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111. The World Has a Problem: Too Many Young People

At no point in recorded history has our world been so demographically lopsided, with old people concentrated in rich countries and the young in not-so-rich countries.

112. Beware of ‘second scramble for Africa’ — Mkapa

Former Tanzanian president Benjamin William Mkapa has warned African leaders to be worry of the “second scramble for Africa” being orchestrated by erstwhile colonisers who are resorting to soft power…

113. Will right of access to information be promulgated in 2016?

There are things worthy of not forgetting in life. One of such very memorable landmarks during the Fourth Phase government of Dr Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete is his 10-year promise to legislate for the…

114. Beware of ‘second scramble for Africa’ — Mkapa

Former Tanzanian president Benjamin William Mkapa has warned African leaders to be worry of the “second scramble for Africa” being orchestrated by erstwhile colonisers who are resorting to soft power…

115. 10 Predictions on Africa in 2016

Economic pain will likely continue, the China-Africa romance enters a new, more clear-eyed phase, and terror groups on the back pedal.

116. The time for treating Burundi with kids’ gloves is over, AU must now swing into action

Size does not matter. Burundi, a small country in East Africa teetering on the brink of chaos, will, if ignored as it has so far been, almost inevitably create a major regional crisis with a heavy…

117. The Ethics of Refugee Repatriation

Around the world, refugees are often denied rights under the 1951 Convention for the Protection of Refugees. They cannot access work visas or social services, and some are forced into detention or…

118. How Burundi’s activist journalists fill a news void using Facebook and Whatsapp

Months after a coup attempt and street protests failed to prevent president Pierre Nkurunziza’s violent consolidation of power, news-starved Burundians rely on social media as a lifeline for news and…

119. A Social Science in Africa Fit for Purpose

Alex de Waal, executive director of the World Peace Foundation at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, argues that African scholarship on Africa is operating at only a…

120. Elections are a sham, we only hold them because we love doing meaningless things

It’s official, it is not working, it just isn’t. It is this election thing that I’m talking about. It clearly is not working for us at all though, like the proverbial madman, we keep repeating the…