COVID-19 ‘immunity passport’ won’t work for now -WHO April 27, 2020 THE World Health Organisation has said that there is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from COVID-19 and have antibodies would be protected from a second infection. A WHO guidance said: “Some governments have suggested that the detection of antibodies to the […]
ECOWAS plans for economic fallout from COVID-19 April 26, 2020 LEADERS of the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have come up with plans for economic recovery after the global COVID-19 pandemic has subsided. During their video conference last week, they agreed to issue long-term treasury bills and bonds “to finance critical […]
Fact-checkers battle spread of coronavirus misinformation April 13, 2020 COVID–19 misinformation is spreading worldwide, but fact-checkers are fighting hard to put things right. The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford in the UK has just published a new piece of research on how misinformation about the pandemic is spreading […]
Coronavirus halts Gambian Truth Commission April 8, 2020 AFTER reaching the halfway mark of its two-year mandate, the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) in The Gambia has halted proceedings and outreach programmes because of the coronavirus. With the TRRC’s planned Ramadan break in April, the Commission says it is expecting public hearings to resume […]
Democracy in much of Africa is constrained from delivering on its development potential for three reasons. Scholars and practitioners have summed this up in the lack of governance capacity, and malpractices that undermine electoral democracy. But does this mean the future of democracy is bleak? In this Talking Africa Program, Desmond Davis engages Professor. Karuti […]
Emerging powers such as China are shifting global trade relationships. For example, trade between Africa and China has grown from 10 to 20 percent annually in recent years. Most of China’s imports from Africa have been natural resources. These exports have increased by about 46% from 38 billion dollars to 46 billion dollars over the […]
<span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span><span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> Nigeria’s President Elect Muhammadu Buhari is set to be sworn into office for a second term following his victory against his arch-rival and former vice president, Atiku Abubakar in the one closely contested Presidential […]
One of outgoing US President Barack Obama’s initiatives for Africa was how to tackle the monumental problem of providing power to 620 million Africans who lacked access to electricity. His Power Africa Initiative in 2013 aimed to increase power supply in sub-Saharan Africa by adding more than 30,000 megawatts of electricity generation. Electricity is important […]