Yevgeny Prigozhin, the late founder of the Russian private security company Wagner.
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Russia is not interested in helping Africa to prosper or achieve stability, but as a theatre for advancing the Kremlin’s geostrategic interests.
An unidentified maize farmer inspects maize which has been hung out to dry in South Africa’s Eastern Cape.
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The South African government must act on the ineffective and politics-ridden system of land leases and ensure that beneficiaries are getting secure land rights.
Ecowas defence chiefs after a recent security meeting in Ghana.
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Ecowas made a mistake when it simultaneously imposed sanctions and threatened the use of force in Niger. It must now re-strategise.
Groundwater is vital to communities in northern Kenya during droughts.
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Better monitoring of groundwater is important for sustainable management.
South African police officers at the scene of the burned building in Johannesburg.
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Inner city occupations and shack settlements alike are the inevitable consequence of the fact that huge populations of people have to get by without a living wage.
Gabonese woman embracing a soldier after the announcement of the coup.
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Failed developmental promises, ever shifting domestic elite alliances and popular demand for better living conditions contributed to the military removal of Gabon’s Ali Bongo Ondimba.
Joanah Mamombe, MP Elect for Harare West constituency, addresses media at a polling station.
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Women’s representation in Zimbabwe’s parliament has declined in spite of a quota imposed in 2013.
Djibouti is the main port for all foreign aid going to Ethiopia.
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Lack of sea access has constrained Ethiopia’s ability to cater for its large population.
President Cyril Ramaphosa explained South Africa’s foreign policy ahead of hosting the 15th Brics summit.
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It would help African countries to have a common position on the Ukraine war. This should be based on its impact on food and energy security in the continent.
Chadian soldiers form part of a regional force, 2015.
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Boko Haram may be the unintended beneficiary of the crisis created by the recent coup in Niger.
Cannabis plants.
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Contrary to popular views, it was not just uneducated and socially deviant individuals who were engaged in cannabis farming or trade.
A soldier guards a camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in January 2023.
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Central to the DRC’s politics is a broken relationship between the seat of government in Kinshasa and underrepresented groups in the eastern region.
Scores of people walk home along the N2 highway after being left stranded by a taxi strike.
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Who the taxi strike affected, where and how shows the violent reality of the city’s spatial injustice.
XV BRICS Summit Open Plenary Session in Johannesburg
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The disparate nature of the six prospective members is bound to spark debate about the real nature of Brics.
The Changsha International Convention and Exhibition Center in Hunan.
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China is moving beyond oil and extractive commodities towards industrial production, job creation and investments that lead to exports.
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The Sudanese state today betrays its history as a plunder state on the margins of the global order.
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Abiy Ahmed’s use of the military to address a critical challenge is likely to fail.
Niger is central to several economic and political initiatives in the Sahel.
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Economic infrastructure that affects several African countries runs through Niger.
A refugee child in South Africa plays on a road side after attacks on foreigners in 2008.
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The South African print often uses language that portrays foreigners in a bad light, and dehumanises them.
Residents of Accra were given financial aid during the pandemic.
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COVID-19-related support only reduced the negative impact of the pandemic on financial capital, and not on the other forms of capital