Chris Funk, University of California, Santa Barbara Every few years, it is devastating to watch the same tragedy: a weather cycle that brings debilitating drought and…
Browsing: African development
Imraan Valodia, University of the Witwatersrand The COVID-19 pandemic has deepened global inequities. The world’s poor have born the brunt of national lockdowns and will struggle…
Angola and Spain are taking steps to strengthen the political and economic ties of both countries Angola’s president João Lourenço visited Madrid on another stage of…
Zimbabwe and Rwanda have signed five cooperation agreements in ICT and e-governance, environment and climate change, agriculture and livestock, tourism and business events The agreements were…
On this World Tourism Day let’s celebrate, explore and appreciate the mesmerising beauty of Africa.
In a high-powered message at the Humboldt Forum in Germany, world-renowned Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie told a local audience of the need to return arts…
Dr Diane Bell, Cape Peninsula University of Technology According to the World Health Organisation report on hearing, mild hearing loss currently affects more than 1.5 billion…
The Ondo State Governor and Chairman, Southern Governors’ Forum, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, yesterday, took a swipe at his Kaduna State counterpart, Nasir El-Rufai for criticising the legal approach adopted by the southern governors in handling the open grazing crisis.
Tragedy and Postcolonial Literature is the latest book from Ghanaian literary critic Ato Quayson. In this Q&A with The Conversation Africa Ghana editor Godfred Akoto Boafo, he shares insights into the book.
Lars Laestadius, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; Chris Reij, World Resources Institute, and Dennis Garrity, World Agroforestry (ICRAF) Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is about to take…