SDGs: overview Although African countries lag behind in implementing SDGs, the 17 goals are being institutionalised around the continent By Osita Agbu Today, the world is faced with developmental problems, many of...
Boko Haram
Narrowing Africa’s gaping divide
SDG 10: Reducing inequality Reducing inequalities between rich and poor will not be easy, but it is vital for ensuring the continent’s stability and development By Ernest Harsch For many Africans on the lower rungs of...
Looking for the right rules of engagement
Boko Haram: fight or talk? Last year, the Nigerian military persistently denied media reports of an upsurge in attacks by Boko Haram in the country’s northeast. Then, in November 2018, the Islamist...
Stuck in the middle
Nigeria: Fulani militia As Nigeria fights jihadists in the north-east and militants in the oil-producing south, a third conflict is simmering at its centre Traditional leaders in Riyom, a town in Plateau State, say...
Lionesses need historians more than fish need bicycles
The African story abounds with great women whose achievements are often reduced to prurient anecdotes Until lions have their own historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter. So, says the Igbo proverb,...
Defining the future of Africa’s brave new world
Most of sub-Saharan Africa’s cities are ill prepared for the rapid and dramatic population increase that will occur by 2035 For decades to come, sub-Saharan Africa’s economic and social future will be shaped by one of...
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