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Let’s stop romanticizing agriculture for the development of Africa

Export agriculture is promoted as a means to stimulate growth, reduce poverty, and ensure food security. However, the promise of agriculture as Africa’s path to prosperity remains largely unfulfilled. This stems not only from the poor implementation of agricultural policies but also from colonial narratives that continue to hinder African development. Hence, export agriculture primarily benefits former colonial powers to the detriment of Africa.

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The cholera epidemic in Haiti: an imported and neglected tragedy

Demonstration by human rights defenders and victims of the cholera epidemic, October 15, 2015 in Port-au-Prince © AFP/HECTOR RETAMAL It’s all too common to hear dismissive comments about Haiti’s current situation, hasty judgments that portray its inhabitants as solely responsible for their difficulties, or as “idiots”. Such rhetoric often fails to recognize the impact of

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Droughts, pollution, floods : Africa’s blue ultimatum

Villagers go about their business in a flooded market center in Kisumu, about 400 kilometers west of the capital Nairobi in Kenya. © EPA/Jacob Wire Day Zero has arrived. Well, almost. On April 12, 2018, Cape Town came close to experiencing the dreaded “Day Zero”, the day when water would no longer flow through the

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GENDER EQUALITY,  INCLUSION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN AFRICA

FR EN The second conference of ASPA’s “African Week” was held on Tuesday March 26, 2024  under the theme: “Gender equality, inclusion and entrepreneurship in Africa” and featured  eminent and passionate speakers, all committed to promoting gender equality. A number of  questions were addressed concerning women’s economic emancipation and entrepreneurship.  In particular, how do g e

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When apartheid made Palestine an eminently SouthAfrican affair.

On May 10, Pretoria once again appealed to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) “to put an end to the Israeli military operation in Gaza”, which it considers to be aggravating the “genocide” already underway there. This South African complaint comes just a few days after the organization of “the first world anti-apartheid conference for

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