The wild cost of oil exploration:
Oil prospecting off South Africa’s Wild Coast threatens far more than its delicate ecosystem
Reversing the Resource Curse
How do we reverse the Resource Curse?
Scholar Richard Auty first coined the phrase ‘resource curse’ in 1993 to illustrate the confounding nature of the relationship between natural resource abundance and under-development. Intuitively we expect that natural resources would provide the bedrock for development. To the contrary, empirical evidence suggests a strong correlation between natural resource wealth and poor development outcomes, at least since the early 1970s.
Climate change
Covid-19
SOUTH AFRICA: A prescription for good governance in health
When then Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi used a state hospital in 2013, the event was unusual enough to make headlines. Until then, it would have been unheard of for a senior politician to use a public hospital.
COVID-19: Cameroon adopts 3T strategy but emergency fund remains cloudy
Cameroon is one of the most badly hit countries by the coronavirus in Sub-Saharan Africa. By 11 July, the country had recorded 15,173 cases, emerging with about half of the total number of cases in the central African sub-region.
Nigeria: A pandemic and a weak health system
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown up challenges for Nigeria’s health system quite unlike those posed by the Ebola virus or other epidemics, and also emphasised its weaknesses, across the board.
South Africa: A jobs crisis amplified by a health crisis
South Africa’s unemployment rates were already a crisis before the Covid-19 pandemic spread across the globe and took root in the country’s economic heartlands of Gauteng and the Western Cape.
C-19 Cameroon: Coronavirus snatches scarce jobs
When Cameroon closed universities, primary and high schools on 17 March as part of preventive measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus, Tongwa Francis was left without a job.
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.
C-19: Ethiopia and the rule of law
Hardly any of Ethiopia’s state parastatals epitomise the old-fashioned way of doing business more than the National Lottery Administration (NLA).
Covid-19
SOUTH AFRICA: A prescription for good governance in health
When then Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi used a state hospital in 2013, the event was unusual enough to make headlines. Until then, it would have been unheard of for a senior politician to use a public hospital.
COVID-19: Cameroon adopts 3T strategy but emergency fund remains cloudy
Cameroon is one of the most badly hit countries by the coronavirus in Sub-Saharan Africa. By 11 July, the country had recorded 15,173 cases, emerging with about half of the total number of cases in the central African sub-region.
Nigeria: A pandemic and a weak health system
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown up challenges for Nigeria’s health system quite unlike those posed by the Ebola virus or other epidemics, and also emphasised its weaknesses, across the board.
Human Security
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