Approximately 4 000 people will gather in Nairobi this week (11-15 March) to attend the fourth session of the United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA-4), the UN’s high-level decision-making body on the environment.
As a club of the world’s largest economies, the G20 determines the future of global economic governance.
Botswana has an elephant poaching problem.
While the controversial $76-billion nuclear energy deal between South Africa and Russia is off the cards, the country — and by extension, the remaining BRICS nations — is still on Russia’s horizon when it comes to energy partnerships. Looking back, the flawed nuclear deal offers lessons for future engagement on this front.
The year 2018 was a frenetic one for Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who doubled as chair of the African Union. He was the driving force behind the reforms process of the continental body and the initiative behind a historic agreement about free trade in Africa. At the end of it all, Kagame was named as the African of the Year at the All Africa Business Leaders Awards and appeared on the cover of Forbes Africa.
The conflict around Huawei may be the first shots in a new cold war.
Technology has made a tremendous difference in the world, in areas as diverse as health and education, and pretty much everything in between.
Refugee management in Africa is hindered by scarce resources, social tensions, and cumbersome regulatory processes. Donors, international and regional organizations, and African governments must intensify their efforts to develop a rights-based refugee-management framework.
China–Africa relations do not relate to the African continent only, but also inform Chinese foreign policy conduct in other parts of the developing world.
Lesotho’s internal strife has long been a headache for SADC.
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