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In preparation for the possible dip of the ANC majority in next year’s national elections, the official opposition Democratic Alliance is looking at co-opting the international community to ensure a peaceful state transition. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
2024 ELECTION

DA is preparing for unrest should ANC lose power in 2024

Official opposition says it should lead the process to develop a declaration for a peaceful transition and approach the international community for oversight

  • Lizeka Tandwa
4 min read
Children are being deprived not only of education, but also nutrition. Governments and the international community must secure these inalienable rights.
AFRICA

Children’s education in sub-Saharan Africa cannot wait

Children are being deprived not only of education, but also nutrition. Governments and the international community must secure these inalienable rights

  • Marie-Pierre Poirier
  • Laurent Bossard
5 min read
The people of South Sudan have been waiting for decades to see the perpetrators of atrocities held to account.
AFRICA

Lifting the arms embargo on South Sudan would be a disgrace

Later this month, the UN Security Council will vote on whether to lift the arms embargo on South Sudan. Doing so would be a terrible mistake

  • Thozamile Botha
4 min read
Marshall plan, President Truman signs the Economic Assistance Act, a program for the reconstruction of Europe. (Dean Acheson on the right), April 19, 1949, Etats-Unis, National Archives – Washington, . (Photo by: Photo12/UIG via Getty Images)
AFRICA

Raila Odinga: The US and Europe cannot abandon their leadership roles

Today, the whole world stands where Europe was in 1945. Europe recovered then thanks to massive international assistance. That same attitude of cooperation and solidarity is…

  • Raila Odinga
6 min read