Prior to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, Cameroon, an oil exporter with a bloated bureaucracy, was still reeling from the 2014-2016 oil price collapse – one of the most significant oil price slumps in modern...
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Repression in Zimbabwe exposes South Africa’s weakness
President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe and President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa in 2018. PHOTO GCIS Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand South African president Cyril Ramaphosa’s despatch of envoys to...
COVID-19: A virus eliminating jobs, livelihoods
Nella, 34, a single mother, was an air hostess in Nigeria’s private jet industry. When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, she had to agree to a three-month reduced salary. Ahead of a speculated resumption of flights on 21 June...
