the top of the ladder

    • Sunday, 27 January, 2019
      DR Congo
      Electoral fraud and fake democracies are a global problem

      The Congolese are being asked to accept a fraudulent election result to ‘consolidate democracy’

      Democratic Republic of the Congo's newly inaugurated President Felix Tshisekedi raises an official plaque of the presidency after he took an oath of office at the Presidency in Kinshasa on January 24, 2019. - Opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi was sworn in on January 24 as president of Democratic Republic of Congo, marking the country's first-ever peaceful handover of power after chaotic and bitterly-disputed elections. (Photo by TONY KARUMBA / AFP)TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images
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