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Zimbabwe’s ‘false’ economic growth
By Paidamoyo Muzulu Zimbabwe Finance minister Mthuli Ncube recently painted a rosy picture of economic growth amidst ravaging global...
South Sudan at 10: Free, Not Free
By Awuor Alai July 9th 2021 was an important day in the calendar of South Sudan; the tenth independence...
South Africa Unrest: Counting the costs
As calm is slowly returning to the streets of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces of South Africa, businesses and citizens...
South Africa Unrest: Why Zimbabwe is catching a cold
By Margaret Chinowaita From the time a baby is born in Zimbabwe, most of the goods they will consume...
The Menace of Illegal Mining in Ghana
Ebenezer Immanuel Obeng-Akrofi Devoid of any attempt to extenuate the absolute truth, Ghana has woefully failed and has exposed...
Mozambique’s ‘blood gas’ another resource curse for Africa?
The Northern part of Mozambique province of Cabo Delgado has since October 2017 faced insurgency from alleged Islamist Ansar...
Zero-pass rates: Zimbabwe ticking time bomb
Paidamoyo Muzulu The decades-long underfunding of Zimbabwe education system effects revealed themselves when the country recorded a massive 9%...
Zimbabwe’s looting machine: Cartels, Smugglers, Stealing Country’s Wealth
In early February 2021, South Africa’s Maverick Citizen published an explosive report, Cartel Power Dynamics, which dug deeper into...
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PODCAST: How a five day internet shutdown disrupted lives in Uganda
In this episode, I chat with Ruth Aine, a fellow AfricaBlogging author from Uganda discussing the five-day internet blackout...
South African alcohol bans under Covid-19 lockdown
Cyril Ramaphosa (South Africa’s President) reinstated a ban on the sale of alcohol at both restaurants and retail outlets...
The freedom from hunger that is not realy free
By John Riaga Article 43 (C) of the Kenyan constitution guarantees every citizen the freedom from hunger and a...
BURUNDI: Pro-poor Fiscal Policies Will Protect Citizens From Adverse Impacts Of Coronavirus
By Appolinaire Nishirimbere As everywhere else in the world, the COVID-19 pandemic is causing an unprecedented financial crisis and...