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A glimpse into the future of government propaganda

Africa Samuel Gebre & Claire Wilmot - 8 Dec 2020

The Ethiopian government has created its own ‘fact-checking’ unit — and it is not the only government to do so.

Covid-19 vaccines offer hope as world leaders plan for future

Health Agence France Presse - 23 Nov 2020

Hopes over Covid-19 vaccines have given a boost to virus-weary citizens across the globe, but the disease remains rampant and world leaders are urging people to be patient

Regulate vaping and e-cigarettes fairly

Opinion Asanda Gcoyi - 3 Nov 2020

If South Africa is prepared to draw on international harm reduction best practice, it could generate good legislation to regulate vaping and e-cigarettes cleverly

SA justice delays extradition of paedophile to UK

National Sarah Smit - 27 Oct 2020

Efforts to bring Lee Nigel Tucker to justice have spanned 16 years and his alleged victims have waited for 30 years

Wheeling and dealing for a Covid-19 vaccine

Coronavirus Laura López González - 27 Oct 2020

A Covid-19 jab could cost hundreds of rands. Or not. It’s anyone’s guess. Could another pandemic almost a century ago hold clues for handling the coronavirus today?

Catholic NGO boss accused of racism and abuse in Sudan

Africa Mohamed Amin, Ben Parker & Paisley Dodds - 22 Oct 2020

The aid worker allegedly called his security guard a ‘slave’

The cost of Covid: 25 years of progress, halted

Africa Simon Allison - 16 Sep 2020

Development has been set back by two decades, says the Gates Foundation Goalkeepers report

Controls on remittances risk driving financial flows to Somalia underground

Africa Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime - 9 Sep 2020

The regulations aim to prevent money laundering and financing terror organisations, but implementing them is proving to be difficult

Where do Africans study abroad?

Education M&G Data Desk - 5 Sep 2020

China is becoming the preferred destination for countries such as Ghana and Nigeria

Is internationalisation in jeopardy?

Coronavirus Ylva Rodny-Gumede - 3 Sep 2020

The pandemic is an opportunity for universities to set new parameters for interacting with foreign students and staff

UK economy loses £22bn as virus ravages tourism: study

Coronavirus Agence France Presse - 26 Aug 2020

Britain's economy will lose about £22-billion this year on the coronavirus-induced collapse of global travel, which could imperil three million jobs

The foreign aid game is changing: these are the opportunities for Africa

Africa Dan Banik & Nikolai Hegertun - 23 Aug 2020

A more explicit emphasis on the national interest may encourage donor countries to play ‘the long game’ in Africa

Paediatricans call for schools to reopen

Coronavirus Fiona Kritzinger - 11 Aug 2020

The benefits of attending school outweigh the risks and public schools should be allowed to reopen for all learners

Excess deaths increase but we are ‘still in the dark’

Coronavirus M&G Data Desk - 23 Jul 2020

The data shows 17 000 more people have died than usual since May, but only 6 000 deaths have officially been attributed to Covid-19

A fishy business: How an Icelandic multinational moved profits out of Namibia

Africa Margot Gibbs - 22 Jul 2020

Global food companies avoid paying taxes by shifting profits around the world. Finance Uncovered reports on the case of Icelandic fishing giant Samherji’s operations in Namibia

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The cost of Covid: 25 years of progress, halted

Controls on remittances risk driving financial flows to Somalia underground

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UK economy loses £22bn as virus ravages tourism: study

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