NATASHA BOOTY Few had heard of him a year ago, and now he is set to become president. Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s extraordinary rise caps a rollercoaster period in Senegalese politics that caught many off-guard. Months in jail alongside ally and kingmaker Ousmane Sonko ended suddenly, with the pair released the week before the presidential election. […]
Mar 26 2024 | Posted in
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STUART BRAUN The number of countries around the world banning plastic bags is growing, but enforcement is still an issue, especially in regions like Africa. In January, Nigeria became the latest African country to fight a mounting waste crisis by banning single-use plastics. Nigeria’s Lagos State government said it would outlaw Styrofoam packaging and gradually […]
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Community-oriented recycling initiatives offer glimmer of hope as Kenya struggles for sustainable solutions to waste crisis ANDREW WASIKE – Kenyan companies are pioneering innovative solutions to sort out recyclable waste from landfills and incentivize recycling at the consumer level At Dandora, a dumpsite in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, the acrid tang of burning plastic hangs […]
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Two of the great granddaughters of a Sakalava king in Madagascar, who was beheaded in 1897 by colonial troops, publicly addressed the French ambassador, asking him to speed up the restitution of their ancestor’s skull. In all, they are claiming three skulls belonging to the Sakalaves, an ethnic group living on the west and northwest […]
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Some believe the mask gives fighters magical powers Whenever a Belgian king takes an interest in the Congo, history looms large. In the late 19th century King Leopold II turned the territory into a giant slave plantation, murdering, raping and slicing off limbs in a ruthless bid to profit from its resources. So, when Philippe, […]
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CAI NEBE In the early days of colonialism, many unsafe vaccinations were tested on African subjects without their knowledge or consent. This unaddressed trauma may explain vaccine hesitancy to this day. Why was Germany interested in developing medical cures in the colonies? During 1870s and 1880s, European nations scrambled to acquire territories across Africa. The […]
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The United States joins more than 50 other countries that have banned the deadly carcinogen, although the phaseout will take more than a decade. Coral Davenport The Biden administration on Monday March 18, finalized a ban on the only type of asbestos still used in the United States, the first time since 1989 the federal […]
Mar 26 2024 | Posted in
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JOMO KWAME SUNDARAM Developing countries wanting to pursue industrial policy were severely reprimanded by advocates of the ‘neoliberal’ Washington Consensus. Now, it is being deployed as a weapon in the new Cold War. Industrial policy vs colonialism Industrial policy is often seen as pioneered by Friedrich List. But List was inspired by George Washington’s first […]
Mar 26 2024 | Posted in
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GERALD C. KOINYENEH Nearly one million Liberians live in extreme poverty and 2.5 million live in absolute poverty, says the World Bank in its latest poverty assessment report on Liberia. “The report finds that nearly 6 out of every 10 Liberians live in poverty based on the national poverty line. And in the context of […]
Mar 26 2024 | Posted in
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As the war in Sudan enters its second year next month, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on Monday, March 18 warned of a staggering toll of the crisis on children, with an estimated 24 million teetering on the brink of a “generational catastrophe”. Since the conflict erupted in April 2023, […]
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